#shorts On 5/30/2023, a reporter asked Biden Budget Director Shalanda Young, “on SNAP, Karine just said that one of the President’s priorities was not to push people into poverty. But as this bill is written with the adjustments in the work requirements in SNAP, Republicans estimate 700,000 Americans are going to lose those benefits. So, can you square that circle? How —

MS. YOUNG: Yeah … yes, there will be a phase-in to add age up to 54, remember, we also got new exemptions in this bill … We will have exemptions for — from 18 to the new population of 54. So not just a new population, but these new three exemptions will go from the even existing population …

Reporter: But do you know how many individuals would go off the program right — off government assistance right now who are not eligible for those?

MS. YOUNG: So, we think it’s about the same number … But the range is about what you said. But it’s also the same range of people who will take advantage and who qualify for the new exemptions.

So those numbers are going to be very close to each other, meaning a wash in those affected who go on and who are phased on over years, and those who come off of the requirements.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/ptkd7MzRKCg
Work requirements reduced welfare, but new exemptions will add more