1. La Magnitud de la Pobreza y la Dependencia de SNAP.
Más de 40 millones de estadounidenses, aproximadamente uno de cada ocho, dependen del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP). La mayoría de los beneficiarios viven por debajo del umbral de pobreza, incluyendo una gran proporción de niños, ancianos y personas con discapacidad.
- Roughly 1 in 8 people rely on snap benefits. 12.5 of the population or 42 million americans. Poverty is too high.
- In 2023, 36.8 million people in the u.s. Were living below the poverty line according to the census bureau.
- Snap benefits are available to people whose monthly incomes fall below 130 of the federal poverty line. More than 1 in 8 americans rely on the program, and 39 of them are children.
- 86 of all snap benefits go to households that include a child, elderly or disabled person 92 go to households at or below the poverty line.
2. SNAP como Subsidio a Salarios de Pobreza Corporativos.
Una crítica recurrente es que SNAP actúa como un subsidio corporativo. Grandes empresas como Walmart y Amazon pagan salarios tan bajos que sus empleados, incluso trabajando a tiempo completo, caen por debajo del umbral de pobreza y necesitan asistencia alimentaria, trasladando el costo laboral al contribuyente.
- Apparently the reason snap exists is not to feed people. Its to allow huge corporations to pay wages below the poverty line.
- Snap is corporate welfare for companies that pay their workers poverty wages. Pay people enough to live a dignified life god damn it.
- The only people who abuse snap are corporations like walmart. They receive massive tax credits for hiring people on food assistance and use zero of that money to lift those same people off of poverty wages.
- The only thing more shocking than 40 million people being on food stamps is that 22 million of them have jobs. Youre not paying for their food. Youre subsidizing the employers paying poverty wages.
3. El Impacto de los Recortes y la Crueldad Política.
Los recortes o la retención de los beneficios de SNAP se consideran catastróficos y crueles, amenazando con aumentar el hambre, la desnutrición y la pobreza. La interrupción de los pagos afecta desproporcionadamente a los niños y a las comunidades rurales, donde las tiendas de comestibles dependen en gran medida de estos fondos.
- Cutting snap benefits means severe hunger for 40 million people 60 whom are children or disabled and 12 work but their employers like walmart and mcdonalds dont pay enough to raise them above us poverty levels.
- When snap benefits vanish, it doesnt just hurt the families who rely on them it ripples through entire towns. Rural grocery stores get up to 60 of their sales from snap benefits.
- Trump is starving americans to feed his ego. Defying the courts and cutting off snap benefits is illegal and cruel.
- Poverty is not a personal failingbudgeting issue, its an intentional act of violence control, a new skin of indentured servitude even.