Page 6 | What’s happening with food stamps in the US?

OverDram · 2025-10-30T14:49:56+00:00

I’m seeing it all over social media. Has Trump stopped the equivalent of benefits? Can someone explain please?

TooBigForMyBoots · 31/10/2025 01:26

Tryingtolikeyou · 31/10/2025 01:22

I have been looking on youtube at some of this omg.

Some need comdoms birth control and stop popping out kids.
sad part is some of these parents are scamming to get it and taking away from people that really do need the help.
Some women are saying they are going looting and will choose violence and rob homes. (good parenting that)

Its got to a point where others have had enough of paying the price for others.
Its like the uk in a way so many people claiming for sen kids when tbh their is nothing wrong with them.
It takes away the help and makes it harder for the ones that really need it.
So many rely on a system that can cut you off in one click.

Im sure it will all be sorted out but its us little people that have to pay to clean up the mess with bigger tax rises.

What about the military, the government employees, air traffic controllers, the disabled, the elderly and veterans? None of whom are being paid their wages or benefits.

Starconundrum · 31/10/2025 01:26

Tryingtolikeyou · 31/10/2025 01:22

I have been looking on youtube at some of this omg.

Some need comdoms birth control and stop popping out kids.
sad part is some of these parents are scamming to get it and taking away from people that really do need the help.
Some women are saying they are going looting and will choose violence and rob homes. (good parenting that)

Its got to a point where others have had enough of paying the price for others.
Its like the uk in a way so many people claiming for sen kids when tbh their is nothing wrong with them.
It takes away the help and makes it harder for the ones that really need it.
So many rely on a system that can cut you off in one click.

Im sure it will all be sorted out but its us little people that have to pay to clean up the mess with bigger tax rises.

You mean the birth control that isn't free?

This is why the village has disintegrated.
If people were starving my kids I'd Rob them too. What would you do out of Interest? Or are you so blessed that you'd never be in that situation?

Tryingtolikeyou · 31/10/2025 01:25

Starconundrum · 31/10/2025 01:19

😳😳😳

They choose to lay down.

About a mother of 7 kids.

No mention of the father at all.

On Mumsnet.

Wow.

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Well @coffeeccrisp is right.
I`ve seen this one lol she kicked the dads out as then she would get CM.
Then on to the next.

GummyBearette · 31/10/2025 01:24

Nsky62 · 30/10/2025 18:15

Surely it doesn’t affect uk folk, I’ve a daily battle with Parkinson’s, why trouble me with this?

Then scroll by.

Hiptothisjive · 31/10/2025 01:23

OverDram · 30/10/2025 17:49

Is there a legal limit that the government is allowed to shutdown for?

No and it happens more often than you think, they just come to a resolution quickly. This one looks different though which is why it is more widely reported.

You seem overall surprised at this when it isn’t unusual for it to happen (maybe once a term?).

GummyBearette · 31/10/2025 01:22

GinAndJuice99 · 30/10/2025 15:30

Sorry, what's your AIBU?

It’s a valid thing to discuss. Stop nitpicking.

Tryingtolikeyou · 31/10/2025 01:22

I have been looking on youtube at some of this omg.

Some need comdoms birth control and stop popping out kids.
sad part is some of these parents are scamming to get it and taking away from people that really do need the help.
Some women are saying they are going looting and will choose violence and rob homes. (good parenting that)

Its got to a point where others have had enough of paying the price for others.
Its like the uk in a way so many people claiming for sen kids when tbh their is nothing wrong with them.
It takes away the help and makes it harder for the ones that really need it.
So many rely on a system that can cut you off in one click.

Im sure it will all be sorted out but its us little people that have to pay to clean up the mess with bigger tax rises.

deararethymountains · 31/10/2025 01:21

Democrats have voted 13 times to shut down governent. Republicans need 60 votes to open it again but only have 54. They keep voting to re-open.

Democrats have openly admitted that people not getting food stamps is because they have shut down government. They have said they are going to keep doing it anyway.

That is, entirely and in a nutshell, exactly what has happened.

Starconundrum · 31/10/2025 01:19

coffeeccrisp · 31/10/2025 01:08

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.
Openly saying they scam the system.

I didnt help make any kids they choose to lay down so why should tax payers have to pay for them and fund them.

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😳😳😳

They choose to lay down.

About a mother of 7 kids.

No mention of the father at all.

On Mumsnet.

Wow.

TooBigForMyBoots · 31/10/2025 01:15

coffeeccrisp · 31/10/2025 01:08

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.
Openly saying they scam the system.

I didnt help make any kids they choose to lay down so why should tax payers have to pay for them and fund them.

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Where have you seen this? In the UK or the US?

coffeeccrisp · 31/10/2025 01:08

Starconundrum · 31/10/2025 01:01

I hope your salary justifies your minimal effort.

Unfortunately most people's doesn't meet their much higher input. Hence the need for snap.

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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.
Openly saying they scam the system.

I didnt help make any kids they choose to lay down so why should tax payers have to pay for them and fund them.

Starconundrum · 31/10/2025 01:01

coffeeccrisp · 30/10/2025 21:32

Thank you i do try.

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I hope your salary justifies your minimal effort.

Unfortunately most people's doesn't meet their much higher input. Hence the need for snap.

SouthJersey · 31/10/2025 00:55

Some food banks here are run by religious groups and others are run by community groups. My town has a food bank in our municipal building.

Keep in mind that we have religious groups and churches that are vocal critics of Trump, but it seems that we don't have the loud voice and spending money of the pro-Trump "Christians" (in quotes because I don't think they understand Christianity very well).

There is no good time of the year to worry about how to provide food for your family, but with the holidays approaching and no end to the government closure in sight, it's particularly depressing here.

Regarding the Epstein files, there is a Democratic congresswoman who needs to be sworn in but the Republicans are using the closure to avoid doing so. Once she's in place, there will be enough votes to release the files. At this point, though, I have trouble believing that they aren't already tampered with. The files are one of the reasons that Republicans aren't working to reopen the government.

Dramatic · 31/10/2025 00:07

OverDram · 31/10/2025 00:00

So ban abortion but then take away the means to raise the children.

I’m shocked at the US Christians supporting this. In the UK most food banks are ran out of churches. Don’t they have the same Christian spirt in the states

Are the food banks in the US not run by churches?

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OverDram · 31/10/2025 00:00

So ban abortion but then take away the means to raise the children.

I’m shocked at the US Christians supporting this. In the UK most food banks are ran out of churches. Don’t they have the same Christian spirt in the states

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Crikeyalmighty · 30/10/2025 23:50

There really are some absolute charmers on mumsnet these days - it’s not a race to the bottom, it’s perfectly possible to give a shit about an international situation like this (especially when it’s a manufactured one by someone who has dictator tendencies) as well as whatever goes on in the UK - and for the ‘don’t have kids brigade’ this isn’t just affecting people ‘with kids’ - just as UC here isn’t ‘only ‘ relevant to people with kids- there are lots of people on their own who are unemployed or underemployed of all ages and in receipt of UC - same will be true in US - it’s one big reason I think we need to look more towards the EU ( even with any issues) than any moves towards a US style system -

TooBigForMyBoots · 30/10/2025 23:26

coffeeccrisp · 30/10/2025 21:10

Dont have kids if you cant afford them.
Its about time it happened it should happen in the uk to.
So many online have said that they scam the system.
All this posting online about being a sahm and getting things for free well them bragging post came back to bite.
The one that openly admit to having more kids because they get money from the men and the system.

Well.
Kids are not piggy banks.

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No, they're money pits.🤣🤣🤣

Children are the most expensive things ever! They are also our most valuable, important resource. That's why it's important that we feed and educate them. Children are a countries most important investment. They are literally the future.

Your future!😱

It's all very well wanging on with your don't have kids if you can't afford them rubbish. The children exist. What do you propose their parents do? Return them to the hospital?

It doesn't work. I've checked.😒

Keepingthingsinteresting · 30/10/2025 22:53

Ponderingwindow · 30/10/2025 18:40

The Epstein files are just a sideshow. The actual battle is over the affordable healthcare act. There are currently government subsidies to make it possible for people to afford to buy the now required health insurance on the open market. The republicans want to stop those subsidies. The democrats want them to continue. Without the subsidies, health insurance will become completely unaffordable and people will just have to pay the small annual fine for being uninsured instead.

They will then leave illnesses untreated until it becomes an emergency. At that point hospitals are required to treat them enough to stabilize them regardless of ability to pay. Hospitals will then pass the cost of treating those patients on to the patients who are paying. Thus those of us who do pay for our healthcare will have to pay even more.

since they can’t agree on a budget, the government shuts down and essentially everyone except the elected officials responsible for the mess don’t get paid. Essentials workers like air traffic controllers and military still have to show up to work without a paycheck. So they have the expenses of working like childcare and transportation, but no money coming in.

republicans control both the house and senate. They could push through the budget. They could authorize food stamp spending. They don’t want to take responsibility.

right now they are holding the poor hostage in a way. We can give them healthcare or food.

Either choice has a massive impact on the economy as a whole. Food stamps spending not entering the economy is going to hurt all of us and disrupt the supply chain in general.

It is an horribly disfunctional system. I really hope those people who voted for the moronic president remember this and don’t do something so fucking stupid again- all those maga hat wearing idiots only have themselves to blame.

coffeeccrisp · 30/10/2025 21:32

WhatIsTheCharge · 30/10/2025 21:30

Great contribution to the discussion 👍🏻😂 Gold star for you.

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Thank you i do try.

WhatIsTheCharge · 30/10/2025 21:30

coffeeccrisp · 30/10/2025 21:22

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Great contribution to the discussion 👍🏻😂 Gold star for you.

coffeeccrisp · 30/10/2025 21:24

Bobiverse · 30/10/2025 21:13

That just doesn’t work in economies where prices keep rising and wages stagnate.

We need kids. We need people to have kids. And not just the rich. Middle income and lower income are all being squeezed out due to rising prices, inflation and stagnating wages.

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🙄.

coffeeccrisp · 30/10/2025 21:22

WhatIsTheCharge · 30/10/2025 21:13

ODFO 🫠👍🏻

Again, same as the U.K.: the vast majority of SNAP eligible people are eligible BECAUSE they work. Is it their fault that wages haven’t risen in line with the cost of living?
Or again, is that the fault of massive corporations in the pockets of billionaires?

Go find some more boots to lick.

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Bobiverse · 30/10/2025 21:13

coffeeccrisp · 30/10/2025 21:10

Dont have kids if you cant afford them.
Its about time it happened it should happen in the uk to.
So many online have said that they scam the system.
All this posting online about being a sahm and getting things for free well them bragging post came back to bite.
The one that openly admit to having more kids because they get money from the men and the system.

Well.
Kids are not piggy banks.

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That just doesn’t work in economies where prices keep rising and wages stagnate.

We need kids. We need people to have kids. And not just the rich. Middle income and lower income are all being squeezed out due to rising prices, inflation and stagnating wages.

WhatIsTheCharge · 30/10/2025 21:13

coffeeccrisp · 30/10/2025 21:10

Dont have kids if you cant afford them.
Its about time it happened it should happen in the uk to.
So many online have said that they scam the system.
All this posting online about being a sahm and getting things for free well them bragging post came back to bite.
The one that openly admit to having more kids because they get money from the men and the system.

Well.
Kids are not piggy banks.

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ODFO 🫠👍🏻

Again, same as the U.K.: the vast majority of SNAP eligible people are eligible BECAUSE they work. Is it their fault that wages haven’t risen in line with the cost of living?
Or again, is that the fault of massive corporations in the pockets of billionaires?

Go find some more boots to lick.

coffeeccrisp · 30/10/2025 21:10

Dont have kids if you cant afford them.
Its about time it happened it should happen in the uk to.
So many online have said that they scam the system.
All this posting online about being a sahm and getting things for free well them bragging post came back to bite.
The one that openly admit to having more kids because they get money from the men and the system.

Well.
Kids are not piggy banks.