From Heather Cox Williamson this morning:
Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) holds in reserve to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The government shutdown means that states have run out of funds to distribute to the more than 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP to put food on the table...
... Yesterday’s USDA memo also says that any states that tap their own resources to provide food benefits will not be reimbursed.
So even when the government is functioning (?) again, it will not allow SNAP recipients to use the food reserves they applied for and were guaranteed.
Remember: SNAP benefits will be eliminated (Nov. 1) because the government is shut down. The government is shut down because Congressional Republicans and the President (?) don't think that a particular segment of America should get the health insurance supports that they were promised.
This means two things:
1 - Republicans have no interest in using government to make sure we all have the bare minimum. This pisses me off, but it's nothing new
2 - Republicans have broken America's word to Americans. Which means they've broken my word to my friends and neighbors. The really pisses me off.
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