Saturday, August 02, 2025

Low-Wage Workers Reeling Over Trump’s Looming Snap Cuts

Experts predict changes to food stamps' program affecting millions of Americans will cause poverty and hunger to rise

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According to an analysis by the Urban Institute, at the end of 2024, even the maximum Snap benefit would not cover the cost of a modestly priced meal in 99% of all counties in the US.

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"Katie Giede, a single mother and waitress in Conyers, Georgia, is one of the 42 million Americans who use the supplemental nutrition assistance program (Snap). Even with the maximum benefit permitted, she struggles to afford food for her and her child.

She makes $3 an hour plus tips at the fast-food chain Waffle House, where she has worked for 11 years. The company deducts meals from workers' pay check per shift, regardless of whether they eat one or not.

"Our pay is already so little that we're struggling with everything," Giede told the Guardian.

"Single mothers like myself are reliant upon the benefits like Snap and Medicaid. So when you go and you cut that as well, now you have mothers out here that are not only worried at night because they already can't afford housing or a vehicle, but we're also worried what is our kid is going to eat? Because we no longer have help."

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As someone around here keeps saying, the problem is that CORPORATIONS DON"T PAY A LIVING WAGE!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-02 05:14 PM

Low-Wage Workers Reeling Over Trump's Looming Snap Cuts
Experts predict changes to food stamps' program affecting millions of Americans will cause poverty and hunger to rise

Good?

Counties with Largest Increases in Food Stamps Since 2010 Went for Trump in 2020
Among the 2,021 counties registering an increase in food stamp use, 78.7 percent favored Trump and only 21.3 percent cast a majority of votes for President Biden, highlighting the disproportionate reliance on food stamps among Republican-leaning counties
www.socialexplorer.com

#2 | Posted by censored at 2025-08-02 08:41 PM

'Experts predict changes to food stamps' program affecting millions of Americans will cause poverty and hunger to rise"

Experts also predict the average billionaire will see a $1 million/week.

But that waitress will save almost twenty bucks a week!

#3 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-02 10:18 PM

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