A state senator from southern Missouri wants to crack down on people receiving food stamps — and their kids.The bill sponsored by Senator David Sater (R-Cassville) would punish people who fail to comply with federal work requirements of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, by cutting off not only their benefits but, if they're the head of a household, those of everyone else in the household as well.
The Cassville Republican's bill creates a three-strikes scenario of escalating penalties — the final blow being a permanent ban for the violator and up to 180 days without food stamps for others in the household.
The proposed legislation is in line with Sater's campaign to hack away at assistance for the poor. He was the sponsor of a 2015 bill that sliced the amount of time families could collect welfare benefits to 45 months from 60.…