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Blackvegetable » 13 Jul 2024, 7:53 am » wrote: ↑

13 Jul 2024, 7:53 am

A new food program would have kicked in this summer, had Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt not turned down $48 million from a $2.5 billion initiative that the Biden administration calls “a giant step forward” in ending childhood hunger in the country. Though Oklahoma is one of the most food-insecure states, with surveys finding that more than 200,000 children are hungry at some point during a year, Stitt suggested the administration was “trying to push certain agenda items on kids.”

 He joined 12 fellow Republican governors who ultimately refused the money, part of the bipartisan budget agreement Congress reached in 2022. Some said they were reluctant because the country is mired in debt and the government already spends heavily on child nutrition programs — more than $25 billion in fiscal 2023. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves called the new program an attempt “to expand the welfare state.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2 ... -rejected/

They're hurting.....but the country must be saved.....so **** 'em....and their children.

Republican Populism.

And now for the rest of the story:

"I am satisfied that kids are going to be fed in the summertime through the regular course of DHS and programs for the needy that we have in the State of Oklahoma," he said, adding that because the USDA hasn't finalized the rules of the program, the State couldn't determine what conditions the Biden administration might include.

 "We pushed back as the Biden Administration has tried to push social policies down related to funding," he said.

And:

"Oklahoma already has multiple programs to serve food insecure children across Oklahoma, including SNAP benefits, Oklahoma State Department of Education Summer Food Program and the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s Summer Feeding Program," he said.


https://www.newson6.com/story/6596012d4 ... 0take%20it.

You always leave out important aspects of the story.  

Nothing to see here folks.  Move along