Pros And Cons Of SNAP
SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is a government assistance program to help low-income households pay for food. SNAP used to be called the Food Stamp program. The federal government changed the name of the program on October 1, 2008. SNAP is a modern program that uses EBT cards instead of old style paper food stamp coupons. The amount of SNAP food stamps a household gets depends on the household's size, income, and expenses.
The first food stamp program was established by virtue of board authority contained in section 32 of the act of August 24, 1935 of the public law because of the Great Depression in the world in 1930s. Section 32 permanently appropriated an amount equal to 30 percent of U.S. customs receipts from all sources each year for the secretary …show more content…
Today’s large SNAP caseloads mostly reflect the extraordinarily deep and prolonged recession and the weak recovery. Workers who are unemployed for a long time are more likely to deplete their assets, exhaust unemployment insurance and turn to SNAP for help.
5. SNAP has one of the most rigorous quality control systems of any public benefit program.
6. SNAP’s recent growth is temporary. CBO predicts that SNAP spending will return nearly to pre-recession levels as a share of the economy.Over the long term, SNAP is not growing faster than the economy. So, it is not contributing to the nation’s long-term fiscal problems.
The question shouldn’t be whether a particular program is “contributing to the nation’s long-term fiscal problems.” When overall revenues fall short of spending, any program funded out of general revenue can be accused of causing the deficit problem. Instead, we should compare the costs and the benefits of each program, and then find a way to pay for those that pass and reduce the scale or eliminate those that fail. Even though spending on SNAP has increased quite a bit during the recession, the program is working. I have no doubt that this program passes the cost-benefit
The first food stamp program was established by virtue of board authority contained in section 32 of the act of August 24, 1935 of the public law because of the Great Depression in the world in 1930s. Section 32 permanently appropriated an amount equal to 30 percent of U.S. customs receipts from all sources each year for the secretary …show more content…
Today’s large SNAP caseloads mostly reflect the extraordinarily deep and prolonged recession and the weak recovery. Workers who are unemployed for a long time are more likely to deplete their assets, exhaust unemployment insurance and turn to SNAP for help.
5. SNAP has one of the most rigorous quality control systems of any public benefit program.
6. SNAP’s recent growth is temporary. CBO predicts that SNAP spending will return nearly to pre-recession levels as a share of the economy.Over the long term, SNAP is not growing faster than the economy. So, it is not contributing to the nation’s long-term fiscal problems.
The question shouldn’t be whether a particular program is “contributing to the nation’s long-term fiscal problems.” When overall revenues fall short of spending, any program funded out of general revenue can be accused of causing the deficit problem. Instead, we should compare the costs and the benefits of each program, and then find a way to pay for those that pass and reduce the scale or eliminate those that fail. Even though spending on SNAP has increased quite a bit during the recession, the program is working. I have no doubt that this program passes the cost-benefit