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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,278 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:31 PM 8 hrs ago

Federal cuts to SNAP leave millions Americans with less -- or no food assistance.

Thanks to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, have now gone into effect.

With these cuts, an estimated 2.4 million Americans in an average month will lose their food stamp benefits, according to the Congressional Budget Office [1].

Making matters worse, Urban Institute found that these cuts would mean 22.3 million U.S. families will lose some or all of their SNAP benefit, which provides basic food assistance to more than 40 million Americans in a typical month.

Urban Institute's research also found that, of the 22.3 million affected families, 5.3 million families would lose at least $25 per month in benefits — and for those families, the average lost benefit would be around $146 per month, or $1,752 per year [2].

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/federal-cuts-snap-leave-millions-190000285.html

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Federal cuts to SNAP leave millions Americans with less -- or no food assistance. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 8 hrs ago OP
These cuts haven't gone into effect yet. choie 8 hrs ago #1
Yes, the article talks about future tense. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 8 hrs ago #2
Are there no work houses? The Blue Flower 8 hrs ago #3
Decrease the surplus population! choie 8 hrs ago #4
Firing federal workers and cutting Snap.... Lovie777 7 hrs ago #5

choie

(6,172 posts)
1. These cuts haven't gone into effect yet.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:38 PM
8 hrs ago

I emphasize this because I don't want articles like these to deter people from applying for or maintaining their SNAP benefits.

Lovie777

(20,523 posts)
5. Firing federal workers and cutting Snap....
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:12 PM
7 hrs ago

But sending 20 billion to Argentina and supposedly given farmers 10 billion will not be enough. shithole and comrades lie.

Blackmailing colleges for millions to harassing American citizens with ICE.

Evil.

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