Trump may redefine poverty, cutting Americans from welfare rolls

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Bloomberg

The Trump administration may alter the way it determines the national poverty threshold, putting Americans living on the margins at risk of losing access to welfare programs.

The possible move would involve changing how inflation is calculated in the “official poverty measure,” the White House Office of Management and Budget said in a regulatory filing on Monday. The formula has been used for decades to determine whether people qualify for certain federal programs and benefits.

The measure, first set in the 1960s, is calculated at three times the cost of a minimum food diet and adjusted every year as prices rise. In 2018, a family of four making no more than $25,900 was considered impoverished. The figure determines eligibility for a wide swath of federal, state, and non-profit programs, including Medicaid and food stamps.

By changing the index the government uses to calculate how much the cost of living rises or falls, the poverty level could rise at a slower rate.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-may-redefine-poverty-cutting-americans-from-welfare-rolls/ar-AAAYIiJ?li=BBnbfcN

[Yavin4]

1. $26K would not support a single person

Let alone a family of four.

[cstanleytech]

2. Even 50k is a struggle for many especially in cities with high housing prices.

[KaDee]

6. It all depends...

on where you live. $27,000+ is the average income in this area & many can survive & even live a little on that amount.
I'm in a rural LCOL area though, not an urban area.

[displacedtexan]

16. This LCOL map shows Trump states could be hurt most by this dumbass move.

https://www.businessinsider.com/regional-price-parity-map-2016-7

[Eliot Rosewater]

20. no

[TexasBushwhacker]

22. Poverty for a single person is $12490

Imagine living on THAT!

[louis-t]

3. From a guy that spends $3 million a week

in taxpayer money to fly to his resort to play golf.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. He and his boss want to kill as many of us as possible.

[area51]

24. This. n/t

[duforsure]

5. He and the GOP

are also cutting Medicare,Medicaid,Social security, and all Heath care from trying to destroy the ACA, yet claim they aren't. they also want to cut the wealthy.s taxes more, and making us pay for them , again.

[C Moon]

7. I'll bet part of this is to make the numbers look better under his dictatorship.

[raccoon]

26. You got that right. Nt

[Jedi Guy]

8. This just seems needlessly cruel and heartless.

Those seven words could sum up this trainwreck of an administration.

[marble falls]

9. Why not? He's certainly redefined "Presidential". "humanitarian". "Legal". "Ethical" ...

"Qrange Shitgibbon".

[Liberalhammer]

10. Going after his southern racist white base

But my guess the redneck rightwing welfare queens will still vote for him while they starve.

[infullview]

12. Yes they will

anyone that voted for tRump in a low income bracket has already qualified themselves as dumber than a bag of rocks.

[Yavin4]

13. Any suffering these people encounter in their lives will be blamed on

Immigrants, African Americans, Liberals, Feminists, Muslims, etc.

That's the beauty of Republican strategy.

[infullview]

11. Hey, you gotta pay for that tax cut for the wealthy somehow...

[Perseus]

14. The MAGA supporters are going to hate this, but they will believe it will make America Great

so they will buy it.

[underpants]

15. And he'll claim he "solved poverty" n/t

[Bayard]

17. So.....what's the point of this?

Just more thinning of the herd?

[Skittles]

25. to make his stats look better

it's Magat "winning"

[lark]

18. Can't Democrats stop this?

??? Please tell me they can, this will cause deaths if it goes through.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Gotta pay for the rich 0.01% tax cuts some how. Social Security next up on chopping block. . . nt

[marble falls]

21. Why not? It worked for his unemployment stats!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

23. Is there truly NO end to the destruction this bastard seeks to invoke ?

Between this and all of the other measures he's trying to foist upon people living on the margins, does he truly NOT see what this kind of action will result in, in the cost of human lives ?

I truly hate this man.