Posted on 10/27/2025 7:43:20 PM PDT by Red Badger
One aspect of the government shutdown that probably wasn’t anticipated by Chuck Schumer and other Democrats, is that it has revealed to the public just how many people receive food stamps.
Years ago, when the program was still called ‘food stamps’ it was seen as something that struggling families might use temporarily to get through a hard time. Then it was re-branded as the ‘SNAP’ program and destigmatized. People were encouraged to enroll. Now there are many more people using the program, many who probably don’t even really need it.
The longer the shutdown goes on, the more reports there are about this and it’s stunning to taxpayers who did not realize until now how incredibly huge this is.
Look at this report from The Hill:
SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people
More than 40 million low-income food assistance beneficiaries are expected to receive less help with grocery bills — or no help at all — in the coming days.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funding, which Congress has already allocated for emergency scenarios, if the government shutdown stretches into November.
There is between $5 billion and $6 billion currently in that fund, experts say. That’s not enough to cover the estimated $8 billion in SNAP benefits due out next month, but it would allow for partial payments to help low-income Americans defray food costs.
On Friday, however, the USDA released guidance saying it won’t use those funds to cover SNAP benefits if the government shutdown extends beyond Oct. 31 — a move that appears designed to maximize the pressure on Senate Democrats to support a GOP spending bill to reopen the government.
One journalist on Newsmax recently pointed out that many of the people receiving benefits are recent arrivals under Biden.
From Overton News:
“There are 42 million people in this country that need food stamps on a weekly basis.”
“And we’re saying ‘people’ deliberately instead of Americans because most of the people that are on food stamps aren’t even from this country.”
“45% of Afghanistan immigrants are on food stamps.”
“42% of Somali immigrants, 34% of every immigrant from Iraq, 23% of Haitians.”
“59% of ALL illegal aliens are collecting food stamps, meaning that most of the people getting food stamps from the U.S. Government and the U.S. Taxpayer are not even Americans.”
“Think about that.”
“And we didn’t know about any of this before the government shutdown started.”
Watch:
VIDEO AT LINK.....................
It really is shocking and now that Democrats have prolonged the shutdown, more people are going to be talking about this.
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Seems to me that this would be "double dipping".
“SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people”
A perfect example of the uniparty in action as it will never be pared down.
But momma and her beaus are hangry, too.
The only reason anyone wouldn’t know this is because they were trying very hard not to notice.
https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-annualsummary-8.pdf
The inflection point was Barack’s first term. Obamaphone, Obamacare, Obamafood, the mentality was set that the country owes you a free living. Quash this or perish.
The ‘Obamaphone’ was actually started under GW Bush.............
Get your asses to work and provide for yourselves! And don’t think about stealing. You’ll end up dead, jailed, or deported.
Democrats don’t care if their base starves to death - they want free medical care for illegal... and they’ll keep things shut down until they get their way. Or turn blue from holding their breaths... tantrum jerks.
The next conversation of awareness should be... What does the SNAP program allow people to buy? SNAP allows the purchase of alot of junk food that has no nutritional value whatsoever, sometimes it’s called empty calories.
That needs to be reeled in. Basic necessities, meal ingredients, not trash.
FTA
Overton News: “59% of ALL illegal aliens collecting food stamps from the US Govt
and Taxpayers are not even Americans. We didn’t know this before the govt shutdown started.” .”
<><>“There are 42 million people in this country that need food stamps on a weekly basis.”
<><>“we say ‘people’ because most people on food stamps aren’t even from this country.”
<><>“45% of Afghanistan immigrants are on food stamps.”
<><>“42% of Somali immigrants,
<><>34% of every immigrant from Iraq,
<><>23% of Haitians.”
So, to support 40 million people when they get back on the take, maybe we should get second jobs for the tax funding we have to supply. Imagine the feelings in NYC when Mamdani gets into the big mayor’s chair, smiling.
Taxpayer slavery is still slavery. And we are the slaves.
I just saw a video where 1 of the ghetto EBT queens is calling for a nationwide theft at 6:30 PM on November 3 where they want EBT recipients who don’t have any more money to go to their local stores and at 7:30 they all run out with carts full of food (Or whatever). And what she said at the end? “They can’t catch all of us!”
Trump did that..................
A wealthy country should be able to provide at least some assistance to its most vulnerable citizens - the elderly, the very young, and the disabled.
The fact that there are genuinely needy people in this country is a fact.
That this particular program has been mismanaged for decades, and there are people on it who shouldn't be - is indicative of systemic problems in administrating the program.
If we want to phase out the program, or reduce its scope - then do it in a way that causes the least hardship.
Many people receiving SNAP are elderly and/or disabled, and don't abuse their benefits. There are low-income families receiving SNAP, so this affects children.
What's going on now amounts to a huge rug-pull.
42 million and that’s just SNAP.
How about all other Federal, State and local benefits?
How about all church, charitable organizations and philanthropic groups and individuals?
Many people receiving SNAP are
<><>elderly and/or disabled,
<><>low-income families; this affects children.
<><>they don’t abuse their benefits.
What’s going on now w/ foreigners amounts to a huge rug-pull.
Point well-taken
Many people receiving SNAP are
<><>elderly and/or disabled,
<><>low-income families; this affects children.
<><>they don’t abuse their benefits.
What’s going on now w/ foreigners amounts to a huge rug-pull.
Point well-taken
My fury is on quantum.
I asked AI.
Among households headed by someone under 50:
5 out of 20 are married parents with kids
1 out of 20 is a single mother receiving SNAP
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