Before legislation was enacted to end the 2009 Recovery Act, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cost the average family less than ten cents a day. Even with the increased benefits the Recovery Act provided, the program was still woefully inadequate. Now, 15% of the American population will be forced to survive on just $1.40 per meal. Instead of cutting the $6k the average taxpayer pays, per year, in subsidies to huge corporations that have doubled their profits, decreased their taxes by over 50%, and exported jobs overseas, we are supposed to believe that a few cents is going to make a difference. Cutting SNAP doesn't reduce spending, it reduces an investment in our largest asset: citizens. Taking food from families does nothing to help our economy, it makes it worse.
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