Trump’s cruel budget guts effective antipoverty tool
“Aside from deep cuts to Medicaid and other social welfare programs, Trump wants to cut federal spending for food stamps — also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits — by 25 percent, or $191 billion over the next decade. The proposal is nothing short of an attack on the already tenuous level of food security in the United States, where the working poor face tough choices between paying rent and buying groceries. SNAP has been a lifeline for millions of Americans on the economic margins. Cuts to the program simply would create more poverty and additional costs for federal and state governments.”