Are Food Stamps (SNAP) Getting Cut? A viral January 2023 tweet claimed that Republicans sought to further restrict eligible items for SNAP recipients.
‘Every Year, Americans Spend $153,000,000,000 to Subsidize McDonald’s and Walmart’s Underpaid Workers’ A screenshot of a tweet by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich claiming taxpayers subsidized $153 billion of corporate profits appeared on Imgur amid a wider discussion around corporate treatment of employees.
WIC-Approved Items and Coronavirus #SocialDistancing Although the USDA confirmed that it was empowered to broaden access to food for WIC recipients during the coronavirus pandemic, we couldn't verify WIC-approved restrictions were actually relaxed.
‘If You Make $50,000/Year, $36 of Your Taxes Goes to Food Stamps, $4,000 Goes to Corporate Subsidies’ A February 2020 tweet about a $50,000 wage earner paying $36 in tax toward food stamps and $4,000 for corporate subsidies has been circulating for years. Is it true?
