Literature professor Nicolaus Mills questions Republican hopefuls' attacks on food stamps in Dissent

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

In Dissent, Literature professor Nicolaus Mills questions the tactics of Republican presidential hopefuls who have been attacking welfare programs such as food stamps. Mills recalls a similar and successful strategy taken by Ronald Regan, but cautions that, "targeting families using food stamps in the midst of America's worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, however, is a different story."