The cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that the Trump administration is implementing are going to be immediately devastating to communities of color and rural communities in particular. In the long term, though, they could have just as devastating effects on the health and well-being of millions of people, and ultimately on the nation’s economy.Numerous studies have shown that access to healthy and adequate food improves health and saves money, as Austin Frakt and Elsa Pearson argue in a New York Times article on the recent work requirement rule for SNAP. While the administration says that it will save almost $8 billion in the next ten years, the authors point out that it is "not clear how much money would actually be saved, research suggests, given the costs that might come from a decline in the health and well-being of many of the country’s 14.3 million 'food-insecure' households." - Daily Kos
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Trump's SNAP cuts are not only cruel; they're stupid as well
Here in Minnesota the current estimate is that about 8,000 people will face hunger because of this despicable shit.
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Would you commute up to two hours (each way) to get a job ?
ReplyDeleteThat's what Trump new rule would allow so as to deny food assistance to anyone who does not accept such a job.
BTW, this week, Minnesota joined in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration new rule.
In federal fiscal year 2019, Minnesota used 64,539 exemptions which could be impacted as only three of Minnesota’s 26 currently waived counties will continue to qualify for a waiver under Trump's Rule.
And it's not only denying assistance, but the State of Minnesota will incur additional costs. For example, the cost of the recertification process for SNAP benefits ... Pennsylvania, which has more claimants than Minnesota, states it will have an increased annual cost of $2,250,000 plus a one-time cost of $56,050.
Just another bad policy from the Trump Administration.