Fiscal Fridays: Squashing the Welfare State

How would you vote when faced with an onslaught of new socialist programs in the legislature? Well, Conservatives in the Idaho Senate stood their ground against the expansion of the welfare state. They did this by stopping a new, virtually universal welfare program called the Summer EBT program. This would have given school-aged children food stamps regardless of their family’s income and continued COVID-era spending increases. In this episode of Fiscal Fridays, we will set the record straight: no children will go hungry without yet another welfare program. Summer EBT was never about feeding the needy, and the resulting growth in spending would only hurt those it purports to help.

Timestamps and Sources
00:00 Intro

01:59 Department of Health and Welfare’s Summer EBT Program
https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1455SOP.pdf

01:57 The Truth about the Summer EBT Program
https://thefga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/summer-ebt-paper-3-26-24.pdf
https://www.sde.idaho.gov/cnp/sch-mp/files/reference/sfsp/Summer-Food-Service-Program.pdf
https://www.sde.idaho.gov/cnp/sch-mp/guide.html

03:17 Summer EBT Program Hurts More Than it Helps
https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2020-04/HR6201.pdf
https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2021-03/Estimated_Budgetary_Effects_of_HR_1319_as_passed_0.pdf
https://idahofreedom.org/food-for-thought-biden-leverages-school-lunch-programs-to-further-his-woke-agenda-in-idaho/
https://idahofreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FY-2025-Budget-Highlights.pdf

04:46 Conclusion

05:09 Outro