BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Major budget cuts proposed by President Trump and congressional Republicans could be disastrous for Minnesota, Governor Tim Walz said. The state could end up paying an additional $220 million, the governor said. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program — “SNAP” for short — helps low-income households with groceries. Critics have criticized the program as a hand-out for free-loaders even though, as Walz pointed out, 70% of recipient households have at least one member who’s gainfully employed. Cuts to SNAP are part of a Trump plan to transfer $800 billion from federal. safety-net programs to finance tax cuts for wealthy Americans. Walz, speaking at a food bank in Bloomington, said that GOP cuts for SNAP, Medicaid and low-income energy assistance would be nearly $2 billion for Minnesota: “There’s no way the state Legislature can fill that gap.”
