Food stamp benefits are not keeping up with Bidenflation.
Just 28 million people were on food stamps before Barack Obama became president, and despite an economic recovery, that number grew almost every year he was in office, swelling to 47 million in 2014 before falling to 44 million in 2016.
Under Trump, food stamp rolls continued to fall all the way to 35 million in 2019, before rising during the coronavirus shutdowns in 2020. But just like under Obama, the number of families on food stamps continued to increase under Biden despite an economic recovery. Now more than 42 million people are on food stamps, and thanks to Bidenflation, their benefits are not what they used to be.
The rising cost of groceries outpaced the growth in food stamp benefits in 98% of counties in the United States, according to a new study by the Urban Institute.. “And even though SNAP is updated for inflation, it hasn’t been sufficient because the underlying benefit is really not adequate to purchase a meal that would be meaningful in terms of health and nutrition.
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