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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCHARTS: The Hidden Benefits of Food Stamps
CHARTS: The Hidden Benefits of Food Stamps
Research shows the much-maligned aid to the poor buys broad economic and public health gains.
By Christopher D. Cook
In September, just two days after a Census Bureau report showed that food stamps helped keep 4 million Americans out of poverty last year, the US House of Representatives approved a $39 billion cut to the program (known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) over the next decade.
The House proposal, now being negotiated along with smaller, yet still significant, Senate cuts of $4 billion, would result in 3.8 million people being removed from food stamps in 2014, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The haggling comes at a time when more than 15 percent of Americans remain mired in poverty, and more than half are at or near the poverty line when stagnant middle-class wages are matched against rising costs of living...the Republican-controlled House cuts are unlikely, given a promised veto from President Obama, food stamps will still be slashed by $5 billion on Nov. 1, when the 2009 Recovery Act that increased the aid along with other stimulus spending expires. The 13.6 percent temporary boost in food stamp dollars helped more than half a million Americans escape food insecurity, and millions more to climb out of poverty4.7 million in 2011 alone, according the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
Eighty-three percent of food stamps go to households with children, seniors, and nonelderly people with disabilities. The Nov. 1 reduction means $46 less per month for a family of four and $11 less for a single person. In 2012, the average recipient got $133.41 in food stamps per monththat works out to $1.48 per meal. "Without the Recovery Acts boost, SNAP benefits will average less than $1.40 per person per meal in 2014," reports the CBPP.
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Research shows the much-maligned aid to the poor buys broad economic and public health gains.
By Christopher D. Cook
In September, just two days after a Census Bureau report showed that food stamps helped keep 4 million Americans out of poverty last year, the US House of Representatives approved a $39 billion cut to the program (known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) over the next decade.
The House proposal, now being negotiated along with smaller, yet still significant, Senate cuts of $4 billion, would result in 3.8 million people being removed from food stamps in 2014, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The haggling comes at a time when more than 15 percent of Americans remain mired in poverty, and more than half are at or near the poverty line when stagnant middle-class wages are matched against rising costs of living...the Republican-controlled House cuts are unlikely, given a promised veto from President Obama, food stamps will still be slashed by $5 billion on Nov. 1, when the 2009 Recovery Act that increased the aid along with other stimulus spending expires. The 13.6 percent temporary boost in food stamp dollars helped more than half a million Americans escape food insecurity, and millions more to climb out of poverty4.7 million in 2011 alone, according the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
Eighty-three percent of food stamps go to households with children, seniors, and nonelderly people with disabilities. The Nov. 1 reduction means $46 less per month for a family of four and $11 less for a single person. In 2012, the average recipient got $133.41 in food stamps per monththat works out to $1.48 per meal. "Without the Recovery Acts boost, SNAP benefits will average less than $1.40 per person per meal in 2014," reports the CBPP.
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CHARTS: The Hidden Benefits of Food Stamps (Original Post)
ProSense
Oct 2013
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. And one more, this time from Moody's ....
ProSense
(116,464 posts)3. Thanks. n/t
Scuba
(53,475 posts)4. You're welcome.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)2. K&R....
ProSense
(116,464 posts)5. Kick! n/t
indepat
(20,899 posts)6. But my illustrious 'puke Congressman, who has received more than $3 million in
Federal agricultural subsidies, has reportedly said he would rather people go hungary rather that receive food stamps. And you can be certain the love and compassion of Jesus flows through his every vein.