SNAP is key to prevent mass hunger in the U.S.
Dolan ’23 (Karen Dolan, poverty expert at the Institute for Policy Studies. “Cuts to SNAP benefits will push millions over the hunger cliff” 03/07/23 https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3887554-cuts-to-snap-benefits-will-push-millions-over-the-hunger-cliff/), dani
This is a critical moment for our nation. We must not allow struggling workers or our children, grandparents and disabled loved ones to fall back into hunger. SNAP helps a quarter of U.S. children avoid hunger. It also helps 6 million older adults on fixed incomes, 4 million non-elderly disabled people and more than 1 million low-income veterans. The majority of people on SNAP earn an income and don’t receive cash welfare benefits. SNAP puts food on the table for Americans of every color and in every zip code. The pandemic SNAP expansion successfully narrowed racial and ethnic inequities in food security, even though the majority of beneficiaries are white and participation is highest in rural areas and small towns.