Proposed SNAP cuts under Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" threaten America's food assistance program
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Marcia Brown
Summary
The article examines how proposed cuts to SNAP (food stamps) under Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" threaten America's food safety net, building on decades of welfare reform that already weakened anti-poverty programs. It highlights that over two-thirds of SNAP recipients are children, elderly, or disabled and thus exempt from work requirements, while the new legislation would impose stricter work mandates and funding reductions that could leave millions without food assistance.
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bskyProposed SNAP cuts under Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" threaten America's food assistance programpolitico.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledMore than two-thirds of people receiving SNAP benefits are not expected to work because they are children, elderly or disabled, according to a pre-One Big Beautiful Bill analysis by the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Clinton's welfare reform also left food benefits — which was formally rebranded as SNAP via the 2008 Farm Bill after a decadelong transition from stigmatized food stamps to innocuous debit cards — as the most widely used anti-poverty in-kind benefit still standing.
But others must prove they are meeting the SNAP work requirement: 80 hours a month in a paying
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