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From FDR's food stamps to Trump's harvest boxes: The history of helping the poor get enough to eat

  • Written by Matt Gritter, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Angelo State University
The first food stamps program, created amid the Great Depression, lasted four years. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

The Trump administration would like to slash what the government spends on food for low-income Americans.

Its latest budget proposal calls for reducing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outlays by...

Read more: From FDR's food stamps to Trump's harvest boxes: The history of helping the poor get enough to eat

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