Thesis Statement:
The government should spend less money on military and other programs and
more money should be put into the SNAP program.
Topic Sentences:
Where do all these trillions of dollars go?
Addressing current issues like food insecurity in America should be a top priority.
In fiscal year 2013, the federal government spent about $82.5 billion on SNAP.
Forty-seven million Americans rely on SNAP for food every month.
The U.S. currently spends 640 billion dollars on its military.
Source Material:
“If another country was doing this to their kids we would be at war.”
“In fiscal year 2015, the federal government is projected to spend around 3.9
trillion dollars. These trillions of dollars make up around twenty-one percent of the
U.S. economy, as measured by the Gross Domestic Product.”
“Mandatory spending is largely made up of earned-benefit or entitlement
programs, and the spending for those programs is determined by eligibility rules.”
“In fiscal year 2013, the federal government spent about $82.5 billion on SNAP.
About 92 percent went directly to benefits that households used to purchase food.
Of the remaining 8 percent, about 5 percent was used for state administrative costs,
including eligibility determinations, employment and training and nutrition
education for SNAP households, and anti-fraud activities. About 3 percent went
for other food assistance programs.”
“The assistance programs in the U.S. are hard to qualify for. It’s like you're
starving or you don’t get any help. What defines starving? If you don't eat for a day
are you starving? In their eyes no, but in your eyes and the way you feel of
course.”
“Forty-seven million Americans rely on SNAP for food every month, and that,
sometimes, the recipients still do not have enough money to get them through the
whole month. And this was before the passing of the Farm Bill. Once passed, the
Farm Bill cut two million recipients from SNAP and gave less money to the rest of
the recipients. If these people did not have enough money before the $8.6 billion
budget cut, then what were they supposed to do now?”
Argument Summary:
The U.S. government needs to address the fact that people are starving everyday.
There are 50 million American’s that are going hungry, and instead of finding ways
to feed them so we can be the best nation in the world, we’re spending six times
more than the next country on our military. This doesn't make any sense to me that
we’re spending 640 billion dollars on the military when the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) could use the money to stop hunger in America. The
U.S. ranks worst amongst the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Advanced
Economy Countries on Food Insecurity.
The government should spend less money on military and other programs and
more money should be put into the SNAP program.
Topic Sentences:
Where do all these trillions of dollars go?
Addressing current issues like food insecurity in America should be a top priority.
In fiscal year 2013, the federal government spent about $82.5 billion on SNAP.
Forty-seven million Americans rely on SNAP for food every month.
The U.S. currently spends 640 billion dollars on its military.
Source Material:
“If another country was doing this to their kids we would be at war.”
“In fiscal year 2015, the federal government is projected to spend around 3.9
trillion dollars. These trillions of dollars make up around twenty-one percent of the
U.S. economy, as measured by the Gross Domestic Product.”
“Mandatory spending is largely made up of earned-benefit or entitlement
programs, and the spending for those programs is determined by eligibility rules.”
“In fiscal year 2013, the federal government spent about $82.5 billion on SNAP.
About 92 percent went directly to benefits that households used to purchase food.
Of the remaining 8 percent, about 5 percent was used for state administrative costs,
including eligibility determinations, employment and training and nutrition
education for SNAP households, and anti-fraud activities. About 3 percent went
for other food assistance programs.”
“The assistance programs in the U.S. are hard to qualify for. It’s like you're
starving or you don’t get any help. What defines starving? If you don't eat for a day
are you starving? In their eyes no, but in your eyes and the way you feel of
course.”
“Forty-seven million Americans rely on SNAP for food every month, and that,
sometimes, the recipients still do not have enough money to get them through the
whole month. And this was before the passing of the Farm Bill. Once passed, the
Farm Bill cut two million recipients from SNAP and gave less money to the rest of
the recipients. If these people did not have enough money before the $8.6 billion
budget cut, then what were they supposed to do now?”
Argument Summary:
The U.S. government needs to address the fact that people are starving everyday.
There are 50 million American’s that are going hungry, and instead of finding ways
to feed them so we can be the best nation in the world, we’re spending six times
more than the next country on our military. This doesn't make any sense to me that
we’re spending 640 billion dollars on the military when the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) could use the money to stop hunger in America. The
U.S. ranks worst amongst the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Advanced
Economy Countries on Food Insecurity.