Proposed SNAP changes could impact 11 million Americans, report finds

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30. The poors are not the cause of debt/deficits - let's fight back with facts

Most SNAP recipients work.

Across nine states–Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington – these large corporations employed the following numbers of SNAP recipients in February 2020:

· Walmart – 14,541
· McDonald’s – 8,783
· Dollar Tree – 4,515
· Dollar General – 4,488
· Amazon – 4,218
· Burger King – 3,326
· FedEx – 2,622
· Wendy’s – 2,237
· Subway – 2,231
· Taco Bell – 2,114
· Uber – 2,032
· Target – 1,783
· Dunkin’ Donuts – 1,564
· Home Depot – 1,305
· Lowe’s – 1,154
· Family Dollar – 570
· CVS – 545
· Walgreens – 355


4.7 million SNAP recipients who worked full-time for 50 or more weeks in 2018 earned wages so low that they qualified for these federal benefits.

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/taxpayers-subsidize-poverty-wages-at-large-corporations-gao-finds.pdf

Congress should claw back money spent on benefits from the companies themselves, not from the underpaid workers.