But today, amid the 32-day-and-counting government shutdown, those funds weren’t there for the vast majority of recipients. (Governors in Virginia and Vermont pledged to use state funds to keep the program going for their respective residents, though both said brief delays were probable as they worked out technological challenges.)
“Even if we get immediate guidance, [funding] will unfortunately be delayed while States get the money out,” President Donald Trump wrote on social media Friday. “If we are given the appropriate legal direction by the Court, it will BE MY HONOR to provide the funding.”
In the meantime, food banks—like the one I visited in the greater Washington, DC, area earlier this week—have seen demand skyrocket as the 1 in 8 Americans who normally count on SNAP continue to face uncertainty about how much money will be deposited onto their debit-like benefits cards, and when.
Will hunger make people revolt in anger or keeping them from revolting in fear of losing more/longer period?
I think what’s going to bring change ultimately is the corporate loss from people not spending those benefits they didn’t get.
that will help…Some answer to that can be expected on the 28th of November (ok…29th when the sales reports are in) Year-over-year in the USA used to be +10…15% the expect +2.7…3.7% this year.
Don’t know, but I’m positive this is hitler eugenics, trump and republican style.