Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi abaphathi bakaTrump kudala befuna ukunciphisa inani labantu abasebenzisa izitembu zokudla. Ine umthetho osekelwe lokho kungabeka izimfuneko zomsebenzi eziqinile kubantu ababamba iqhaza kuhlelo Lokusiza Lokudla Okunomsoco (i-SNAP). Ama-imeyili angaphakathi ovela eMnyangweni Wezolimo wase-United States (USDA) ngo-Ephreli waphakamisa ukuthi le nhlangano ingase ivumele izifundazwe ukuthi zihlolele abafake izicelo zosizo lokudla izidakamizwa. NoMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwezwe (DHS) ngenyanga edlule imithetho eshicilelwe abathi ukusetshenziswa kwezitembu zokudla kuzoba yisici "esinzima" lapho kucutshungulwa izicelo zamakhadi aluhlaza.
Lowo mthetho wokugcina awukakaqali ukusebenza. Kodwa ucwaningo olusha lubonisa ukuthi kungase kungabi nandaba. Idatha yokuqala evela kunhlolovo yomama abangaphezu kuka-35,000 bezingane ezincane ikhombisa ukwehla okucishe kube ngamaphesenti ayi-10 ekubhaliseni kwe-SNAP phakathi kwemindeni yabokufika efanelekile.
The okutholwe, eyethulwa ngoMsombuluko emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke we-American Public Health Association, ithole ukuthi ukubamba iqhaza komama bokufika ku-SNAP kwanda kancane kancane kusukela ngo-2007 kuya ku-2017. Kwathi engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2018, amanani ehla ngokuzumayoโngokuningi. Ngo-2017, amaphesenti angu-43 emindeni efanelekile ebisihlale ezweni iminyaka engaphansi kwemihlanu ibambe iqhaza kulolu hlelo. Maphakathi no-2018, leso sibalo sase sehle safinyelela kumaphesenti angama-34.8.
U-Allison Bovell-Ammon, umcwaningi oholayo wocwaningo kanye nesekela lomqondisi wesu lenqubomgomo eBoston Medical Center's Children's HealthWatch, ugcizelele ukuthi imithetho yokufaneleka ye-SNAP ayizange ishintshe phakathi kuka-2017 no-2018, ngakho ukwehla kungenzeka kungenxa yokwesaba kwemindeni imiphumela engase ibe khona. ukuthola usizo lokudla. "Lokhu okutholakele kukhombisa ukuthi ukukhuluma kanye nokwesabisa kwezinguquko zenqubomgomo, nangaphambi kokuthi kwenziwe izinguquko, kungase kubangele imindeni ukuthi ilahle usizo lokudla okunomsoco," kusho yena. isitatimende sephephandaba.
Ngo-April, Harvest Public Media kubika ukuthi abameli abamelene nendlala base beqalile ukwabelana nobufakazi obungajwayelekile bokuthi abokufika babeshiya i-SNAP ngenxa yokwesaba ukuxoshwa. Abokufika abangenazo izincwadi abalufanelekeli lolu hlelo, kodwa uma benabantu ababondlayo abazalelwa e-US, izingane zabo zingathola izitembu zokudla. Yize inguqulo yokuqala eputshuziwe yokuphatha kukaTrump umthetho "wokukhokhiswa umphakathi". kuphawulwe ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwe-SNAP yabancikile kuzocatshangelwa ekunqumeni isimo somndeni sokuthuthela kwelinye izwe, umthetho wokugcina oshicilelwe wabonisa ukuthi ukubamba iqhaza kwe-SNAP kwabantu abadala kuphela okuzofakwa kukho.
Njengoba unyaka uqhubeka, kwaqala ukuvela ezinye izinkomba zokuthi isimo sezombusazwe samanje singase sithinte ukusetshenziswa kwezinzuzo zokudla kwabokufika. I-Politico kubika ngo-September ukuthi izikhungo ezifundazweni ezingu-18 ziye zehla ngamaphesenti angu-20 abantu ababhalisela ukubhalisa oHlelweni Olukhethekile Lokondliwa Kwabesifazane, Izinsana, Nezingane (WIC), oluhlinzeka ngosizo lokudla komama abasha. Amabhange okudla nawo kubika ukudideka nokukhathazeka kwamakhasimende abo mayelana nokubhalisela ukusetshenziswa kwe-SNAP.
Noma kunjalo, umsebenzi ka-Bovell-Ammon uwucwaningo olubambekayo kakhulu kuze kube manje olukhombisa ukuthi inkulumo-ze yokuphatha kukaTrump emelene nokufika kwabantu bokufika inomthelela wangempela ekusetshenzisweni kwabokufika kwe-SNAP. Yize ingekho imithetho ebambekayo exhumanisa lokhu kokubili esike yasetshenziswa, kubonakala sengathi ukwesaba kusebenza ngendlela eqinile njengoba inqubomgomo esemthethweni ingenza: abantu bashiya lolu hlelo ngobuningi.
NgoMsombuluko, isitolo sezindaba esilandelanayo iBreitbart kubika lokho obekuthatha njengezindaba ezinhle ezihlobene noTrump-hhayi okuhlobene, ngokuqinisekile, nenqwaba yakamuva yezidingo zomsebenzi: Ukubhaliswa kwe-SNAP kuzwelonke kuphansi kakhulu cishe eminyakeni eyishumi. Bangaphezu kuka-3 million abantu asebelushiyile lolu hlelo kusukela kuqale inyanga egcwele egcwele kukamengameli. Khonamanjalo, ngokocwaningo lweBoston Medical Center, ukuntuleka kokudla emikhayeni yabokufika osekuphele iminyaka engaphansi kwemihlanu ikulelo zwe kuye kwakhuphuka kusuka kumaphesenti angu-9.9 ngo-2007 kuya kumaphesenti angu-17.8 namuhla.
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