re: #26 Charles

It would be hard to find a better example of a federal program that should NOT be cut. It indisputably saves lives, and also saves enormous amounts of money.

It’s bullshit. An easy target for Republicans that they can add to their bogus list of cuts, while doing immeasurable harm and wasting big money in the long term.

Not disagreeing with the bolded part. It isn’t bullshit if there are other ways to fund them, and 80% of their costs are already funded by other means. What value add does the federal level offer by funneling some money through their distribution channel? If there was something the feds did other than just pass the money around, I could see the point of it being a federal program. Otherwise, it seems unnecessary for the feds to do.