City wants to hand out more food stamps

Council is scheduled to consider on Wednesday spending $160,000 so more Houstonians can receive food stamps. Expect Councilwoman Helena Brown to vote against the item that would hire three outreach workers at the Houston Food Bank to connect more people to federal benefits, officially called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Brown put out a statement in advance of the meeting, that reads in part: Considering the amount of debt our nation and city is in, using either federal or city funds on this is unwise; city funds most especially as it will hit home the hardest. These are precious city tax dollars being spent to promote a federal  Read More

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