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‘It is fire that they’re playing with’: Americans’ fears grow as debt ceiling deadline nears

Written by on May 21, 2023

Across America, families are watching with trepidation as negotiators in Washington work behind closed doors to try to strike a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and cut federal spending.

Congressional Republicans are insisting that budget cuts should be part of an agreement to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and are pushing for tougher work requirements for federal benefits such as food stamps.

For the millions of Americans who rely on government assistance to put food on the table or pay their bills, the decisions made in those debt-ceiling talks could have real-life consequences.

“At the end of the day, the vulnerable folks are always the ones that pay the cost,” said Jennifer Wells of Community Change, a social justice organization that advocates on behalf of low-income people.

But all of that unraveled two years ago when she ended up in a shelter. Since then, she has been unable to find steady housing for herself or her 4-year-old. The trauma she carries from her abusive relationship makes it impossible for her to hold down a job.

“I lived my worst nightmare,” she said.

Willow, who lives in Maine, relies on the $497 she gets a month through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, a government welfare program, to make ends meet. Republicans in Congress are demanding that tighter work requirements be enacted for Americans to continue qualifying for such cash benefits. President Joe Biden has suggested he’s open to such restrictions.

Willow, 36, sees those kinds of requirements as dehumanizing and dangerous because they could strip many Americans of services they need to survive. Without the money she gets from TANF, she would be unable to feed her son, she said.

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