January 10, 2020 “…he bent his shoulder to bear and became an indentured servant”  Vayechi 49:15

Trump proposes to offset half of his increases in his bloated defense budget with cuts to SNAP (Food Stamps) that reduce benefits, limit relief for the working poor, and withhold participation from 4 million people. His $1.4 Trillion tax windfall for corporations, which, contrary to his promises, neither increased business spending nor repatriated foreign earnings, has him searching for savings that won’t penalize the Republican Donor Class, but that, ironically, will punish his unwaveringly fervid rural base as well as tens of thousands of Jews including the 20% of Cleveland Jews who live in poverty. Dramatically cutting SNAP, which primarily supports the elderly, the working poor, the disabled, and single-parent families, will make millions more destitute and will exacerbate the intolerable scourge of food insecurity that plagues our communities – the parts of our communities to which we seem oblivious.