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

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

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.

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

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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 | Reply

You got what you voted for.

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

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

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

"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 | Reply | Newsworthy 2

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 | Reply

Millionaires and billionaires shouldn't receive government subsidies.

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

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 | Reply

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 | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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 | Reply

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 | Reply | Funny: 1

"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 | Reply

"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 | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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

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

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

"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 | Reply