SNAP Benefits To Fall Starting Friday

Millions of Americans will receive less in the food stamp assistance beginning this Friday.  The federal government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will cut benefits for more than 47-million people as increases made during the economic crisis expire.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that benefits for a family of four receiving the maximum amount will shrink by 36 dollars a month, or 432 dollars over the course of an entire year.  Economists expect the benefit cut to also affect local communities, as every dollar of SNAP benefit spending is estimated to generate a dollar and 70 cents in economic activity.