Food assistance as economic stimulus?

Reuters is hosting a report that the government may be considering food assistance as part of an economic stimulus package.

The lead article in the most recent Foodlinks America newsletter says that food assistance benefits might be included in a new round of economic stimulus.

Another Stimulus Plan Under Consideration

Congressional leaders are contemplating a new and bigger stimulus package to help pull the U.S. out of its economic doldrums. Regardless of the Presidential vote outcome, Democrats in the House and Senate are expected to return to Washington, D.C. for a post-election, lame-duck session to try to jump-start the sagging economy.

One must admire the creativity of legislators when it comes to giving a new name to something in order to make it more palatable to voters. Here we thought that President Clinton had reformed Welfare in cooperation with the Republican Congress. Now we're seeing the legislature turn the tax code (the Earned Income Credit, which Obama plans to grow) and "economic stimulus" into giveaway programs.

Can the two day work week be far behind?