A lot of what is being reported about the number of people who access Snap benefits or food pantries really doesn't take into account that the majority of those people are children who are unable to work. Their needs are changing. We got The thrifty food plan updated to adjust for how much it costs to feed a family of four, and they want to roll that back. and bring those numbers down. You hear a lot about the increase in that program. It was about $1 of an increase a day, but it hadn't been adjusted in almost 50 years. (17:46–17:56)
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Asserts that there was an update to the thrifty food plan to reflect current costs for feeding a family of four, which is now under threat of being rolled back.
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