America has about 50 million people that are starving every day (A Place at The Table). The government seems like it’s doing a great job if you are outside the program, but when the numbers are this high you would think that the government isn’t doing enough and you would be right. The government made a program called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) which is basically food stamps. Food stamps are only available to low-income Americans, over 47 million Americans are in the food stamp program. On average each household that is in SNAP gets about 130 dollars a month for food (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program). That just isn’t enough money to buy decent food so most people buy the cheapest things which is junk food. Some people think of starving people as skinny but a lot of them are overweight because all they can afford is chips and ramen noodles which is very unhealthy, so they gain weight. The government should be providing more funding towards SNAP because many Americans are in food insecurity, most of Americans live in food deserts, and they also need to subsidize farming productions.
Most Americans define food insecurity by not knowing when or where their next meal is going to come from. Only having 130 dollars a month just for food, no wonder people don’t know when the next time they are going to eat. How can you survive with only that little help from the government? Now these people also have jobs but they also need bills to pay and children to support and they make very little money from their jobs. So they need help from the government, which the government should be able to help out more because every American citizen with a job has to pay taxes. I think we should tax the people that make well over 100 thousand dollars a year more so we can provide more funding for SNAP. This would provide more funding for SNAP and greatly reduce the amount of food insecurity in America.
Another thing America should be doing while funding more for SNAP is preventing food deserts in the country. A food desert is a geographic area where affordable and nutritious food is difficult to obtain, particularly for those without access to an automobile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert). Americans need to eat healthy or else they will end up major health problems like obesity, high blood pressure, or diabetes. If we provide more food stores in most neighborhoods we can reduce food deserts in America and this will prevent people from taking busses or the train an hour away just to buy healthy food.
The last thing America should do to help fund SNAP is to subsidize farming productions. America gives about 20 billion dollars to farmers each year to help grow crops (http://usliberals.about.com/od/FoodFarmingIssues/a/What-Are-Farm-Subsidies.htm). With this much money going towards the farmers you would think fruit and vegetables would be cheaper at food stores, but it’s not. America should give more money to farmers so they could give them a chance to sell their food cheaper to the food stores. Which will make the food stores a chance to sell their fruits cheaper than before. If we do this most Americans will get healthier and the people in SNAP would get the nutritious food they deserve, instead of just living off of junk food.
We live in the greatest country in the world but we somehow can’t even afford to feed our citizens. We need a change in the SNAP program, only 130 dollars a month just for food is not nearly enough for people that have food stamps to live by. If we provide more funding for SNAP by reducing food insecurity, reducing food deserts, and to subsidize farming productions we could be respectable again to other countries. It’s just horrible that people don’t know when the next time they are going to eat. You could you live off of 130 dollars a month just for food? It’s basically impossible, so why should other people live like that?.
Most Americans define food insecurity by not knowing when or where their next meal is going to come from. Only having 130 dollars a month just for food, no wonder people don’t know when the next time they are going to eat. How can you survive with only that little help from the government? Now these people also have jobs but they also need bills to pay and children to support and they make very little money from their jobs. So they need help from the government, which the government should be able to help out more because every American citizen with a job has to pay taxes. I think we should tax the people that make well over 100 thousand dollars a year more so we can provide more funding for SNAP. This would provide more funding for SNAP and greatly reduce the amount of food insecurity in America.
Another thing America should be doing while funding more for SNAP is preventing food deserts in the country. A food desert is a geographic area where affordable and nutritious food is difficult to obtain, particularly for those without access to an automobile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert). Americans need to eat healthy or else they will end up major health problems like obesity, high blood pressure, or diabetes. If we provide more food stores in most neighborhoods we can reduce food deserts in America and this will prevent people from taking busses or the train an hour away just to buy healthy food.
The last thing America should do to help fund SNAP is to subsidize farming productions. America gives about 20 billion dollars to farmers each year to help grow crops (http://usliberals.about.com/od/FoodFarmingIssues/a/What-Are-Farm-Subsidies.htm). With this much money going towards the farmers you would think fruit and vegetables would be cheaper at food stores, but it’s not. America should give more money to farmers so they could give them a chance to sell their food cheaper to the food stores. Which will make the food stores a chance to sell their fruits cheaper than before. If we do this most Americans will get healthier and the people in SNAP would get the nutritious food they deserve, instead of just living off of junk food.
We live in the greatest country in the world but we somehow can’t even afford to feed our citizens. We need a change in the SNAP program, only 130 dollars a month just for food is not nearly enough for people that have food stamps to live by. If we provide more funding for SNAP by reducing food insecurity, reducing food deserts, and to subsidize farming productions we could be respectable again to other countries. It’s just horrible that people don’t know when the next time they are going to eat. You could you live off of 130 dollars a month just for food? It’s basically impossible, so why should other people live like that?.