A proposal for banning fresh meat, flour, and butter from SNAP has been submitted by Iowa’s state House Speaker Pat Grassley, to the state Legislature. Read it in House File 3.
Pat Grassley — grandson of Senator Chuck Grassley, wants to cut costs on USDA’s Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, better known as SNAP. Apparently, Grandpa Grassley failed to teach grandson Grassley that USDA fully funds the program, including making decisions about eligibility and what foods SNAP requires and pay sfor. The only exception is for some management fees that happen at the state level.
To learn more about SNAP’s origins, and responsibilities, read here. To learn more about grandson Grassley’s efforts to block poor people from Iowa’s healthy food, click below:
Aimee Picchu reports for CBS Moneyline: One state wants to cut food-stamp spending. Their plan: Ban fresh meat, flour and butter.
Author Barbara Leach is a former Iowa family farmer and Founder/Editor of My Rural America Action Fund.