SC Appleseed advocates at the local, state and national levels for improved access to nutritional food for low-income South Carolinians. This includes ensuring that the federal government provides necessary food commodities and helping all eligible households enroll for food stamps, now known as the Supplementary Nutritional Assistance Program. The number of hungry children continus to … Continue reading »
Census Bureau Releases New Poverty Data SNAP Lifting 3.9 Million People Above Poverty Line Washington, D.C. – September 12, 2012 – New data (pdf) from the U.S. Census Bureau show that 46.2 million people (15 percent) lived in poverty in 2011, a change not statistically significant from the 2010 poverty rate of 15.1 percent. The report again … Continue reading »
According to a recent Gallup poll, nearly 20 percent of Americans reported struggling to afford food for themselves or their families at least once during the past year. The figure – 18.2 percent of Americans – has changed little since 2011 when 18.6 percent of Americans reported they did not have enough money to afford … Continue reading »
The Free Times reported that the house this week passed a bill to raise taxes. On the poor. The bill also shifts taxes off of businesses. Sue Berkowitz with SC Appleseed summed it up nicely. “It’s robbing the poor to pay the rich.”
