Summary

House Republicans are considering a 20% cut to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, impacting over 22 million households, as part of a $5 trillion deficit reduction plan.

The proposed changes to SNAP would save $247 billion over a decade by rolling back a Biden-era increase tied to the USDA’s “thrifty food plan.”

Critics argue the cuts could harm vulnerable populations and reduce demand for food production, while Republicans view the changes as a way to curb spending and encourage employment.

  • @foggy
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    371 month ago

    This is short sighted.

    Hungry folks’ anger knows no limits. They have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

    • @ZILtoid1991
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      131 month ago

      That’s where the part of declaring martial law on day 1 comes into play.

    • @[email protected]
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      91 month ago

      I mean, this is from the people who want to gut the benefits of individuals they trained to be killers.

    • Riskable
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      71 month ago

      Yeah but under the current misinformation curve the people who rely on government support the most will direct their anger at those that are trying to help them.

      • @CharlesDarwin
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        21 month ago

        Well, if they let people like Alex Jones take a dump in their skull on the regular, they can be led to believe that Big Government Liberals/World Economic Forum/Bilderburgs/Freemasons/The Trilateral Commission/The Jews are laying plans to have them to own nothing and eat bugs and/or give up the mass consumption of meat and dairy or whatever the heck the crazies like Alex are telling them these days.

        So they vote for donvict because “he’ll fight the deep state and the globalists”…and what will they end up with as a result? They’ll end up kicked even harder by austerity measures.