From SNAP cuts to Social Security insolvency, we’re all in this together

From SNAP cuts to Social Security insolvency, we’re all in this together

Those citing 42 million as the number of people affected by the pause in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits intend to shock us. But the actual number affected is even more shocking. It is 342 million. All of us.The halt to SNAP benefits touches those dining tonight at a gourmet restaurant as much as those choosing whether to pay for food, rent, or medication. When we bury our fear of future unemployment or Social Security …