Adrian Lewis, Op-ed contributor

Rising demand is not always a good thing.

Increasing demand for emergency food assistance means more of our neighbors are hungry. And yet, the proposed cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits contained in the budget reconciliation legislation being advanced through Congress will result in historic reductions in benefits that low-income, sick and hungry people receive at a time when Forgotten Harvest and our partner food pantries are already struggling with the existing demand for our services.

The budget reconciliation bill proposes approximately $4 trillion in tax cuts that are offset by $1.8 trillion in federal spending cuts – $1.2 trillion of which comes from the SNAP and Medicaid programs.

Read more from Adrain, Forgotten Harvest CEO, in the Detroit Free Press HERE.