Class Struggle In the US: Tens of Millions In Dire Poverty Because of RulingClass GREED
S. E. Anderson
07.22.2026
Poverty wages. While they enjoy lucrative tax breaks and unprecedented profit, some of the wealthiest corporations in the U.S., including Walmart, Amazon, McDonald’s, and Home Depot, are also among the top employers of adult Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries (formerly known as food stamps). To qualify for SNAP, these employees (assuming they live in a one-person household) make $1,696 a month or less — meaning taxpayer-funded benefits are effectively subsidizing these corporations’ low-wage offerings.
🛒 According to new research by Congress’ independent research arm, seventeen of the 50 largest Fortune 500 companies were also among the top 25 employers of SNAP enrollees in at least two states. These employees are concentrated in the sectors of transportation, dining, and retail — and 70 percent work full time.
🍼 The trump administration’s new SNAP work requirements and funding cuts have kicked 4 million people off their federal food aid since last July — including 1.5 million children, according to analysis from the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
🍅 New, steep penalties imposed by the White House on states that make mistakes when handing out SNAP aid have led to intensive paperwork requirements and “bureaucratic chaos.” As a result, tens of thousands of hungry people who’d otherwise qualify for SNAP are choosing private food banks instead. ///
s. e. anderson
author of The Black Holocaust for Beginners
"If WORK was good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor." (Haiti)
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