The bottom line? Republican legislators want smaller government at all costs. If families get whacked by opioid abuse or teachers don’t get pay raises for years, well, that’s acceptable so that state government can shrink – and taxes lowered.
The greatest achievements of our country have always started with an aspiration.
State officials claim the steep drop in the food stamp, Medicaid and Temporary Assistance rolls demonstrate a surging economy: families no longer need help because they’re doing so much better.
In short, Missouri taxpayers deliver dump truck loads of money to Maximus which that company will justify by “proving” that thousands upon thousands of our neighbors shouldn’t get food help, access to medical care and other aid.
History may be made in St. Louis this spring. For the first time, two Muslim women have filed as nonpartisan candidates for the school boards of two of the area’s largest districts
… even if the Trump Down ends in a few days, 38 million Americans (including 700,000 Missourians) won’t get their next food help for six weeks!