The percentage of Americans struggling with hunger dropped 40%—now at its lowest level since #COVID19 pandemic began, suggesting the recent flood in aid from Congress and @JoeBiden WH is making a significant difference to families struggling economically. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/07/hunger-rates-plummet-after-stimulus-485604">https://www.politico.com/news/2021...

2) Census Bureau shows the % of adults living in households that sometimes or often did not have enough to eat dipped to just over 8 percent late last month, down from nearly 11 percent in March. That is a substantial drop after hundreds of billions in stimulus checks went out.

3) “Money helps,” said Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, an economist at Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University, who has been tracking hunger rates closely throughout the pandemic. “We’re continuing to see signs of progress. That’s exciting. That’s good news.”

4) The rate of American adults in households struggling with food is now down more than 40 percent since its peak in December — a fact that Democrats are beginning to tout as proof that hundreds of billions of dollars in direct stimulus is working

5) With all of this data, Washington is learning that ***if you give people money, they will feed their families.*** !!