Sunday, May 08, 2005
Under New Medicare Prescription Drug Plan, Food Stamps May Be Reduced
Always looking for a way to fuck the poor, the Radical Republicans have decided to reduce food stamp benefits for those enrolling in the new Medicare prescription drug plan. According to a document being circulated by the Administration, "You may qualify for extra help paying for your Medicare prescription drug costs." This sounds great until you get to this nice little bit, “If you qualify for extra help, your food stamp benefits may decline.” Elderly and poor Americans will still be choosing between medicine and food under the brave leadership of Georgie Bush. So much for making the lives of Americans better; the Radical Republican shell game continues unabated. The double speak in the document is just breath taking.
Always looking for a way to fuck the poor, the Radical Republicans have decided to reduce food stamp benefits for those enrolling in the new Medicare prescription drug plan. According to a document being circulated by the Administration, "You may qualify for extra help paying for your Medicare prescription drug costs." This sounds great until you get to this nice little bit, “If you qualify for extra help, your food stamp benefits may decline.” Elderly and poor Americans will still be choosing between medicine and food under the brave leadership of Georgie Bush. So much for making the lives of Americans better; the Radical Republican shell game continues unabated. The double speak in the document is just breath taking.
With the Medicare prescription drug coverage, you may see your food stamp benefits go down as you spend less on drugs. Using the new Medicare benefit means you will have more cash to spend on food that you used to spend on prescription drugs. If you get the $10 minimum food stamp benefit, your benefits may end. However, the extra cash you will have to spend on food makes up for not getting as much in food stamps.In the example provided by the document the fictional example "still has $25 more cash in her pocket." Of course, if the same fictional grandmother got the drug benefit and her food stamps she'd have $42 extra in her pocket. It's nice to see compassionate conservatives at work. Screwing grandmothers out of small amounts of cash so that Paris Hilton can get yet another tax cut. I can't wait to see what sort of shell game Georgie & Co. will be pulling with Social Security. I can just see it now, "Yeah, we reduced your Social Security benefits but really you're better off, trust us."