The new restrictions “put almost 750,000 older adults aged 50-54 at risk of losing food assistance,” the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities Found.
found that by using data matching technology, state agencies can greatly expand access to benefits among older qualified poor people, leading to billions of dollars of assistance and local economic stimulus.
Working in old age can be engaging and rewarding, when it’s by choice rather than desperation or coercion. But as a 2022 Older Workers and Retirement Chartbook, “Older workers who cannot afford to retire often face diminishing job quality and earnings as a result of loss of bargaining power.” Policies like the new SNAP work requirements coerce low-income Americans into work at older ages based on their economic desperation.
Christopher D. Cook is senior writer at the New School for Social Research and an award-winning journalist and author of "Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis" . Cook has written for Common Dreams, Harper's, The Economist, Mother Jones, The Christian Science Monitor, and elsewhere. See more of his work at www.christopherdcook.com.
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