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Tuesday, August 05, 2025

In addition to the hardship many families could face, SNAP cuts could lead to the loss of grocery stores in rural areas that already have few food retailers.

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Q: Why did you cut snap and health care research? Rep. Flood: We do not have unlimited money in the United States. [Crowd booing]

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-- Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) Aug 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM

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#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-04 01:57 AM | Reply

Y'all are getting what you voted for.

Enjoy!

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-08-05 07:26 AM | Reply

Free market at work. Those wealthy damn rural grocery stores with their 2 percent margins shouldn't be relying on government handouts anyway.

-- The Chicago School

#3 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-08-05 11:41 AM | Reply

"Y'all are getting what you voted for."

Food deserts.

Food deserts are geographic areas, typically low-income, where residents have limited access to affordable and nutritious food options. These areas often lack supermarkets or grocery stores, forcing residents to rely on smaller stores with limited choices and higher prices, potentially leading to poor dietary habits and related health issues.

I don't have to shop at "grocery stores". So Trumpy won't affect me!

-Beverly.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-08-05 12:26 PM | Reply

Not to worry.

There's always varmint to eat.

Roadkill stew is a MAGA favorite!

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-05 12:28 PM | Reply

#5: Hmm! Squirrel pie! Delicious!

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-05 02:06 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

SNAP is a transfer payment, benefiting SNAP cardholders, Grocery Stores, Trucking firms, and including all payments for fuel, maintenance, trucks, etc.

#7 | Posted by john47 at 2025-08-05 03:49 PM | Reply

What's considered classy when you're rich but trashy when you're poor?

Getting money from the government.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-05 03:51 PM | Reply

Rich people getting billions in "subsidies" - yay!

Poor people getting a few dollars from "welfare" - boo!

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-05 03:53 PM | Reply

Wait until Trumpers have to start paying for their parents and grandparents food... and having them move into the trailer house with them.

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-05 04:43 PM | Reply

"Welp, doesn't affect me, I don't care.

I'm not poor, just stupid."

LFTHNDTURD

#11 | Posted by zarnon at 2025-08-06 12:46 AM | Reply

Policy Basics: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (Novmber 2024)
www.cbpp.org

... SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is the nation's most important anti-hunger program.

In an average month in 2024, SNAP helped an average of more than 41 million low-income people in the United States afford a nutritionally adequate diet. ...



#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-06 12:54 AM | Reply

Doubt any would close down to SNAP cuts, and if any do close, then they have more serious problems then those cuts.

#13 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-08-06 02:32 PM | Reply

Abandoning people in need and letting them go hungry is what Jesus preached.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-06 02:34 PM | Reply

Doubt any would close down to SNAP cuts, and if any do close, then they have more serious problems then those cuts.

#13 | Posted by MSgt

I doubt you'd lose your house if your income was cut, so let's just go ahead and cut it. If it makes you lose your house, that means you had more serious problems.

#15 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-08-06 02:43 PM | Reply

"Doubt any would close down to SNAP cuts"

One would think it's impossible to flunk Econ 101 with a single statement ... but there it is.

#16 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-06 02:48 PM | Reply

Doubt any would close down to SNAP cuts
#13 | Posted by MSgt

You don't think corporations depend on corporate welfare?
Really, you opened your mouth to say that?

#17 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-06 03:45 PM | Reply

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