Whatever the flaws of the foodstampprogram, at least it does not require grocers to accept 40 percent less for food-stamp payments than they would from other customers.
He thus notes that the government has a rational basis to expel from its foodstampprogram any employer whose workers swapped food stamps for cash behind his back even though the employer was innocent of any wrongdoing.
Changes that have made the foodstampprogram more generous, along with policies to reduce mortgage debt for low income people, also make it easier to wait for a better job offer or work part-time rather than full-time.
Republicans in the GOP-controlled House twice last year passed legislation that would have shifted the defense portion of the cuts elsewhere in the federal budget, most notably cuts to the food-stamp program and a requirement forcing federal employees to contribute more to their retirement savings.