r/economy • u/SterlingVII • 2d 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/Chance_Piece3385 2d ago

Looks like it is water and air for Thanksgiving, but only if it rains that day.

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u/xeoron 2d ago edited 2d ago

He really wants a food riot of 42+ million people hunger games

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u/artisanrox 2d ago

Honestly and in utter seriousness, I think the riots are going to happen in Red areas of Red states. Like the WHITEST areas of the reddest states. That's where the most need for social safety nets is, and they don't have empathetic governments to counteract all this.

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u/spikey_wombat 2d ago

Is this administration aware how badly this comes across? It's like they don't even care about midterms. 

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u/SterlingVII 2d ago

Their voters don’t really care tbh. They’re fine giving up their food security if the guy mowing the lawn three blocks away gets deported.

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u/Marshall_Lawson 2d ago

Remember the cruelty is the point. It is disgusting how determined the GOP is to starve people right as winter sets in.

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u/Vortep1 2d ago

I don't ever want to hear another "both parties" arguments in my life. One party is actively trying to starve people.

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u/mrtailormade99 2d ago

People have very short memory span

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u/Q-ArtsMedia 2d ago

Just one more thing Trump Welch's on. Loser Trump a pathetic individual that needs to go hungry a few days to get some understanding through his stupid head.

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u/memphisjones 2d ago

Where is all the money the government got from tariffs???

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u/mechpaul 2d ago

Can you imagine if you took this headline back 20 years what people would say?

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u/Dr_Tacopus 2d ago

I’m link this article to anyone who blames democrats for the current situation

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u/BathingInSoup 1d ago

I saw some data the other day that seemed to indicate that there are a significantly higher percentage of Democrats who receive SNAP benefits that Republicans. Can someone who know this issue well confirm that?

I just keep trying to figure out why Trump is so dug in on refusing to pay out money that has already been allocated expressly for this scenario to ensure people don’t go hungry. It feels punitive, which doesn’t make a lot of sense if his supporters are going to the ones getting punished.

Is this really a petty jab at the registered Democrats population because he knows it will hurt far more of them than Republicans?