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I-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) inikeza usizo lwezezimali ekuthengeni ukudla kubantu abaphansi nabangatholi mali nemindeni ehlala e-US Luhlelo losizo lukahulumeni olulawulwa yi-Food and Nutrition Service yoMnyango Wezolimo wase-US, kepha izinzuzo ziyasatshalaliswa nguhulumeni ngamunye wase-US. Ngokomlando futhi yaziwa kakhulu njenge "Uhlelo Lwesitembu Sokudla".
Ngonyaka wezimali ka-2010, kwasatshalaliswa izitembu zokudla ezingama- $ 65 billion, ngenzuzo emaphakathi ngomamukeli ngamunye wekhaya elingama- $ 133 ngenyanga. Kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2011, abantu baseMelika abangama-46,224,722 XNUMX XNUMX babethola izitembu zokudla. EWashington, DC, naseMississippi, ngaphezu kwengxenye eyodwa kwezinhlanu zabahlali bathola izitembu zokudla. Abamukeli kumele babe nemali engenayo esondele kakhulu yobuphofu ukuze bathole izinzuzo.
Kusukela ngoJuni 2004, zonke izifundazwe zisebenzise i-Electronic Benefit Transfer (ikhadi lasebhange) kuzo zonke izinzuzo zesitembu sokudla. Ngomlando wayo omningi, noma kunjalo, lolu hlelo empeleni lusebenzise izitembu ezenziwe ngamaphepha noma amakhuphoni abiza i-US $ 1 (nsundu), $ 5 (eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka), ne- $ 10 (eluhlaza). Lezi zitembu zingasetshenziselwa ukuthenga noma yikuphi ukudla okudliwayo osekuphekiwe kungakhathalekile ukuthi unjani umsoco (ngokwesibonelo iziphuzo ezibandayo kanye ne-confectionery kungathengwa kwizitembu zokudla).
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1990, uhlelo lwesitembu sokudla lwavuselelwa futhi izitembu zangempela zakhishwa kwasetshenziswa uhlelo olukhethekile lwamakhadi asebhange lwaziwa nge-Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) olunikezwa osonkontileka abazimele. Amazwe amaningi ahlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwekhadi le-EBT ezinhlelweni zezenhlalakahle zosizo lomphakathi. Umthethosivivinywa wasepulazini wango-2008 waqamba kabusha i-Food Stamp Programme ngokuthi yi-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2008), futhi esikhundleni sazo zonke izinkomba ezithi “isitembu” noma “isigqebhezana” emthethweni wesifundazwe sithi “ikhadi” noma “EBT.”
Ukuthotshiswa, kwabaningi kwabadala abayizigidi ezingama-46 abathola uhlelo lwezitembu zokudla e-USA, kumele kube kubi. Abaningi bazoba nezingane okufanele bazinakekele futhi kubantu abangaba yizigidi ezingama-312 cishe ngo-15% wabantu bathola lo mhlomulo. Uhlelo lweSNAP beluphezulu kwi-ajenda yezindaba e-USA muva nje ngenxa yezingqinamba ezimbili, okokuqala ezingxenyeni ezithile zaseMelika izikhungo zezingcingo ezingenayo azikwazi ukubhekana namazinga okuphenya kanti okwesibili kukhona ukunyakaza kwenhlangano yezepolitiki neyokuphatha yokuhamba labo abathola izitembu kude nokuthengwa kwalokho okungabhekwa njengezinto 'zokudla okungenamsoco'.
Isitampu Sokudla Ucingo Line Drops Ama-350,000 Izingcingo Ngenyanga
Izingcingo ezinhlanu kwezintathu zonke eziya kwinethiwekhi yocingo yaseSan Diego County, eyenzelwe ukusiza abantu ukuthi bafake izicelo zezitembu zokudla nezinye izinzuzo, ungapheli. Labo abakwenzayo babhekana nokulinda okujwayelekile okungaphezu kwemizuzu engama-30. Izingcingo ezingaphezu kwama-350,000 ngenyanga aziphendulwa ngoba i-County Health and Human Services Agency ayiqashi abasebenzi abenele noma ifake izingcingo ezanele. Uhlelo luthatha cishe izingcingo ezingama-68,000 ngenyanga.
IFlorida: Abenzi Bomthetho Bombuso Bangavota Ukuvimba Abantu Ekusebenziseni Izitembu Zokudla Ukuthenga Ukudla Okungenamsoco
Izishayamthetho zombuso zingavota ukuvimbela abantu ekusebenziseni izitembu zokudla ukuthenga ukudla okungenamsoco. Umthethosivivinywa wokufaka uswidi, i-Coke namakhukhi ohlwini lwezinto izitembu zokudla ongeke uzikhokhe udlulise ikomidi lezigele.
ISenator Yombuso uRonda Storms uxhasa umthetho ongangeza ukudla okungenamsoco ohlwini lwezinto ezingafakwanga yinzuzo yelungelo;
Kulezi zikhathi lapho senza konke lokhu kusikwa ezingeni likahulumeni, izinga lendawo, uhulumeni wesifundazwe. Sinqamula yonke indawo. Ngempela, kubaluleke kakhulu kithi ukuthi sithengele abantu amazambane amazambane?
Ummeleli uMark Pafford ubiza umthethosivivinywa ngokuthi usindisiwe;
Impela uhulumeni uhamba ibanga elide kakhulu ezindabeni zemindeni yangasese.
Ngonyaka odlule abakwaFloridians abayizigidi ezintathu babanga izitembu zokudla eziyizigidigidi ezinhlanu zamaRandi, lo mthethosivivinywa ungabhekana nokuphikiswa okukhulu njengoba kuqhubeka. IJello, i-ayisikhilimu, ama-pretzels, ama-popcorn, ama-popsicles, ama-potato chips, ama-donuts namakhekhe yizinto ezimbalwa nje kuphela ebezingavinjelwa. Kepha isici sokudla okungenamsoco kulo mthethosivivinywa kungadingeka ukuthi sisuswe ukuze kutholakale ukusekelwa ukuze kudluliswe isilinganiso.
Ezweni elicebe kakhulu emhlabeni kuyinkolelo yokuthi cishe amaphesenti ayishumi nanhlanu wabantu angalamba ngaphandle kosizo lukahulumeni. Ukungalutholi usizo ekuqaleni, ngenxa yokuphathwa kabi kwezikhungo zezingcingo, akusho ukuthi kuyiqiniso emphakathini othuthuke kangaka ibutho labasebenzi basekhaya belingasiza ngezicelo. Lokhu kwehluleka kusikisela ukuthi kubekwe inqubomgomo yamabomu yokwenqaba ngenxa yokukhathala.
Kodwa-ke, udaba lwesibili luyethusa impela, uma uhulumeni enikeza izinzuzo zokudla okunempilo uma kufanele (njengakwesokudla) akwazi ukusho ukuthi leyo nzuzo kumele isetshenziselwe kuphi? Impela umphakathi onomqondo olungile ungalindela ukuthengwa kotshwala kungavunyelwe, kepha ingabe i-govt inelungelo lokuphatha lokho kukhetha kuze kufike kuhlu lwezinto zokudla ezivinjelwe? Abampofu baseMelika abaku-SNAP abakwazi ukupheka ukudla okuyizifundo ezintathu besebenzisa izithako zenani eliphakeme, kungenzeka bangakwazi ukufinyelela ezindaweni zokupheka, noma kuphethiloli, noma emanzini aqhubekayo. Futhi uma ucabanga ukuthi lokho kufana nencazelo yomhlaba wesithathu hhayi i-USA enamandla phinda ucabange futhi.
Abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyishumi abakwazi ukushisa amakhaya abo ngaphandle kosizo, ngakho-ke i-cliche leyo "Bathenga nje i-pizza namathosi ngale ncwadi" ayigezi impela. Abampofu baqhutshwa ukuthenga ukudla okungabizi kakhulu okutholakalayo, inkambo enhle, emithathu, ukudla okuphekwe ekhaya kusihlwa njalo kuyizwe lamaphupho kwabaningi.
Lokhu kucwazimula kwakamuva ohlelweni lweSNAP kungaphezu kokuzijabulisa, lokhu manje sekungena esimweni esinomdlalo wokugcina othusa kakhulu, igama lale micimbi nalo liqala ngohlamvu "F".
Asikho isigatshana esifanelekile sokuchaza noma ukuqonda ukuthi kungani ohulumeni beba nzima kakhulu kubantu abampofu emphakathini ngezikhathi zobunzima bezomnotho, kodwa ngeshwa kuyindlela egqoke kahle futhi inyathelwa kahle. Ngenkathi iqembu lethu lasebhange lipaka izigidigidi zamarandi ezisogwini izimali ezingasizi ngalutho emphakathini abampofu e-USA, eYurophu nase-UK, bayahlupheka futhi balambe futhi bahlose ukuhlukunyezwa.
Kunjengokungathi ohulumeni bosuku bafuna ukuhlukanisa abantu babo abaningi futhi babakhuthaze ukuthi bakhombe ngomunwe bese babela ukusola kude nezelelesi ezithathe ibhola elilimazayo kohlelo lwezezimali.
Izizathu zindala njengezombusazwe futhi ngokudabukisayo le nkinga yokusebenza ephazamisayo isebenza… kulabo abasemandleni…
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UFebhu 8 • Amazwana eMakethe • Ukubukwa okungu-6573 • Amazwana Off kumaMelika aseMelika angamashumi amane nesithupha awakwazi nje ukweqa kuwo
I-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) inikeza usizo lwezezimali ekuthengeni ukudla kubantu abaphansi nabangatholi mali nemindeni ehlala e-US Luhlelo losizo lukahulumeni olulawulwa yi-Food and Nutrition Service yoMnyango Wezolimo wase-US, kepha izinzuzo ziyasatshalaliswa nguhulumeni ngamunye wase-US. Ngokomlando futhi yaziwa kakhulu njenge "Uhlelo Lwesitembu Sokudla".
Ngonyaka wezimali ka-2010, kwasatshalaliswa izitembu zokudla ezingama- $ 65 billion, ngenzuzo emaphakathi ngomamukeli ngamunye wekhaya elingama- $ 133 ngenyanga. Kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2011, abantu baseMelika abangama-46,224,722 XNUMX XNUMX babethola izitembu zokudla. EWashington, DC, naseMississippi, ngaphezu kwengxenye eyodwa kwezinhlanu zabahlali bathola izitembu zokudla. Abamukeli kumele babe nemali engenayo esondele kakhulu yobuphofu ukuze bathole izinzuzo.
Kusukela ngoJuni 2004, zonke izifundazwe zisebenzise i-Electronic Benefit Transfer (ikhadi lasebhange) kuzo zonke izinzuzo zesitembu sokudla. Ngomlando wayo omningi, noma kunjalo, lolu hlelo empeleni lusebenzise izitembu ezenziwe ngamaphepha noma amakhuphoni abiza i-US $ 1 (nsundu), $ 5 (eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka), ne- $ 10 (eluhlaza). Lezi zitembu zingasetshenziselwa ukuthenga noma yikuphi ukudla okudliwayo osekuphekiwe kungakhathalekile ukuthi unjani umsoco (ngokwesibonelo iziphuzo ezibandayo kanye ne-confectionery kungathengwa kwizitembu zokudla).
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1990, uhlelo lwesitembu sokudla lwavuselelwa futhi izitembu zangempela zakhishwa kwasetshenziswa uhlelo olukhethekile lwamakhadi asebhange lwaziwa nge-Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) olunikezwa osonkontileka abazimele. Amazwe amaningi ahlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwekhadi le-EBT ezinhlelweni zezenhlalakahle zosizo lomphakathi. Umthethosivivinywa wasepulazini wango-2008 waqamba kabusha i-Food Stamp Programme ngokuthi yi-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2008), futhi esikhundleni sazo zonke izinkomba ezithi “isitembu” noma “isigqebhezana” emthethweni wesifundazwe sithi “ikhadi” noma “EBT.”
Ukuthotshiswa, kwabaningi kwabadala abayizigidi ezingama-46 abathola uhlelo lwezitembu zokudla e-USA, kumele kube kubi. Abaningi bazoba nezingane okufanele bazinakekele futhi kubantu abangaba yizigidi ezingama-312 cishe ngo-15% wabantu bathola lo mhlomulo. Uhlelo lweSNAP beluphezulu kwi-ajenda yezindaba e-USA muva nje ngenxa yezingqinamba ezimbili, okokuqala ezingxenyeni ezithile zaseMelika izikhungo zezingcingo ezingenayo azikwazi ukubhekana namazinga okuphenya kanti okwesibili kukhona ukunyakaza kwenhlangano yezepolitiki neyokuphatha yokuhamba labo abathola izitembu kude nokuthengwa kwalokho okungabhekwa njengezinto 'zokudla okungenamsoco'.
Isitampu Sokudla Ucingo Line Drops Ama-350,000 Izingcingo Ngenyanga
Izingcingo ezinhlanu kwezintathu zonke eziya kwinethiwekhi yocingo yaseSan Diego County, eyenzelwe ukusiza abantu ukuthi bafake izicelo zezitembu zokudla nezinye izinzuzo, ungapheli. Labo abakwenzayo babhekana nokulinda okujwayelekile okungaphezu kwemizuzu engama-30. Izingcingo ezingaphezu kwama-350,000 ngenyanga aziphendulwa ngoba i-County Health and Human Services Agency ayiqashi abasebenzi abenele noma ifake izingcingo ezanele. Uhlelo luthatha cishe izingcingo ezingama-68,000 ngenyanga.
IFlorida: Abenzi Bomthetho Bombuso Bangavota Ukuvimba Abantu Ekusebenziseni Izitembu Zokudla Ukuthenga Ukudla Okungenamsoco
Izishayamthetho zombuso zingavota ukuvimbela abantu ekusebenziseni izitembu zokudla ukuthenga ukudla okungenamsoco. Umthethosivivinywa wokufaka uswidi, i-Coke namakhukhi ohlwini lwezinto izitembu zokudla ongeke uzikhokhe udlulise ikomidi lezigele.
ISenator Yombuso uRonda Storms uxhasa umthetho ongangeza ukudla okungenamsoco ohlwini lwezinto ezingafakwanga yinzuzo yelungelo;
Kulezi zikhathi lapho senza konke lokhu kusikwa ezingeni likahulumeni, izinga lendawo, uhulumeni wesifundazwe. Sinqamula yonke indawo. Ngempela, kubaluleke kakhulu kithi ukuthi sithengele abantu amazambane amazambane?
Ummeleli uMark Pafford ubiza umthethosivivinywa ngokuthi usindisiwe;
Impela uhulumeni uhamba ibanga elide kakhulu ezindabeni zemindeni yangasese.
Ngonyaka odlule abakwaFloridians abayizigidi ezintathu babanga izitembu zokudla eziyizigidigidi ezinhlanu zamaRandi, lo mthethosivivinywa ungabhekana nokuphikiswa okukhulu njengoba kuqhubeka. IJello, i-ayisikhilimu, ama-pretzels, ama-popcorn, ama-popsicles, ama-potato chips, ama-donuts namakhekhe yizinto ezimbalwa nje kuphela ebezingavinjelwa. Kepha isici sokudla okungenamsoco kulo mthethosivivinywa kungadingeka ukuthi sisuswe ukuze kutholakale ukusekelwa ukuze kudluliswe isilinganiso.
Ezweni elicebe kakhulu emhlabeni kuyinkolelo yokuthi cishe amaphesenti ayishumi nanhlanu wabantu angalamba ngaphandle kosizo lukahulumeni. Ukungalutholi usizo ekuqaleni, ngenxa yokuphathwa kabi kwezikhungo zezingcingo, akusho ukuthi kuyiqiniso emphakathini othuthuke kangaka ibutho labasebenzi basekhaya belingasiza ngezicelo. Lokhu kwehluleka kusikisela ukuthi kubekwe inqubomgomo yamabomu yokwenqaba ngenxa yokukhathala.
Kodwa-ke, udaba lwesibili luyethusa impela, uma uhulumeni enikeza izinzuzo zokudla okunempilo uma kufanele (njengakwesokudla) akwazi ukusho ukuthi leyo nzuzo kumele isetshenziselwe kuphi? Impela umphakathi onomqondo olungile ungalindela ukuthengwa kotshwala kungavunyelwe, kepha ingabe i-govt inelungelo lokuphatha lokho kukhetha kuze kufike kuhlu lwezinto zokudla ezivinjelwe? Abampofu baseMelika abaku-SNAP abakwazi ukupheka ukudla okuyizifundo ezintathu besebenzisa izithako zenani eliphakeme, kungenzeka bangakwazi ukufinyelela ezindaweni zokupheka, noma kuphethiloli, noma emanzini aqhubekayo. Futhi uma ucabanga ukuthi lokho kufana nencazelo yomhlaba wesithathu hhayi i-USA enamandla phinda ucabange futhi.
Abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyishumi abakwazi ukushisa amakhaya abo ngaphandle kosizo, ngakho-ke i-cliche leyo "Bathenga nje i-pizza namathosi ngale ncwadi" ayigezi impela. Abampofu baqhutshwa ukuthenga ukudla okungabizi kakhulu okutholakalayo, inkambo enhle, emithathu, ukudla okuphekwe ekhaya kusihlwa njalo kuyizwe lamaphupho kwabaningi.
Lokhu kucwazimula kwakamuva ohlelweni lweSNAP kungaphezu kokuzijabulisa, lokhu manje sekungena esimweni esinomdlalo wokugcina othusa kakhulu, igama lale micimbi nalo liqala ngohlamvu "F".
Asikho isigatshana esifanelekile sokuchaza noma ukuqonda ukuthi kungani ohulumeni beba nzima kakhulu kubantu abampofu emphakathini ngezikhathi zobunzima bezomnotho, kodwa ngeshwa kuyindlela egqoke kahle futhi inyathelwa kahle. Ngenkathi iqembu lethu lasebhange lipaka izigidigidi zamarandi ezisogwini izimali ezingasizi ngalutho emphakathini abampofu e-USA, eYurophu nase-UK, bayahlupheka futhi balambe futhi bahlose ukuhlukunyezwa.
Kunjengokungathi ohulumeni bosuku bafuna ukuhlukanisa abantu babo abaningi futhi babakhuthaze ukuthi bakhombe ngomunwe bese babela ukusola kude nezelelesi ezithathe ibhola elilimazayo kohlelo lwezezimali.
Izizathu zindala njengezombusazwe futhi ngokudabukisayo le nkinga yokusebenza ephazamisayo isebenza… kulabo abasemandleni…
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