The GOP of Wisc killed what may be the single most important benefit for low-income seniors in WIsconsin. WisGOP ran straight to it's stacked partisan state Supreme Court to kill it off. They killed it for masks, but also killed the additional food share benefits every low-income senior that has received $200/mo for food, during the pandemic. That benefit will be reduced to $16/mo. The $16 amount is for seniors who do not have dependent children at home.
Do you know anyone over 65yrs, that has dependent children?
Legally assigned dependent children, not the minors the parents 'help out' with; like babysitting, online schooling and the normal support grandparents will always do. These are seniors with minor children at home on a permanent basis. No kids? No food for you!
Can you feed yourself on $16 a month? I didn't think so.
There are over 200,000 homes that will loose this added emergency federal benefit. Because the Wisc GOP Assembly & Senate chose to override Gov Ever's entire emergency order, not just the parts they didn't like. They knew the federal funds, of $50 Million, would also go put all food share costs back into the state budget, instead of the free funds the federal gov't is offering Wisconsin.
Can we say they are doing this ( using the trump's fav whine) just to make Evers look bad?
I don't think so.
I think the WIsc GOP is a group of TeaNuts,Trumpies and likely treasonous Jan 6th Capitol assault supporters whose only considerations is what version of a MAGA hat to wear. They refuse to hold a session on the pandemic to help not only seniors and food share, but small businesses, because the GOP knows employees may be using food share now. We can't have that, can we!
This should be fixed, but I am not holding my breath that I will have food this summer.
I guess a little more ketchup on the 'thoughts & prayers' is the GOP justification for this intentional 'oversight'.
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