Food stamps helped lift the US economy out of the Great Recession
“If President Donald Trump’s wishes could magically come true, the federal government would cut billions of dollars from anti-poverty programs for low-income families and the elderly.His budget proposal for 2020 includes a massive $220 billion cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. He would slash $845 billion from Medicare and $25 billion from Social Security”