Ben Carson Says Poverty Is A ’State of Mind" : NPR
▻http://www.npr.org/2017/05/25/530068988/ben-carson-says-poverty-is-a-state-of-mind
When it comes to #poor #Americans, the #Trump administration has a message: #Government# aid is holding many of them back. Without it, many more of them would be #working.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney said as much when presenting the administration’s budget plan this week to cut safety net programs by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next 10 years. The administration also wants to tighten work requirements for those getting aid, such as food stamps, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
“If you’re on food stamps, and you’re able-bodied, we need you to go to work. If you’re on disability insurance and you’re not supposed to be — if you’re not truly disabled, we need you to go back to work,” he said.
