Why doesn't the Federal government just take over SNAP food distribution?

[daredtowork]

40. Why is it better than what we have now?

What we have now would be fine if it wasn't constantly being threatened by cuts. The only people it's not fine with are Republicans who think it costs too much. But it doesn't cost too much. It's a drop in the bucket compared to the subsidies rich people get. The only way we need to "fix" SNAP is to increase it.

Where we need the "bold" ideas are in repairing Clinton's Welfare Reform As We Know It:
1) Emphasize housing stability first.
2) Subsidize transportation.
3) Recognize there are other basic necessities besides food and housing, and if a person is deprived of them, they will be reduced to an animal and won't be able to get "work ready" and pull themselves out of poverty. They will probably never recover from the stress and trauma of welfare, either. Be real about a living budget. If you want to make people work for that, fine - but not so much that they won't be able to look for a "non-welfare" job.
4) Don't put people through bureaucratic hell.

A lot of these posts feel like conservative ideas awkwardly disguised in a way to make them look like democrat ideas (like painting them as "big government"...?). The lack of respect for personal autonomy and dignity seems really off to me.