Americans support more generous welfare
Austerity politics remain loud but wildly unpopular.
SNAP benefits are set to expire on Saturday. Medicaid and Medicare are on the budgetary chopping block, with over $1.4 trillion in funding set to be slashed over the next ten years. And austerity rhetoric continues to dominate elite Republican discourse, with figures like Mike Davis expressing the typical tone:
We should only help people who can’t help t…
