Trump Administration Moves to Cut Food Stamps for 6.3 Million Americans, Threatening Children's School Meals
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New USDA proposals seek tighter SNAP rules, potentially cutting benefits for 6.3 million people and increasing administrative costs.

A Trump administration proposal aims to tighten income and asset requirements for federal food assistance, potentially causing more than 6 million Americans to lose SNAP benefits and threatening access to free school meals.

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  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
    6·
    11 hours ago

    Republicans are angry at the idea of people who may not need it taking advantage of social programs, yet they’re okay with rich people taking things they don’t need

  • Corvidae@lemmy.world
    7·
    13 hours ago

    I cannot understand a government that compulses kids to attend school, and then refuses to feed them while they are in school custody.

  • Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world
    13·
    17 hours ago

    Didn’t they already do this? Just be honest and tell us you want us to starve. Goddamn. I lost my food stamps because of their bullshit.

    $700 to feed my family, gone. Between rent and bills, we are barely making it.

    Thank God my son’s school has a program that sends food home with him on weekends. Atleast he will eat.

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 hours ago

      $700 to feed my family, gone.

      steak and shrimp, amirite?

      Because of Poe’s Law, I do have to clarify that I am being EXTREMELY fucking sarcastic. I’m sorry for your struggles. I have lots of struggles of my own, but food security is not one of them, thankfully. I’m sorry <3

      I hope the Dems are able to do more than we fear they won’t and are able to fix some of this shit.

      Fuck fascism.

      • Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 hour ago

        Hell, I won’t lie. On special days like my partners birthday, hell yeah

        I could buy like 8lbs of crab legs for $119. That would last us 3 days of eating, plus if we use it for other meals.

        Compared to going to a restaurant and paying that for a 1-2lb bag each.

        I have no shame in saying we would get things to make life bearable.

        Plus it helped my son try different things. It didn’t just feed us, it made us feel like things were going to be okay.

        But yes. Fuck fascism. It’s the bane of any species.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    15 hours ago

    Apparently the definition of “waste, fraud, and abuse” according to conservatives is…you being able to eat.