Cutting SNAPS will negatively impact people whether or not they are eligible for the benefits themselves. The economic limitations of reducing SNAPS benefits greatly outweigh the implications.

   According to the Food and Resource Action Center, “Restricting SNAP is a short-sighted strategy that fails to address the root causes of a poor diet: limited resources, affordability, and proximity to healthy food.”

   Approximately 41 million US citizens benefited from SNAPS, playing a critical role in the lives of many. When the government shut down on October 1st, 2025, the possibility of SNAPS being cut created economic and humanitarian concerns.

   According to Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, “President Trump’s 2025 domestic policy bill would significantly reduce federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over the next decade.”

   The GOPs plan to reduce federal spending will encourage budgetary savings on a federal level. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act plans to reduce spending by $287 billion over the course of ten years. Through cutting SNAPS, however, state income tax revenues are projected to lose $3.7B in 2026 alone. Farmers are projected to lose 27 billion over the next decade. All of this is projected to cost the federal government up to ten trillion in a decade.

   For more information, go to the Food and Resource Action Center.