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It\“s day 23 of the government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been furloughed or had their pay suspended while they continue to work, and several government programs and facilities have paused operations.  Daniel Heuer / Getty Images
As the shutdown entered its fourth week, Americans who depend on government benefits like SNAP （or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program） were growing anxious about how they\“d get food on the table should those benefits run dry. Over 40 million Americans, or over 12% of the US population, receive SNAP benefits every month.  Hapabapa / Getty Images
WGME, a Portland, Maine-based CBS affiliate, reported on Tuesday that the US Department of Agriculture\“s Food and Nutrition Service had “notified every state that November funding for SNAP, the nation\“s largest anti-hunger program, will not be issued.“ Redditor Strong_Equipment1676 posted a link to the article on r/politics, where it got thousands of interactions and comments. Reddit / Via reddit.com
They added in the comments, “Pretty much every state including mine issued warnings to present and prior snap applicants via email and text today.“ Strong_Equipment1676 / Reddit / Via reddit.com BuzzFeed Trending Hot Topic Let\“s chat about all things Politics See our Politics Discussions
“And all the Republican SNAP recipients are applauding,“ someone wrote. encrypted-signals / Reddit / Via reddit.com
One user shared a personal story about how SNAP benefits eased the struggle of being an underprepared new parent. “snap kept me floating for 9 months before I landed my first decent job,“ they said. “I cant imagine struggling, hearing your starving child crying, and knowing your living in the same country as the wealthiest people.“ RobStarkDeservedIt / Reddit / Via reddit.com
Several commenters immediately drew attention to the things that Republicans and the Trump administration are totally fine with spending taxpayer money on, including a $20B bailout for Argentina amid an economic crisis in the country... rolsen / Reddit / Via reddit.com
...as well as Kristi Noem\“s $170M purchase of new jets for the DHS, President Trump\“s construction of a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom, and his purportedly potential demand that the Department of Justice pay him $230M in compensation for the federal investigations into him. AnonymousCelery / Reddit / Via reddit.com
“Well maybe the pro-life party should actually care about babies for once?“ this person said. About a third of SNAP recipients are under the age of 18. Individual_Respect90 / Reddit / Via reddit.com
“I guess add starving children to the long list of atrocities this administration is guilty of,“ someone wrote. Another user responded that they believe the administration had already started doing that with the cuts to USAID earlier this year. Kernburner / TripDandelion / Reddit / Via reddit.com
One commenter said since SNAP is a so-called “Democrat program,“ this will test “how people like living in the Republican world.“ whodey84 / Reddit / Via reddit.com
“They don\“t live in reality anymore,“ another person wrote. “They could watch their family starve to death right in front of them and still blame anyone else but themselves.“ The_Duke_of_Nebraska / Reddit / Via reddit.com
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发表于 2025-10-29 08:39:48