for the defense of their own country. there is a role that the united states can play, but it s not going to be a military role. all right, senator. what about your position on the finance committee? i want to ask you about the impact of the food stamp cutbacks. one estimate indicates every dollar in food stamps leads to $1.70 in economic activity. aside from the obvious impact to the recipients, could cutting food stamps actually slow the economy? absolutely. this hurts our economy. we ve already seen some self-inflicted wounds with the government shutdown and threatening our national credit. now with the food stamp program, recipients receiving less funds and even threatened further cuts, that hurts our economy. and it hurts people. it hurts people that are very vulnerable. the nutrition is critically important. it s important for young people. it s important for their ability to learn, for the principles of america. for all these reasons, the missing the deadline of november 1st
grio perryjuni. perry, what is behind these cuts to the snap program? what s behind them is there was an increase in snap funding because of the stimulus of 2009. and that extension that increase has ended now. neither party really fought to keep this up. it s not as though the republicans didn t push to keep this money up. white house and democrats didn t either. you basically had a situation in washington where neither party this wasn t a divide in the issue but both parties sort of tacitly agreed they were going to let this increase go even though it affects millions of americans as we talked about. yeah. a few more numbers to go over with you elise. 8% of food stamps recipients are in homes with seniors, kids or the disabled. economists have found, listen to this, for every dollar in snap spending $1.70 is generated for the local community. husband republicans want to cut that additional money from the
that s one in seven people. directors of food banks say if further cuts come down they would have to at least double the amount of out put in order to feed needy families struggling to make ends meet. few more numbers to go through, ed. 87% of food stamp recipients are in homes with kids, seniors or disabled. 900,000 veterans rely on food stamps. for every dollar in s.n.a.p. spending, $1.70 is generated for the community. and they want to cut $30 million from this program? it s unlikely the number will be that high. remember, the senate passed a version of events that would only cut $4 billion. house republicans would cut $39 billion. they have to find a middle. this would be the big sticking
when republican members of congress are yanking home $174,000 a year, with benefits, pension and health care, those folks, they say on food stamps are getting too much? these cuts are going to leave millions of americans hungry, and potentially do some serious damage to our economy. economists have found out that, and projected that every dollar of s.n.a.p. spending generates $1.70 in the local economy and the economic activity in america. this will hurt the revenue of 250,000 grocery stores and supermarkets across the country that accept s.n.a.p. payments. it s a domino effect. once again, house republicans don t care about small businessowners, either. there s a lot of small grocers out there that certainly work with the food stamp program. and you know what? this is a scandal. no, it s not the irs.
$1.70 on economic growth. it impacts grocery stores and farmers and it impacts the entire economy. they need to get with it. they need to stop being so mean spirited because that s what it is and they re demonizing low income people. they re demonizing women when in fact, they should be trying to work to find opportunities to fund workforce training, education and to create jobs so that everyone can live the american dream. americans deserve that. congresswoman barbara lee of california. thank you for your time. my pleasure. new surveillance video is showing a teen right before his bizarre death. coming up, more on his family s desperate search for answers may be recognized. and the man who with was about to jump off a bridge. in the nation, we know how you feel about your car.