“It’s not a sincere attempt to give power to the states. It’s a smokescreen to find … way to protect tax breaks for the rich,” … the mechanism GOP lawmakers used to effect … cuts in early 2014 relied on taking program control away from state officials.
“They’re for more Washington control when it takes money away from poor people, and they’re for more state control when it takes money away from poor people. That’s the only … consistency here.”
The Republican Plan To Sabotage The Food Stamp Program at ThinkProgress.com
Despite an intentionally vague structure, we know just how devastating the food stamps cuts Republicans are set to unveil this week would be if they passed.