White House weighs adjusting poverty definition, shrinking welfare rolls

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White House weighs adjusting poverty definition, shrinking welfare rolls
by Sean Higgins
 | May 06, 2019 02:46 PM

The Trump administration is considering adjusting the federal definition of poverty in a way that would reduce eligibility for welfare.

The administration solicited public comments Monday on whether to use a different inflation gauge to set the poverty threshold, asking about one inflation measure in particular that would result in the threshold rising more slowly, thereby making fewer people eligible for benefits over time.

The White House's Office of Management and Budget said in a document published Monday in the Federal Register that it would "consider the need to update the specific inflation measure used to adjust" the Official Poverty Measures. Requesting public comments is a key step in adjusting a federal rule.

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[Chosen Daughter]

What seems logical to me would be to cut the welfare for illegal immigrants.  If you want to cut welfare that would be the place to start.  It is so taken advantage of.  And the people who are released through the Detention centers by our Border Patrol.  They move in with family and all of them in the household are getting some kind of welfare.  It is a fact that a higher percentage of people in households with illegal immigrants rely on welfare more than citizens.