SB1192 directs the transfer of $8.1 million to the Department of Human Services for additional “food insecurity” grants.
The Senate passed SB1192 on May 28, 2024, by a vote of 37 to 4. We have assigned pluses to the nays because The House passed SB2260 on April 24, 2024, by a vote of 57 to 27. We have assigned pluses to the noes because providing “food insecurity” grants is not the legitimate object of government. There exists no “right to food” apart from a person working to provide it themselves or having received it privately and voluntarily from someone else. Taxation in the name of “social welfare” is neither just nor charitable. This bill relies on the unconstitutional and discriminatory use of federal and state taxpayer money on behalf of some citizens (particularly those who have little or no tax liability) at the expense of others, causing more debt, dependency, and poverty. States must firmly reject the notion of “food security,” which the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 “Zero Hunger” initiative describes as a “precondition for the full enjoyment of the right to food,” based on Article 25 of the socialist Universal Declaration of Human Rights.