Budget Cuts Article

On Monday, there were ideas for the budget cuts. Those ideas were reducing the state's share of General Assistance funding for large cities, giving the state 90 days, instead of 45, to determine whether someone is disabled enough to qualify for benefits, changing the income eligibility standard for Medicaid to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, imposing a strict five-year limit for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, reducing the income eligibility levels for a program that helps pay for prescription drugs for senior citizens, and requiring legal noncitizens to live in Maine for five years before they get food stamps, medical and financial assistance, and Supplemental Social Security income. I think these changes are a bad idea. I think this because no one is getting anything good out of it. It's all bad for the people who live in Maine and needed those things.