| inbluevt | Date: Monday, 2013/10/28, 0:22 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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Millions of people are in for a shock at the end of the week when their food stamp benefits will be cut across the board. [WATCH VIDEO]
There is little chance that Congress will act to avert what hunger activists
call the “food stamp cliff” — a cut to benefits that will affect some 47
million beneficiaries, including children and the elderly.
The cut takes effect on Nov. 1, and will bring an end to a funding increase
that Democrats wrapped into President Obama’s 2009 stimulus law.
For a family of four, the cut will be $36 per month, or about 20 meals
under the Department of Agriculture’s estimate for the cost of a
“thrifty meal.” Single adults will see their monthly benefits reduced
to $189 per month, for a cut of $11.
“We have never seen a cut like this affecting all beneficiaries,” said Lisa Davis of the food bank
network Feeding America. “With the government shutdown and other
national and international issues going on, many people have no idea
this is coming.”
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