Cutting SNAP will make poverty worse
“We know that the economy is not working for everyone when the Census Bureau reports that 1 in 8 people living in this country are living in poverty, nearly 40 million people, according to this year’s report. In 2017-2018, 11.8 percent of American households were food insecure, which means they were unsure at some point during the year how they would get their next meal. But this new data also shows that 3.4 million people moved above the poverty line in the United States last year thanks to support from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).”