Wednesday, May 28, 2025

SNAP Benefit Cut Warning Issued in State Trump Won by 1%

Proposed federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will "drive Wisconsinites into hunger" and harm the state's economy, according to new analysis.

Posted by lamplighter at 02:32 PM | 24 COMMENTS | permalink

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The "Big Beautiful Bill" looks to cut $300 billion from food stamps over the next decade.

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-- Miami Herald (@miamiherald.com) May 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM

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... The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) said the state would lose some $314 million in food assistance from the federal government under the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which passed the House of Representatives last week.

The budget legislation exceeds 1,000 pages and contains some of the most significant changes to SNAP eligibility and benefits in recent years. Some $300 billion is earmarked to be cut from the nationwide anti-poverty program.

Wisconsin, which President Donald Trump won in the 2024 presidential election by less than one percent, has swung in recent elections between Republican and Democrat. All six of Wisconsin's Republican representatives voted for the bill, while the state's two Democratic House members voted against. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-28 12:46 AM

You got what you voted for.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-05-28 07:18 AM

Able-bodied Americans shouldn't be receiving SNAP benefits.

#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-05-28 02:56 PM

"Able-bodied Americans shouldn't be receiving SNAP benefits."

Okay, well, without food they won't be able-bodied for long.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 04:12 PM

Okay, well, without food they won't be able-bodied for long.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 04:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

All the more reason to go pet a ------- job, learn to rap or play professional sports.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-05-28 05:22 PM

Millionaires and billionaires shouldn't receive government subsidies.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-28 05:29 PM

Millionaires and billionaires shouldn't receive government subsidies.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-28 05:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

Now let me know what side of the aisle they're on. You bitch, but your limousine liberals are right there at the ------- trough and you pretend it aint so. Money makes the world operate and rich people employ the rest of us. Ive been on major projects that made me a -------- of money - projects that came to fruition because tax breaks and subsidies. Cry me a ------- river until you figure out how the world works.

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-05-28 05:36 PM

All the more reason to go pet a ------- job, learn to rap or play professional sports.
#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Hard to look for a job when you don't have anything to eat.
Not that you'd know anything about looking for a job.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 05:50 PM

Not that you'd know anything about looking for a job.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 05:50 PM | Reply | Flag:

You're a ------ government mooch who's about to lose your EBT card. I get it, you're angry.

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-05-28 07:07 PM

I haven't had an EBT card since 2020, and I lost eleven pounds since I saw the doctor last year.

You're living in the past, and you always will be.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 07:15 PM

"Ive been on major projects that made me a -------- of money - projects that came to fruition because tax breaks and subsidies."

See, this is what those DOGE and MAGA people need to hear, not us!

Democrats are Friends of Big Business, remember?

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 07:16 PM

"Money makes the world operate and rich people employ the rest of us."

That's why what Trump is doing to government is bad for all of us. Daddy Warbucks is a big spender. Now there's less rich people to employ the rest of us.

You, apparently, voted for this, despite not wanting any of what you're getting.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 07:19 PM

Hard to count pennies when they no longer exist...

#13 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-05-28 07:27 PM

And... 'a nickel for your thoughts' just doesn't sound right.

Plus, it's way overpriced for Trumpers.

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-28 07:30 PM

Able-bodied Americans shouldn't be receiving SNAP benefits.
#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-05-28 02:56 PM

How would you expect people to survive?

Explain it to me like I'm over 50 and living on social security.

That full-time employment sounds great, and then I can qualify for SNAP benefits?

#15 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-05-29 10:53 AM

"Able-bodied Americans shouldn't be receiving SNAP benefits."

Should fiscally sound billion-dollar corporations be receiving SNAP benefits?

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 11:06 AM

Now Wisgod will have to start spending his beer budget on food.

Oughta fill up his refrigerator and cabinets, healthy as that budget is.

#17 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-05-29 03:46 PM

It's hilarious how the government funds studies that claim the government giving out welfare benefits the economy.

Then some stupid programs like this are cut and they lie and claim it actually hurts the economy. If giving out welfare was somehow beneficial to the economy as they claim, then apparently everyone should just be on welfare and nobody should bother working for anything

#18 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-05-29 09:01 PM

@#3 ... Able-bodied Americans shouldn't be receiving SNAP benefits. ...

SNAP Work Requirements
www.fns.usda.gov

... While SNAP is intended to ensure no one fears going hungry, its rules also reflect the importance of work and responsibility. SNAP has two sets of work requirements, the general work requirements and the able bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) work requirements. ...

#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-29 10:25 PM

@#3 ... Able-bodied Americans shouldn't be receiving SNAP benefits. ...

Also, implied in your current alias' comment is that if someone is working that they are being paid a livable wage.

Is that a correct assertion?



#20 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-29 10:26 PM

It's hilarious how the government funds studies that claim the government giving out welfare benefits the economy.
Then some stupid programs like this are cut and they lie and claim it actually hurts the economy. If giving out welfare was somehow beneficial to the economy as they claim, then apparently everyone should just be on welfare and nobody should bother working for anything
#18 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-05-29 09:01 PM

Sure, just plug 'em in when you've got a use for them.

People otherwise serve no purpose in your world?

To suffer as examples to the successful?

In a diminishing economic forecast under the whim of some algorithm groomed in NYC and LA what kind of coding program would you recommend looking into?

Homelessness, hunger, lack of education are all prevented by a good society, not just a functional one.

So, not yours.

#21 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-05-30 10:42 AM

Oh, presuming that SNAP isn't necessary, how do those people feed themselves?

I would expect you to gain many more opportunities to witness it firsthand.

#22 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-05-30 10:45 AM

I know a few working poor relying on Medicaid and food stamps/SNAP for their kids.

They voted for Trump since he "would be better for them financially."

Now they are freaking out and I'm laughing.

#23 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-05-30 10:53 AM

everyone should just be on welfare and nobody should bother working for anything
#18 | Posted by THEBULL

^
Ten bucks says you don't have a job.

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-30 11:02 AM

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