South Dakota Republican Dusty Johnson kicked off the fight. He wants to rework the Farm Bill, making it tougher to qualify and adding work requirements for people to get food assistance.
But facts are facts, and people are hungry. According to Purdue University, 14% of all households and 23% of rural households are food insecure. “If cost is supposed to be the issue, a recent study estimates that collection of all unpaid taxes from the top 1 percent — not raising their taxes, mind you, just putting an end to their tax evasion — would add $175 Billion a year to the public purse.” … Read more at America is in a Disgraced Class of Its Own by Mathew Desmond for The New York Times.