Jeb Bush Calls for Ending Food Stamp Program in Welfare Overhaul
Obama rips NRA over ‘imaginary fiction’; Trump draws overflow crowd in Vermont
by Robert Schroeder
Market Watch
Jeb Bush is calling for an end to the federal food stamp program as he seeks to overhaul the country’s welfare system. Bloomberg writes the Republican presidential hopeful is rolling out a welfare policy that would give money to states in place of food stamps, housing assistance and cash welfare programs. The former Florida governor’s policy would give money to states in the form of “Right to Rise Grants” that would include work requirements and time limits for able-bodied adults. Bush will speak about welfare reform in South Carolina on Saturday.
Obama rips NRA over ‘fiction’: President Barack Obama ripped the National Rifle Association in a televised town hall on gun control Thursday night, accusing the group of peddling an “imaginary fiction.” Obama, the Associated Press writes, dismissed what he called a “conspiracy” alleging that the federal government — and him in particular — wants to seize firearms as a precursor to imposing martial law. He blamed that notion on the NRA and other groups that convince their members that “somebody’s going to come grab your guns.” Obama said: “Yes, that is a conspiracy. I’m only going to be here for another year. When would I have started on this enterprise?”
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