From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Food stamps and the politics of hunger.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Families with children, the elderly, and the issues Americans care about most. Families with

children, the elderly, and the disabled are feeling the first reduction ever in the food stamp

program, $5 billion less for 48 million people. Democrats are fighting Republican efforts to cut much

more, but the Democrats themselves are responsible for what's happening now. Food banks say they

might not be able to meet

increased need. Low-cost retailers are bracing to take a big hit. Conservatives say cuts have

been too long in coming, that food stamps create a culture of dependency. We'll hear a dispute

about economics and hunger. Today's talking point, one of sports most famous liars,

gets his close-up.

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