Comment on US | SNAP benefits cut off during shutdown, driving long lines at food pantries
ignirtoq@feddit.online 3 weeks ago
federal food benefits were cut off due to the government shutdown.
No, they were not cut off due to the shutdown. Payments had not been stopped in any prior shutdown and didn’t have to be stopped in this one. Trump and Republicans specifically chose for this to happen to put more pressure on Democrats. They don’t care if Americans starve to death, while Democrats do. They are starving Americans because Democrats are trying to stop Americans from losing healthcare.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Technically funding was cut off, but they do have emergency funding that is meant to be used in cases like this but fascists refuse to do so.
ignirtoq@feddit.online 2 weeks ago
I didn’t say benefits were not cut off. I’m challenging the assertion that the mere fact that the government is shutdown is the cause of funding being cut off, like the phrase I quoted implicitly assets. The shutdown alone is not the reason funds for SNAP were cut off, and my proof of my assertion is the fact that funding has never been cut off in previous shutdowns.
This means someone must have chosen to execute this shutdown differently on purpose. Republicans are in charge of all branches of government, so they are the most likely culprit.