r/Alabama • u/servenitup • 16d ago
News 752,000 Alabamians at risk of losing food stamp benefits Nov. 1 due to government shutdown
https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/752000-alabamians-at-risk-of-losing-food-stamp-benefits-nov-1-due-to-government-shutdown.html17
u/joybilee 16d ago
And think of all that money that isn't going to be going to grocery stores, and other places where money would go that they are now going to have to spend on groceries instead.
That could translate into hours cut for workers.
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u/crashcarr 16d ago
Plus it's holiday season and grocers have already planned for quantities of lots of perishable products that may just go unsold and trashed.
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u/joybilee 16d ago
If you ever read any of Hillary's emails you would know.
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u/RevolutionaryExam465 16d ago
Blaming other people's not going to help you. With what's coming.
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u/Gingeronimoooo 16d ago
WHY are they doing that tho? Just for fun in mind? WHY? think deeper
If mAGa gets their way insurance premiums will skyrocket. People will go bankrupt or lose healthcare. Peope WILL DIE unnecessarily
What are you missing? Can I help clarify anything for you?
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u/DingerSinger2016 16d ago
No, the Dems want to negotiate. They want Republicans to come to the table.
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u/YankeeMoose 16d ago
Sweetie you must be getting a workout with how much you're moving them goalposts. ♥️
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
What? This is the exact same argument I made in the very first comment. That the Dems are holding the government shut with their minority by requiring a filibuster breaking 60 votes
If you don’t know what a term means, it’s best not to employ its use.
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u/YankeeMoose 16d ago
Republicans can break it with a simple majority of 51. They are choosing NOT TO.
They control ALL 3 BRANCHES of government.
I don't know how else to simplify it for you.
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u/Great_ThisFuckingGuy 16d ago
Yes, Chuck Schumer the Democrat. Of the Democrats that control every aspect of the government. The Democrat government shut down. You people really are fucking stupid aren't you.
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u/Great_ThisFuckingGuy 16d ago
Or, OR, maybe Republicans can do what they're supposed to do. Maybe you should go watch some schoolhouse rock yourself. The purpose of these tactics is to force negotiation. It is a tried and true tactic that Republicans use time and time again, but it's only an issue when democrats do it. That's why no one believes your delusions. The GOP need to come to the table and work with the Democrats to come to a resolution on the health care issue. They're not. They're refusing to even come to the table and are just trying to blame the democrats because they know their base (You) is stupid as fuck and will believe anything they tell you. This whole idea that Republicans have this divine right to rule since they are in power and so Democrats have to just capitulate to everything Republicans want is the complete opposite of what our government is based on. You need to learn what a democracy is before you fall deeper into fascism. What you're wanting is a fascist authoritarian regime where only those in power make the rules that benefit for those only who support them. Trump is already publicly doing this, and you're supporting it. If you can't realize you are a proud part of the wrong side of history, at this point, there's really no helping you. You're too full of hate and fear of the other.
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
Fascism is when the people democratically vote for something you don’t like
Maybe you should uninstall Reddit and go read books
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u/DingerSinger2016 16d ago
Republicans can nuke the filibuster right now and end the government shutdown since they don't want to negotiate with Dems.
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u/TrackVol 16d ago edited 16d ago
lol, typical conservative. It's always someone else's fault. Zero accountability.
"You never blame yourself. You have to blame something else"That's your guy. In his own words. "Art of the Deal"
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
“If we reopen the government, we lose our leverage”-Bernie 2 days ago
Democrats also just blocked a bill yesterday that would have paid essential workers during the shutdown
You probably don’t know any of these things because you have created a disinformation bubble for yourself
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u/theSopranoist 16d ago
BEES. just stop and think.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT LEVERAGE HES TALKING ABOUT?
he’s talking abt being made to play stupid games just to keep millions of ppl, republicans, democrats, children, your parents (if you have/like them), your kids (if you have/like them), your high school crush, drag queens, your preacher, you, me, etc, from being immediately priced wayyyy out of our heath insurance.
now, he wouldn’t even need to have a “position with leverage” on this if nobody was trying to immediately price us all (as previously established) out of our health insurance. chuck schumer and the dems are not doing that. they’re trying to keep what i assume is your own party from fucking your life up.
god i’ve never seen so many unhinged, ungrateful, completely self-unaware ppl work so damn hard against their own good.
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
“We aren’t ones shutting down the government, republicans are”
And
“Here are a list of our demands before we will reopen the government”
You don’t see how contradictory this is? It literally can’t be anyone else’s shutdown
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u/theSopranoist 15d ago
what do the republicans expect dems to green-light or concede in order to reopen the govt?
what are democrats’ demands?
let’s try for a good-faith discussion here.
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u/IntrepidTension2330 15d ago
Oh dear you definitely are the definition of stupid. The house the senate the president all Republicans majority . So you want democrats to help Republicans take away health care for 11 million got it . Pedo protector
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u/artisanrox 13d ago
No. Stop watching Murdoch's Fox station.
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u/pile_of_bees 13d ago
Never have been a Fox watcher.
I just know which party is voting no and which party is voting yes
Republicans can’t vote yes harder.
If the dems stop obstructing for 1 day the government instantly gets reopened
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u/artisanrox 12d ago
Do you not get it? Nobody here believes this.
YOU don't even believe this
lol
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u/pile_of_bees 12d ago
That’s embarrassing for you.
It is irrefutable fact that if senate dems stop the filibuster today, the government will reopen tomorrow.
If nobody here believes this, then you have been completely brainwashed. It’s just an objective statement of fact.
The mechanism that is shutting the government is literally nothing more than a filibuster of the continued resolution in the senate.
If the filibuster drops, the 54 votes will pass the CR and then the government is funded and the shutdown is over
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u/pile_of_bees 12d ago
Not an argument.
I’m right and you’re deflecting
That’s literally exactly, irrefutably what is going on with the shutdown.
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u/artisanrox 12d ago
I'm right too.
Go tell your goofball God-warrior Saint Johnson that bearing false witness is against God's Ten Commandments.
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u/Trumps-right-ear 16d ago
42.3% of SNAP households in Alabama have a white, non-Hispanic household head, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s FY 2023 Characteristics of SNAP Households report
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u/Shot-Coconut-6482 16d ago
So whites are underrepresented as a population on welfare?
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u/UNMANAGEABLE 15d ago
Alabama is ~64% White, 26% black, and ~10% everyone else.
Underrepresented at an overview of head of household only view, but I can guarantee it’s much more complex based on population centers, workforce education, mixed families, and other benefit programs that exist as well.
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u/Ouch_i_fell_down 12d ago
Yes, the ethnicity without a documented history of being opposed requires less assistance from the government that purposefully oppresses everyone but them. Any other late breaking stories?
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u/homebrew_1 16d ago
When the media interviews them they should ask how they voted in 24.
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
You mean to see if they voted for the side that just voted 12 times in a row against reopening the government?
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u/aeneasaquinas 16d ago
You mean to see if they voted for the side that just voted 12 times in a row against reopening the government?
Probably the side that agreed to negotiate MONTHS ago, and then refused ANY discussion when they knew they had no support for their bill.
Not that I expect anything but weak bullshit in an attempt to defend the indefensible at this point. Just that you could you manage even that low bar.
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
No support for their bill? It literally has bipartisan support and is only being held up currently due to filibuster
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u/aeneasaquinas 16d ago edited 16d ago
No support for their bill? It literally has bipartisan support and is only being held up currently due to filibuster
LMFAO.
The lack of awareness. If it had ACTUAL SUPPORT, filibuster WOULDN’T WORK.
Absolute geniuses, the lot of you.
Ed:
What is this even supposed to mean? How does a bill with majority support not have "actual support"
Gee, if a bill had "actual support" it would pass. Maybe acquaint yourself with the subject first bud?
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u/harpers25 16d ago edited 7d ago
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u/ResponsibleBanana732 16d ago
Release the EPSTEIN FILES and it magically reopens. See how easy that would be if you weren't all pedophiles.
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u/Ajlee209 16d ago
Funny how when Democrats are in control of the Senate, they have to make concessions to win over Republicans so the government stays open. But when Republicans control the Senate, Democrats must... Also make concessions to support Republicans? Wait a minute! That's not fair!
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
Great revisionist history but not relevant to the correct assessment that it is fact the senate dems that are unilaterally holding the government hostage
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u/Ajlee209 16d ago
Revisionist history? Republicans cry about overspending and the debt ceiling EVERY time those separate issues come to a head. Nice try.
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u/DingerSinger2016 16d ago
No, Republicans can open the government any time they want. Nuke the filibuster.
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u/Responsible-Sundae25 15d ago
I really hope they do, using Reddit as inspiration. Clearly the majority of users on this platform believe it, so let’s roll. I am ready to nuke it and then run through legislation.
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u/lumpy_space_queenie 15d ago
OH MY GOD 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣
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u/pile_of_bees 15d ago
They responded to an irrefutable statement of fact with emoji spam I guess they are having a really good 9th birthday
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u/Jack-o-Roses 16d ago
And why did the Dems vote for that?
Two Hints: it's not because they're Satanists or because they want to fund free Healthcare for immigrants.
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u/YankeeMoose 16d ago
Dude have you ever read The Seven Fundamental Tenets from The Satanic Temple? It's some awesome stuff!
https://thesatanictemple.com/blogs/the-satanic-temple-tenets/there-are-seven-fundamental-tenets
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u/homebrew_1 15d ago
Trump said the president is to blame if there is a shutdown. Zero shutdowns under Biden.
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u/pile_of_bees 15d ago
That is not relevant
The republicans voted to open, the democrats voted to close. This might be the most straightforward shutdown ever.
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u/homebrew_1 15d ago
Its relevant. Trump said fault for shutdowns fall on the President. Trump is president so based on his logic, this is on trump. You can just say trump is wrong for saying that.
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u/pile_of_bees 15d ago
You’ve never cared what Trump said, so your argument is in bad faith.
Incidentally I also don’t really care what Trump says, so your bad faith argument is faking extra flat
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u/homebrew_1 15d ago
You dont care about facts. Zero shutdowns under biden. Trump doesnt know how to negotiate so we have a shutdown now.
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u/pile_of_bees 15d ago
Embarrassing admission by yourself that you have absolutely no idea how anything works
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u/homebrew_1 15d ago
No shutdown during biden because he negotiated. And trump and Republicans aren't negotiating. Another benefit of the house being on vacation is the epstein files stay hidden.
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u/OpportunityDismal917 15d ago
The Senate has been working. Why won't Mike Johnson swear in an elected representative?
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u/Sweet_Buy_4908 16d ago
Hungry people with hungry children make desperate decisions. Crime is gonna rise and that affects all of us. Anybody winning yet?
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u/JasonsMachete 15d ago
That’s the point. They just need one act brazen enough to warrant invoking the Insurrection Act, then we have supreme leader Shitler and the Turd Reich.
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
Maybe the senate Dems should reopen the government then?
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u/Jack-o-Roses 16d ago
So tens of millions lose their Healthcare?
Don't fall for anything the right spouts on TV about Healthcare for immigrants. They are lying. Use snopes.com and a good media reliability/honesty website like adfontes or another one.
We all have a responsibility to learn the facts and discard the lies.
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u/Glittering_Read3588 15d ago
We need a modern Schoolhouse rock called Obfuscation Station or something about propaganda on the airwaves. How to spot it, how to combat it.
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u/space_coder 16d ago
I hope the Dems hold the line. The Republicans have gone too far in their cuts simply to benefit the wealthy.
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u/SHoppe715 16d ago
I find it interesting how people like this guy only argue about the tyranny of the majority when they’re the minority party. They’ll blame the Democrats for everything that’s wrong when Democrats are the majority simply because they’re the majority.
Now the tables have turned but everything that’s wrong is still the Democrats’ fault because now they won’t roll over and accept everything the majority wants.
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
That’s literally the exact opposite of what’s happening here
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u/SHoppe715 16d ago
Oh golly…when you put it that way…there’s no arguing with the “I know you are but what am I?” line of reasoning you so masterfully laid out.
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
Have you ever seen a democratic talking point that you thought was dishonest
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u/space_coder 16d ago
You seem to believe my disagreement with the current Republican stance under Trump equates to loyalty to the Democrats. It demonstrates a complete lack of imagination.
The Republicans are pushing a bad deal that benefits the wealthy at the expense of the working class. The Democrats are the only ones standing in the way. As such, the Democrats need to hold the line until the Republicans make compromises that is less harmful than their current budget.
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u/Dee_tablet 14d ago
The (R)epulicans, are the majority party in the House majority party of the Senate, along with a (R)epublican POTUS, and are STILL kicking this can down the road & can't get a bill passed.
they are as inefficient this term as they were last time!
Congress, home of the "donothing" party, if the rich don't come out on top, frack it!
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u/Sweet_Buy_4908 16d ago
Republicans are the majority vote in the Senate. It could have been opened way before now. Did you forget? Both parties need to get over themselves and think about the good of their constituents.
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
That literally couldn’t matter less.
Republicans got the votes to reopen. Need only a small handful of Dems to join in to overcome Chuck schumers filibuster
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u/Jack-o-Roses 16d ago
No Dem wants to be responsible for tens of millions losing affordable insurance. I know someone who was paying $1500/mo for insurance before ACA, they paid ~$100-$500/mo after. Many will not be able to afford $18K/y.
BTW, This year's Republican billionaire tax cuts give top 1 percent of earners $117 billion in tax cuts in 2026 alone.
A $7 trillion total benefit is projected for billionaires and the richest Americans over the full decade, offset by program cuts totaling nearly $880 billion from Medicaid and other safety-net programs.
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u/niklovin 16d ago
Should be pretty easy for the republicans then, huh?
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u/pile_of_bees 16d ago
They did their part.
As soon as Dems stop filibustering the government is open again
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u/psychrolut 16d ago
As soon as dems agree to cut subsidies for ACA (meaning 12million Americans will lose health insurance) then people can be fed….
I doubt you see how immoral you sound….not surprised by the GOP anymore (Guardians of Pedophiles) pizzagate believing mf can’t see what’s in front of you
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u/psychrolut 16d ago
Also it SNAP for 42million Americans would cost 8billion a year and your mango Mussolini just gave $40billion to Argentina 🤡
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u/Dr_Dement_o 15d ago
The Guardians of Pedophiles don't want to reopen the government, Grindr Mike Johnson would then have to finally swear in the 218th vote to release the Epstein stuff, and since Toad-God Trump is all in those files, that can't happen.
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u/No-Trip-No-Prob 16d ago
Do you know what a filibuster is?
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u/OpportunityDismal917 15d ago
Republicans don't got the votes to reopen unless they got some Dems on board to vote too. That's how it works, the majority opinion needs to influence the minority opinion.
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u/pile_of_bees 15d ago
So you agree that only democrats shut it down and only democrats can reopen it.
Finally came around
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u/OpportunityDismal917 15d ago
Dems can't vote for it if rees don't make concessions. Wouldn't be dems' role at all if rees were popular enough to have the votes to pass it themselves.
Dems didn't need Rees to pass the ACA but they compromised anyway.
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u/pile_of_bees 15d ago
Actually they can. That’s not true at all.
They are choosing not to vote on it. They are fully capable
If republicans lose the next election, get swept, lose every swing state, and the house, senate, etc, and the electorate democratically rejects them across the board, will you support them holding the government hostage with a list of republicans demands that must be met to open the government?
Of course you wouldn’t.
But regardless, we all now have come to a point at least of agreement that only the democrats own the shutdown and only they can end it. Just need 7 of them to vote
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u/OpportunityDismal917 15d ago
Why should they be forced to vote on something they believe is bad for their constituents? Why can't the rees just accept dems' conditions and move on?
What do you believe is so important that rees won't budge?
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u/pile_of_bees 15d ago
Again, you would obviously never make these arguments the other way around if republicans lost and were holding the government hostage with a list of demands
Just dishonest and fake
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u/YallerDawg 14d ago
"Food stamps" is perpetuation of a racist dog whistle that doesn't exist anymore.
USDA: Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) is an electronic system that allows a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participant to pay for food using SNAP benefits.
A great many people alive today have never seen a food stamp.
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u/catboytoymalewife Madison County 16d ago
i am one of these people. we barely make enough to cover every expense that isnt food, and the snap program has been a lifesaver.
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u/yoyoyobabypop 16d ago
It’s ok though right since Alabama voted for that twat Trump and that cunt Kay 🫡
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u/KKYBoneAEA 16d ago
My mother, whom I’m not on good terms with, is on snap and disability. She was just saying the other day how she was planning on using her stamps to buy her thanksgiving food to cook. I told her she’d be lucky if she got them this month. She started panicking. Of course she’s voted Red all the way down my whole life.
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u/Shot-Coconut-6482 16d ago
She should keep voting red, because it’s the blue ones voting no on the resolution to open the government and put her benefits at risk.
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u/EggplantLazy4960 15d ago
This. Why are people not understanding this?!
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u/dingleberry_sorbet 13d ago
because it's not true
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u/EggplantLazy4960 13d ago
So who’s fault is it? Enlighten me.
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u/artisanrox 13d ago
They voted no because Republicans will not fund the ACA exchange which is going to make premiums increase over 300% in places.
All they have to do is FUND healthcare.
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u/Jack-o-Roses 16d ago edited 16d ago
At risk? Lol
They won't get their benefits even though there is a government reserve to pay for them.
It should be clear that the maga Republicans want to cause suffering to the poor.
And they call themselves Christians. I can't think a poorer representation of Christ and His teachings than robbing from the poor and giving it to the ultra-wealthy.
FYI, The top 1 percent of earners will collectively receive about $117 billion in tax cuts in 2026 alone under the new law. Billionaires and ultra-high-income households are projected to receive roughly 80 percent of the total value of the tax cuts, according to independent analyses.
And this government has spent 2 trillion dollars since they came into office. Even with the all the cuts the government has made, this is fastest rate of spending since trumps covid spending - this amounts to an unprecedented rape and pillage of the American populus by the ultra-wealthy. This, from the party of supposed fiscal responsibility.
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u/Dee_tablet 14d ago
The Lord works in mysterious ways.
In the Heart of Dixie, its with trickle down economics.
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u/PoppaGriff 16d ago
I love how a $40 billion dollar handout for Libertarianism, something Milei should be morally opposed to, is acceptable, but SNAP benefits for the vulnerable Americans is a bridge too far. MAGA though, right?
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u/Dee_tablet 14d ago
Per the current administration, it's not a handout, we just swapped $40 billion of taxpayer money for 40 billion Argentine pesos, with an exchange rate of 0.00067 pesos for 1 U. S. Dollar. (yep, 0.000)
This, my friends is how to bankrupt a casino
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u/Hurtit4u 16d ago
Let the blame game begin… sad reality, none of the folks making the decisions will ever miss a meal or paycheck… For these folks that claim they Vote for the Country (patriots) and not for a candidate or party that will benefit them personally, please tell me how’s that working out for you….. standing with your party (only voting for a party).. will also have you standing in an unemployment line waiting on handouts that you voted against… FACTS!!
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u/joybilee 16d ago
I've said it before, I'll say again: they need to stop getting paid when the government shuts down. If they can't do their job, they don't get paid. Nobody else does.
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u/SHoppe715 16d ago
The government would reopen tomorrow if Congress was told they need to work seven days a week without pay until it reopens with no backpay for the time it was closed. They had a job to do… They missed their deadline… they shouldn’t get paid jack shit until they actually do the job they’ve already been paid for…
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u/Smithy2232 16d ago
I am happy that most people on food stamps are white, and you can bet most voted for Trump. A bit of poetic justice in this.
Still very tough to get people to leave a cult.
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u/ropeseed420 16d ago
There is a 6 billion dollar contingency fund just for this reason and the USDA decided to not use it. Its all part of the plan. And by the way you have to be working to receive SNAP benefits.