Approximately 42 million Americans—about one in eight people—who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program stand to go hungry after November 1, when benefits are scheduled to expire.
“Bottom line, the well has run dry,” reads a message explicitly blaming Democrats on the Department of Agriculture’s website.
A coalition of 23 attorneys general and three governors are fighting for the latter. They argue that the USDA not only has the funds to continue feeding Americans via SNAP through the month of November, it also has “both the authority and legal duty” to do so.
This ignores the intentional use of cyclical poverty to make the military the only viable option for many.
This gives them a “volunteer” army that they can do what they please with. Because people will always write them off because they “volunteered”.
You start providing basic Healthcare, food, and housing to the whole population and pretty soon the military won’t make their recruiting numbers.
It’s the age old story. Want to eat? Sell your body to the powerful
I understand that, we want that eliminated.