Politics
Most popular on social media: Are Food Stamps a government necessity or a government crutch?
With one in seven Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly Food Stamps, the government has been faced with making some hard choices.
- Above, In this Aug. 26, 2011 photo, a sign tells customers that Electronic Benefits Transfer cards (EBT), which replaced paper Food Stamps, can be used at the Papa Murphy's store in Sioux Falls, S.D. By Jay Pickthorn, AP
- We hosted a debate over the growing number of people on the SNAP drew plenty of reactions from readers and proved the 80-year-old program still incites plenty of opinions from our readers. Both our view (Food stamps expansion driven by politics) and an opposing view point (Don't cut food assistance) drew responses from readers.
- And there was also plenty of chatter outside the USA TODAY Opinion section about this contentious issue:
- Reaching out... I grew up on food stamps, lunch cards, church handouts and government peanut butter! I have to be honest, there were times when I was hungry as a child and had to eat food that was...let's say, unique? Today, I am lucky enough to be able to afford good food (although I spend more at Whole Foods than I do on my mortgage!). In any case, every donation goes a long way, please help me reach the Miami Goal: $20,000. Run with me: run10feed10.com/home/ Donate: crowdrise.com/run10feed10miami









