Greg Kaufmann: Low-Wage Work Is Far From Living-Wage Work

Greg Kaufmann: Low-Wage Work Is Far From Living-Wage Work

Greg Kaufmann: Low-Wage Work Is Far From Living-Wage Work

The Nation's Greg Kaufmann joins Bill Moyers to explain why the need for food stamps is growing.

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Congress’s recent debate over funding for food stamps in the Farm Bill focused on everything but the relevant issue: hunger in America. The Nation’s Greg Kaufmann joins Bill Moyers to argue that low-wage jobs are creating a larger need for food stamps and explain why Republicans are “out of sync with the values of this country.”

—Rebecca Nathanson

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