Hood: Requiring Work for Benefits Is Wise

Requiring work for benefits is wise

RALEIGH — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped business leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head up the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an initiative that isn’t really a department but could do some good — as long as its…

John Hood: Requiring work for benefits Is wise

There are good reasons to criticize the “Big, Beautiful Bill” the U.S. House just sent to the Senate. But its imposition of work requirements for able-bodied recipients of Medicaid — and more-comprehensive work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

Hood: Requiring work for benefits is wise

There are good reasons to criticize the “Big, Beautiful Bill” the U.S. House just sent to the Senate. But its imposition of work requirements for able-bodied recipients of Medicaid — and more-comprehensive work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

The latest GOP push to cut waste and spending: Work requirements

Plans for a range of welfare programs including food stamps, Medicaid and rental assistance reflect a shifting view of who should receive federal benefits.

GOP cuts to food assistance would hit rural America especially hard • Kentucky Lantern

Volunteers distribute food from Food Bank for the Heartland in Weeping Water, Neb., in September. The nonprofit, which serves 93 counties across Nebraska and Iowa, is concerned about the impacts of potential cuts to federal food assistance, particularly in rural areas. (Photo courtesy of Food Bank for the Heartland)People in Marsha Keene’s community are already struggling to cover the basics. Most of the clients Keene serves at the Susanna Wesle…

Requiring Work For Benefits Is Wise

By John Hood RALEIGH — There are good reasons to criticize the “Big, Beautiful Bill” the U.S. House just sent to the Senate. But its imposition of work requirements for able-bodied recipients of Medicaid — and more-comprehensive work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — are not among them. I pray North Carolina’s […]