Ron Crumpton on Welfare & Poverty

Fight poverty instead of fighting people in poverty

A: Strongly agree. Raise the minimum wage to a living wage & save $7.6B: Stop fighting war on people in poverty: Fight poverty!

Increase SNAP & unemployment benefits by 25%

We need to increase the benefit of the SNAP program and the unemployment benefit by 25%. The current benefits are just not realistic. With current SNAP benefits, the average beneficiary receives about $5 per day, which is not enough for a healthy diet. The cost of these changes would require an increase in funding of $43.5 billion, but it is something that we must do.

Without these changes, the programs will not be able to meet the needs of the American people. As stated earlier, this does not just benefit the poor, more than 70% of Americans will use these programs at some point in their lives. It is important that when Americans need these programs, these programs meet the needs of Americans.

Stop fighting war on people in poverty: Fight poverty!

Study after study shows that states that have a high poverty rate also have lower test scores in education, while having higher rates of drug use and crime. Unfortunately, this is one of the many issues that the Republican Party refuses to address; instead, they support policies that conflict and make the problem worse.