What’s happening with food stamps in the US?

Of course they said they were left, leftist😵‍💫 and or immigrants.🙄

I had a wee look and apparently 1, 1 person on the internet claims to have 7 children by 7 fathers and is receipt of $3000 of SNAP payments per month. Bear in mind SNAP can only be spent on certain things, that's a grand total of $12 and odd cents per person per day.

That is not a lot of money.

It speaks for its self.

I lived in the Midwest in the early 90s and I was shocked that it was absolutely 'normal' for anyone working for the state to not get paid for a couple of months in the summer. The bank would loan their pay to the workers who paid back the bank when the state caught up. I remember saying 'why hasn't Jennifer been paid?' and the response would be 'oh she works for the state' 🤷🏼‍♂️

And they said they were left.

I just didn't think the left were so right...

If you see what I mean.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Gr8MAgvK-c?si=PdSIkKtqwpp4Fa3x

Again:
Anyone who believes politicians on either side of the aisle gives a shit about us little people is on glue 🫠

Democrat or Republican, they all eat at the same table. They are still getting paid while all this is going on.

Ohhhh but what’s that looming in the distance??
Mid-Terms.
So yet again, Democrats and Republicans will do and say whatever they feel they need to in order to appeal to their voter base for the mid-terms, even if that means doing a massive U-Turn on issues they’ve always stood firm on.

You are lucky and you don't see it. Other women are not as lucky as you. Other women who've live different lives where they don't have choices.
Abused women.
Raped women.
Trafficked women.
Vulnerable women.
Disabled women.

You are aware of the statistics on VAWG, right?

They're all people I know from forums.

I asked because of this thread, I didn't understand some of the views expressed on it. But it appearsbthey are common. They're all in new York state, but only one is the city. Hence me assuming they were lefty.

Thanks for that @Starconundrum. Sounds like bullshit propaganda. Misogynist claptrap and a world away from most recipients of SNAP.

Not everyone has the privilege to make the choices in their life.

While we should take responsibility where we can, we should also acknowledge that some people are in positions where they can not.

Whats not true.
Taking responsibility for the choices we make.
Choices we make are our responsibility.
Lucky i think we are we just dont see it.

This is not true

We are all lucky we just have to make a choice in what we do and take responsibility for it.

I must confess I hadn't really looked into this.
I'm quite a lefty and into human rights but I figured America can look after Americans as theyre really wealthy. This is awful of me.

Of the 4 people I've asked tonight, 3 cited the woman with 7 kids by 7 fathers. So this is either a one off video that has gained traction or a propoganda video. One said it was disgusting that people got snap, but that she'd have issues feeding herself as she gets it 🤯

One of the men said it was a woman's job to feed the kids and of course father's and the state aren't accountable. A woman must feed her kids herself.

3 of these people are immigrants.
Of course this is a very small sample size, but all of the people claim to be leftist.

I can see why so many Americans believe that America might fall. I'm quite shocked tbh.

Not the uk this was us i get what your saying should have made it clearer @coffeecrisp most of these women making these videos do have partners.
But the partners are just as bad, they say they are single mums as you get more free rent snap other stuff.
its an eye opener.

I am glad you are free to make your own choices. Other women aren't so lucky.

Their rules not mine.
We all choose our own way i choose not to bring another human in to a messed up world.
And the fact i like to be free also i new i couldnt afford a child.

Of course, but if men will dip their dicks without protection, they're responsible for the wellbeing of any children that result. But you weren't talking about that when you said:

Im all for the snap if used in the right way the same as i feel with UK benefits.
But for what ive seen women are going crazy over it.
Saying its the tax payers responsibility to feed their kid.
One saying she has 7 kids with 7 dads another with 5 kids why did they have more kids when they knew they was struggling in the first place.

Where have you seen this? Not in the UK?

In a country where you can now be imprisoned for having an abortion?

I had worse situation but i was clever enough not to bring kids in to it.

Nah. The Dems have openly stated that the poor people will just have to go without. Even the far leftist Washington Post admits that the Dems have said poor people will just have to starve.

"The right answer is to reopen the government with a clean funding bill, ideally for a full year, to get food stamps flowing and federal workers back in the office, and then have a debate about ACA subsidies," the Post editorial said.

"Democrats openly acknowledge that they refuse to do this because it would mean giving up their leverage. If they persist, it could mean families start to go hungry."

I think many of us can see the point stop using kids for money.

CM isn't a government benefit. What's your point?

It is unusual for this length of time, it’s disingenuous to suggest it’s not. It’s also unusual that the Trump administration is holding low income people hostage from a food perspective when there are congressional funds available. The rhetoric the republicans are spouting on the reasons why are outright lies. The Trump administration's overall behaviour is outrightly not the norm and you should be well aware of that. FFS.