What’s happening with food stamps in the US?

No. Not facts. That sounds like a lot of people I’ve heard around here recently, the ones that don’t care unless it happens to them. I’m actually quite a nice person so I hope you won’t be one of the ones going hungry. Maybe you’re not even in the US? I’m worried about the children at my kid’s school. I’m worried about the teachers too who try to feed the hungry ones already when they struggle themselves.

Funny enough I simply stated the facts which are easily available and clearly distress you. Oh well, reality doesn't care how you feel :)

Hi from the USA!

The answer is yes!

That's what I want a thread about.

The frog costumes.

I'm so bored of racists pretending stuff and I feel obligated to defend, because our media is just as shit as that in the states.

Just bloody let people be people and care that they're ok. It's not hard is it?!

Also very quiet on the frivolous spending too…..

$150 million to refurbish the bribe ahem plane from Qatar.
$230 on the gilded ballroom.
$3.4 million on travel and security for trips to Mar-a-lago.
$35-40million spent on JD Vance’s billion holidays he’s been on since January (he’s been on holiday 8 times in 7 months)

So there’s money available for all that…..but that’s all fine 🫠🫠🫠

I guess the only difference between Marie Antoinette and Donny Dilweed is that she could blend her make up better

I'm just hoping the GOP see sense, go back to work tomorrow and do right by Americans.🤞

Funny enough you’re missing out quite a large piece of information now aren’t you? Why are the Dems holding out, do you think? What is it that they’re trying to prevent the Republicans from doing? And by the way, why aren’t the Republicans using the congressional funds that are reserved just for this purpose? I mean, they wouldn’t be using hungry people as political pawns would they? Noooo… Trump wouldn’t do that would he?

I was born in the UK.
Lived there my entire life until I married an American.
We are returning to the U.K. in the very near future…..and I’m not remotely concerned about all the things the scaremongering media (and reform voters 🫠) are bleating on about.
Its giving “Portland is a war zone” vibes when in reality the combatants in Portland are people in inflatable frog costumes 🫠😂

Rubbish

🤣♥️

Passion for fairness

It's also racist shit that is very dressed up in words that cannot be considered racist so the poster can claim they didn't actually SAY that.

I see this more and more. It's very AI. It's very nasty. It's very manipulative. It's very much similar to the propoganda that other regimes have used to take power and control from previously democratic states. It's very similar to what I think my friends saw on tiktok.

And it's on a thread about snap. Not the UK.

Why would this be posted here?

Me too.

No, it’s not, look at the bloody stats!
Its just that MSM , a tool of the Government since Covid, don’t report accurately.

Check out Ground News for accurate reporting stats and bias.

This is also untrue.

Well they’re already stealing here in the UK because our Government has decreed that any theft less than £200 worth of goods will NOT be prosecuted. Nobody will come to the vendors aid!

Our Police are tooooo busy arresting people for tweets considered offensive and “non hate crimes”
OMG they’ll raid your home and drag you into custody without bail if you dare offend someone on X.
Fucking shambles is our inept, corrupt prime minister, Two-tier-never-here Kier.

Go into a shop and clear the shelves into a carrier bag and walk out. Nobody will stop you.

Its the Wild West over here and civil unrest will surely ensue.
Our young people can’t get homes because the. Island is overwhelmed with migrants who are prioritised for housing above our own people.
We have become the welfare system for the worlds poor and our Government is the driving force behind the chaos. .

They bring their mediaeval attitudes to our streets so women no longer feel safe to go out. Soon women will be told to “cover up” for fear of inflaming male desires. Then we’ll know all is lost!
The UK is unrecognisable from even 10 years ago.

Thankyou.

When I get overexcited I'm really crap at explaining myself 🤣

I didn't think you were being disparaging @Starconundrum. I'm really grateful for your insight and input.

Yeah, that's why I was shocked.

I haven't seen it, have you? Is it actually awful or is there other stuff at play? I'm really not being disingenuous. I'm actively 🤯 wtf

I think you misunderstand me, or i haven't said it correctly.

These Americans, who I would and always have taken to be centre left, were quoting that one tiktok about the 7 fathers 7 kids at me and acting horrified that their money (that none of them pay) was going towards SO MANY people like that. When it appears to be one person. And I'm not sure if it's just gone viral or if it was purposeful propoganda. Because they seem to have changed their opinion so quickly.

I am suspect to the veracity and timing of this tiktok. That lets not forget trump banned when he was last president and then let in again without telling anyone the terms of that.

That's what I mean.

I wasn't disparaging anyone on here, I was more surprised that they were supporting this shutdown when previously they would not.

They amplified one very extreme case to excuse(?) justify(?) the cancellation of food benefits to the elderly, the disabled, veterans, children and adults currently working for free for the US government.

I don't think they're left wing.

Ohhhhh, i was agreeing with you, sorry.

I was surprised that the Americans I knew weren't. When they have previously said they were. But they kept telling me to watch tiktoks about why they were so mad.

Which is why I think it's propoganda as they seem to have all watched the same one tiktok.

where is your evidence of all these children with absolutely nothing wrong with them needing SEN support in the UK exactly ? Are you a medical professional with the qualifications to make those sorts of judgements ?
Honestly If you are going to make sweeping statements then you need to have at least a modicum of evidence to back it up.

I don't understand this. I've met 3 of these 4 people. One is American/italian. One is native american, two are Latina.

I did say it was my problem for assuming. Though they have all said they're left. I just assumed more left.

Here's who SNAP is for and why it's important. But its not just SNAP recipients impacted by the shutdown, it's everyone who works for the US government, suppliers to the US government and the further local economies that are losing business because their customers are struggling to eat, work, run a car or keep a roof over their heads

publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-is-snap-and-why-does-it-matter#:~:text=Averaging%20just%20a%20few%20dollars,and%20Health%20Policy%20and%20Management.

Vox is an excellent resource for "unbiased" information

A background to SNAP (Food Stamp Program)

and impact of the government shutdown