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August 2, 2013
SNAP Benefits Will Be Cut for All Participants in November 2013

These cuts will likely cause hardship for some SNAP participants, who will include 22 million children in 2014 (10 million of whom live in “deep poverty,” with family incomes below half of the poverty line) and 9 million people who are elderly or have a serious disability. Cutting these households’ benefits will reduce their ability to purchase food. This cut will be the equivalent of taking away 21 meals per month for a family of four, or 16 meals for a family of three, based on calculations using the $1.70 to $2 per meal provided for in the Thrifty Food Plan.

The future's so bright, I gotta wear night vision goggles.

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NO BREAD TODAY: My future's so bright, I gotta wear night vision goggles.

Source Data:
BLS: Consumer Prices