(Opinion) I told Paul Ryan what it’s like to be poor. I wonder if he remembers me now.
“The structural changes Ryan envisions — sometimes referred to as ‘per capita caps’ or ‘block grants’ — are actually budget cuts that will devastate the safety net and harm families like mine. Forty-three million people participate in SNAP. Half of them are children, and the rest are mainly elderly, disabled and people with low-wage jobs. Seventy-four million Americans participate in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. These Americans are not trying to scam the system. They just want to survive.”