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Trump's cruel proposed cuts to food assistance wouldn't just massively increase hunger in the U.S...
If enacted, his SNAP cuts would kill ***2.8 million jobs.***
Great by @helaineolen (feat. @rwest817's last analysis for @amprog!) washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
If enacted, his SNAP cuts would kill ***2.8 million jobs.***
Great by @helaineolen (feat. @rwest817's last analysis for @amprog!) washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@helaineolen @rwest817 @amprog While his budget may be DOA because Dems took back the House, his proposed cuts to food assistance pose an immediate threat since he's trying to sidestep Congress to enact them.
Just one of those proposed cuts would take food assistance away from 755,000 struggling workers...
and as new @amprog analysis finds, also kill 178,000 jobs over the next decade, and 18,900 jobs next year alone, if it takes effect.
americanprogress.org/issues/poverty…
and as new @amprog analysis finds, also kill 178,000 jobs over the next decade, and 18,900 jobs next year alone, if it takes effect.
americanprogress.org/issues/poverty…
The fact that his cuts to food assistance will also kill jobs makes this proposal doubly cruel, as the very people his proposed SNAP cuts target are
(wait for it....)
people 👏 struggling 👏 to 👏 find 👏 work
(wait for it....)
people 👏 struggling 👏 to 👏 find 👏 work
If like me, you think penalizing joblessness with hunger is both cruel + stupid...
go to handsoffSNAP.org to tell Trump #HandsOffSNAP (deadline for public comments: April 2).
go to handsoffSNAP.org to tell Trump #HandsOffSNAP (deadline for public comments: April 2).
