CBPP: GOP SNAP plan would be hardship for poorest people
August 08, 2013 | 02:58 PM
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program proposal by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., would cause hardship for some of the lowest income individuals in the United States, Robert Greenstein and his staff at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities wrote in a report issued Wednesday.
Cantor’s proposal would eliminate waivers that states can use during periods of high unemployment to ease the rule that limits SNAP, or food stamp, benefits to three months out of every three years for people aged 18 to 50 who aren’t raising minor children and are unemployed, regardless of how hard they are looking for work.
“The individuals in question are among the poorest people in the United States — their average income just 22 percent of the poverty line, about $2,500 a year for a single individual,” the report says.
Cantor’s proposal would eliminate waivers that states can use during periods of high unemployment to ease the rule that limits SNAP, or food stamp, benefits to three months out of every three years for people aged 18 to 50 who aren’t raising minor children and are unemployed, regardless of how hard they are looking for work.
“The individuals in question are among the poorest people in the United States — their average income just 22 percent of the poverty line, about $2,500 a year for a single individual,” the report says.
