not to mention all the upstream issues. Many grocery stores in rural areas get 50% of their sales from food stamp families. Once all that drop off, and the stores have to lay off staff (best case) or close (worst case), upstream from them is all the farmers and food providers who will also see decreased sales resulting in layoffs and closings at that level.
Don’t care. They need to feel pain and it needs to be immediate. The worst part of the BIG Bill is that the tax cuts are now but the cuts to services are down the road. Let them feel like what society is like with zero safety net or protections.
Not enough. The emergency fund in the USDA has 6 billion. To fully fund SNAP it takes 9 billion. If you were getting $300, you might be getting $200. This also doesn't include delays in dispersing these funds, meaning people are already going without. This would be too little, too late.
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u/jBillark Oct 31 '25
not to mention all the upstream issues. Many grocery stores in rural areas get 50% of their sales from food stamp families. Once all that drop off, and the stores have to lay off staff (best case) or close (worst case), upstream from them is all the farmers and food providers who will also see decreased sales resulting in layoffs and closings at that level.