Comment on If snap benefits are paid for where are the funds going?

Artisian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• bingrazer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I think they’re asking about the government’s refusal to use the money for SNAP they were given in case of a shutdown. I believe it would just be sitting in a bank account somewhere.

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  • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    what’s even more corrupt is that the president and congress etc. still get paid

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    • 667@lemmy.radio ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      In the era before the average net worth of a Congress person was in the tens of millions, it made sense because it prevented them from their wages being held hostage.

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      • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Except it doesn’t make sense as even back then, they could still mooch profit off such a stop.

        Plus, if they wanted such a STOP to stop, they’d not feel the pressure themselves. Sure, on the other hand it makes them less prone to corruption in theory, but if they already are rich then why would we even need to make politicians even richer?

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  • Artisian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Thank you! In that case I’m moderately certain that the government needs to go into debt to cover it, and is prevented from gaining more debt during the shutdown.

    I am not sure that’s literally true for SNAP benefits, but I think this is true ‘overall’; this is the reason for stopping most the things they stop.

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