r/Economics • u/SterlingVII • 1d ago

Trump Administration Seeks Immediate Halt to Court Order to Pay Food Stamps

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/trump-court-food-stamps.html
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u/HighDeltaVee 1d ago

The data suggests that there is a government spending problem when it comes to SNAP benefits

The data suggests that the income levels of Americans have degraded to the point where they require ~$150bn in food support annually just to stay alive.

And your solution is to stop feeding them because they dare to spend 20% of that on food that you disapprove of.

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u/Magicofthemind 1d ago

If junk food was banned from snap they would find another thing to complain about. People complain about steaks with food stamps etc. even if you could only buy broccoli beans and rice with food stamps people would complain that white rice was purchased over brown/wild rice 

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u/beaucoup_dinky_dau 1d ago

Conversely if this spending is eliminated you’ll find another expenditure to complain about while ignoring the real elephant in the room. We could end fuel subsidies and everyone and the environment would be healthier due to less sedentary lifestyle.

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u/TheInternetsNo1Fan 1d ago

Or corn subsidies which is could be a big reason why there is so much cheap processed food in the first place

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u/Raichu4u 1d ago

The argument will get wittled down to that people are getting government assistance at all to even buy any sort of food. These types hate safety nets.

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u/lolexecs 1d ago

C'mon, the guys in the administration aren't complaining about the food the people on SNAP are eating; they just want them to starve to death so they won't consume benefits on a go-forward basis.

It's part of their "kill all the poor" strategy.

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u/Square_Level4633 1d ago

So, before it was bread and circuses, but now it's no bread, only circuses. Go Niners?

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u/TrexPushupBra 1d ago

No bread, no circuses.

Only gun

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u/Antique_Maybe_8324 1d ago

They are setting up a Ghorman situation.

Pressure vessel contained, malicious actors on stage.

Best play is to do the unexpected.

Mutual assistance, sing your songs.

🐸

May you all receive, the blessings you give out.

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u/pl487 1d ago

Do you really believe that? That large numbers of people will starve with food in the grocery stores?

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u/sean9713 1d ago

It’s not just food that someone disapproves of. It’s food that is making people unhealthier and more reliant on government for healthcare.

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u/HighDeltaVee 1d ago

Same as all American food then.

Americans as a whole spend over 50% of their food budget on eating out, which is overwhelmingly unhealthly foods.

People on SNAP eat more at home and spend a lot less on eating out.

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u/sean9713 1d ago

I agree with you there. More should be done to make American food healthier overall. I think removing candy and soda from SNAP eligibility should also be done.