Scott Walker might be a loser of a presidential candidate, but he's still doing his damnedest to impose his own horrible vision for the future on the nation. Specifically, more humiliation and punishment for people who are just trying to feed their families.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) and 10 other GOP governors trumpeted the benefits of drug testing food stamp recipients in a letter to Republicans on Capitol Hill this week.
Federal law doesn’t allow states to drug test Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients, but in February Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) introduced legislation that would pave the way.
“The legislation authored by Congressman Robert Aderholt confirms states’ rights to drug test SNAP recipients, and we look forward to working with him on this crucial issue and implementing this common-sense reform in Wisconsin,” Walker said in a Tuesday statement.
The federal government has dealt with this before, halting Gov. Nathan Deal's plan to drug test SNAP recipients in Georgia in 2014. It's not allowed under current law, explained regional USDA administrator Robin Bailey. "Requiring SNAP applicants and recipients to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits would constitute an additional condition of eligibility, and therefore, is not allowable under law." That's federal law, which House Republicans are now trying to undermine with the support of Walker and Republican governors from the completely predictable states of Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah.
These monsters have a problem with people receiving average monthly benefits of $126.83 per person. To buy food. To survive on. Because kicking people while they’re down is the favorite sport of Republicans.