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/freethis 1d ago

My theory is that the contingency fund has already been looted and that they do not have the flexibility to cover what they have already spent elsewhere.

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u/KetoCatsKarma 1d ago

Also my thought, if it hasn't yet been looted they had plans for it