47M Americans, 900,000 veterans food stamp cuts today.

Operation SNAP

47M Americans hit by food stamp cuts starting today
Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY November 1, 2013

The cutbacks amount to the loss of 21 meals per month for a family of four

Food stamp benefits will be cut to more than 47 million Americans starting Friday as a temporary boost to the federal program comes to an end without a new budget from a deadlocked Congress to replace it.

Under the program, known formally as the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program, or SNAP, a family of four that gets $668 per month in benefits will find that amount cut by $36.

SNAP, which benefits one in seven Americans, is administered by the Department of Agriculture and is authorized in a five-year omnibus farm bill covering all agricultural programs. continued

Nearly 1 Million Vets Face Food Stamps Cut
Oct 29, 2013 Military.com| by Richard Sisk
About 900,000 veterans and 5,000 active duty troops face cuts in their food stamp benefits beginning Thursday as $5 billion is automatically trimmed from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program for low-income families. continued



The GOP shutdown cost $24 billion, but "we cant afford" $5 billion to feed 49 million Americans including 22 million children
RadicalMedia_ ‏@UnToldCarlisle

US emergency food providers brace as $5bn food stamp cuts set in
via @guardian #OpSnap

DoD: 5,000 Military Families Losing Food Stamps |

GOPs Celebrate as 49 Million Americans Will Soon Have Less Food 2Eat



If you want 2 complain about tax payers subsidizing someone, complain about Corp Welfare/not food stamps
AmericanWoman ‏@MaxwellEileen

How do we subsidize Walmarts "low prices"
W/food stamps 4 underpaid employees #WalmartStrikers @OccupyWallSt

47M families' food cut starting today.
REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER.
Carry an #OpSNAP! sign.



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We Need a Robin Hood Tax—
Not Cuts in Food Stamps TheNation

SF Food Not Bombs ‏@sffoodnotbombs “@UnToldCarlisle:
Charities and food pantries say they’re already stretched to the max and can’t fill gap

TeaPartier's response to #OpSNAP
AmericanWoman ‏@MaxwellEileen @AnarchisticTLOT

Today's food stamp cuts are only the beginning
“@RebelCapitalist: RT @BaburRealer: @TheAtlanticWire” #OpSNAP!



"We've never seen these kinds of cuts before"
Head of Atlanta Community Food Bank on #SNAP #HungerCliff:

Starving Them Out:
Food Stamps and The GOP’s War On The Poor
AmericanWoman ‏@MaxwellEileen“@rcooley123

Funding for food stamps cut $5 billion
Here's why that should enrage you. @OccupyLA