In Michigan 1.8 Million Don’t Have Enough Food. Senate/House Republicans Vote To Toss 16K Families & 25-30K Kids Off Public Assistance. | Dailycensored.com

In Michigan 1.8 Million Don’t Have Enough Food. Senate/House Republicans Vote To Toss 16K Families & 25-30K Kids Off Public Assistance. | Dailycensored.com:

In Michigan 1.8 Million Don’t Have Enough Food. Senate/House Republicans Vote To Toss 16K Families & 25-30K Kids Off Public Assistance.

by Danny Weil

Michigan: Operation Doomsday

http://www.a2politico.com/?p=10016

by P.D. Lesko

In July, all of Michigan’s Republican Senators voted to put a 48-month time limit on public assistance. The same Bill passed the Michigan House on August 24, 2011. If Governor Rick Snyder signs it, on October 1, 2011, an estimated 12,600 families—including 25,000-30,000 children—will lose access to public assistance. RepublicanGovernor Rick Snyder supports the move, and has told the media that the cap on benefits is in the best interests of Michigan, and in the best interests of those being tossed out of the program.

Removing those families from public assistance may move Michigan into the top spot on a recently released list: the percentage of a state’s residents facing food insecurity. During Snyder’s first eight months in office,childhood poverty in our state has increased sharply, as has