Feeding the Deficit, Starving the Poor.
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Project 2025 — the sweeping policy blueprint developed by The Heritage Foundation — promises to “reform” government. But when you look closely at what it proposes for food assistance, the picture isn’t reform… it’s removal.
In this episode, we break down how expanded work requirements up to age 64, tighter eligibility rules, and reduced SNAP benefits could hit the poorest Americans the hardest — especially seniors living on fixed incomes and working-class adults with declining health.
Supporters call it fiscal responsibility.
Critics call it stripping food from the vulnerable to cut federal spending.
If you’re 60 years old with arthritis and no savings… if you’re a widow surviving on Social Security… if you’re working but still can’t quite outrun inflation — this plan offers no cushion No grace. There is no upside.
This isn’t about waste or fraud.
It’s about who absorbs the cost of “budget discipline."”
In this episode, we ask the uncomfortable question:
When the government tightens its belt, why does it always seem to tighten around the poor first?