Christopher Bosso
@cjbossoboston.bsky.social
Professor of public policy and politics. Farm Bill and SNAP geek. New book: Why SNAP Works: A Political History -- and Defense of -- the Food Stamp Program (Univ. California Press). Cooking is therapy. Wine is food, no matter what my doctor says.
Reposted by Christopher Bosso
In the GOP budget bill are provisions that would effectively make substantive cuts to SNAP in terms of future purchasing power—and SNAP already lacks automatic COLA-linked increases, being calculated as it is based on the price of a set group of goods. I’m only surprised USDA began complying at all.
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
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The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
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November 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
In the GOP budget bill are provisions that would effectively make substantive cuts to SNAP in terms of future purchasing power—and SNAP already lacks automatic COLA-linked increases, being calculated as it is based on the price of a set group of goods. I’m only surprised USDA began complying at all.
Repeat around the country. How long will the administration let it all play out?
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Repeat around the country. How long will the administration let it all play out?
Still another: wapo.st/4hPqCjJ
In a week without SNAP, Americans missed meals and skipped bills
For people on the margins of the nation’s economy, the federal food assistance program has become fundamental to their monthly survival.
wapo.st
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Still another: wapo.st/4hPqCjJ
And this one: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
And this one: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Reposted by Christopher Bosso
SNAP surveys SNAP users. Already half of them are saying they are skipping meals.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
SNAP surveys SNAP users. Already half of them are saying they are skipping meals.