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And of course it's Dems' fault.
https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/11/trump-warns-of-insufficient-funds-for-food-stamps/
Trump Warns of Insufficient Funds for Food Stamps
October 11, 2025 at 7:23 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
The Trump administration is warning states that there will be insufficient funds to pay full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits if the government shutdown extends past October, Axios reports.

kerouac2
(1,324 posts)Apparently they had 300 m for wic that they said they could use from it
Oh, and where is this pot of money and doesn't congress hold purse strings in this country?
greatauntoftriplets
(178,390 posts)Maybe he should have saved the Argentina bailout cash to feed Americans, including military families who aren't getting paid.
gab13by13
(30,048 posts)Krasnov has rescission power, he decides where the money, if the money appropriated by Congress gets spent.
allegorical oracle
(5,789 posts)claw those $$ back, for sure.
Trueblue Texan
(3,860 posts)Igel
(37,138 posts)He claims the authority to not spend what's authorized, not to spend money that isn't authorized.
With the same kind of squirrely "this is an emergency and in an emergency this law can be twisted to mean I can spend money from this bucket on activities that should be funded from that bucket" ersatz reasoning that he's not the only one to abuse in my lifetime.
All the tariff $ go into the general revenue fund. That's for Congress to authorize spending. When it gets around to it for this fiscal year.
Emile
(38,211 posts)
marble falls
(68,883 posts)Maru Kitteh
(30,801 posts)Hes about to find out how Republican those things are, too.
Biophilic
(6,148 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(9,296 posts)Now, get back to work making more so I can give that away to others as well!
otchmoson
(249 posts)farmers are expecting a bailout (at our expense--those damn welfare queens) of $20. I just saw this morning that we're spending another 4.5 billion on the magnificent southern border wall. We continue to offer wannabe ICE officers a $50,000 signing bonus, a 6-figure income, payment of student debt, and possibly a $40,000 year-end bonus, and unlimited overtime pay. And when President Pedo has collected (NOT) $17 trillion in tarriff income, we should all have our very own unicorn and lollipops.
rurallib
(64,238 posts)But he may not trust Donnie's credit?
Attilatheblond
(7,454 posts)*unless Trump has other countries to pay off.
Pachamama
(17,504 posts)
Igel
(37,138 posts)Most ... "Meh."
Igel
(37,138 posts)The "Exchange Stabilization Fund". Currently it has $221 billion in it.
And this is a bit of an extreme example of what the fund was set up, by Congress, years ago, to do. To stabilize either the $ or US trading partners.
Sure, Trump could use it for other things, but that would ignore Congressional authorization and I'm not going to condemn Trump for doing exactly that while condemning him for exactly failing to do that. Esp. when one would be a passive violation ("failure to spend" while the other would be an active violation ("spending without authorization"
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orangecrush
(26,982 posts)And Miller will bust a nut watching the poor do so.
Lovie777
(20,654 posts)send 20 billion to Argentina, paying gawd knows who in illegally deportation of immigrants (no due process) to war torn countries, prisons in countries (torture) and what these countries are doing to young women. Firing en-mass, not honoring payments, et al.....
Propaganda galore.
And the evil continues to our programs, healthcare, etc.
durablend
(8,585 posts)tanyev
(48,043 posts)
dalton99a
(90,667 posts)
Gimpyknee
(892 posts)Conjuay
(2,741 posts)So who cares (s)
Jacson6
(1,578 posts)Make it a law that the judges, congress members and president must live off of SNAP.
MLWR
(596 posts)plenty of money to send to his dictator buddy in Argentina, plenty of money to murder fishermen in the Caribbean, plenty of money to gild his office and our White House, plenty of money to visit his hotels on weekends, but no money to help those in need.
BattleRow
(1,887 posts)Help the greedy,NOT the needy.
BootinUp
(50,525 posts)the longer this continues.
otchmoson
(249 posts)Good morning Senator/Congressman Pedo Protector,
Lets see . . . were supporting Argentina to the tune of $20 billion. Though it is framed as a loan, it is to a country with a failing currency and well-known to default on its debt. Next, were going to bail out farmers, again rumored to be $20 billion. But it appears that the GOP (Guardians of Pedophiles) is unwilling to negotiate in good faith with Democrats, and thus Americans continue to suffer through another day of government shutdown. When we are well aware of the criminality, corruption and sexual predilections of President Pedo, we wonder what can possibly be in the Epstein files that is worse than what is known. It appears to us that keeping the Epstein file hidden from the public is more important than the harm that is being done to our economy and masses of individuals? The question most Americans want answered is: When are you going to bail US out, particularly our healthcare coverage, premiums and subsidies and open the government so we can resume what remains of shattered lives? Also, if you refuse to pay our military, how about foregoing your paycheck? Thank you for your attention to this matter.
liberalgunwilltravel
(957 posts)Perfect time to start eating the rich.
irisblue
(36,224 posts)
BattleRow
(1,887 posts)Hope22
(4,203 posts)Lets go! So sick and tired of this monsters threats!
Ritabert
(1,706 posts)...and billions to deploy National Guard troops where they're not needed.
Biglinda 52
(118 posts)The Dems should add another condition to the agreement each week. There's lots to add on.
Irish_Dem
(76,117 posts)Or funding Trump's outings, stunts, and stupid ego projects.
Feeding children, no money.
dalton99a
(90,667 posts)Irish_Dem
(76,117 posts)I wonder how much money he will end up stealing from Americans.
dalton99a
(90,667 posts)"Who is gonna stop me?"
Irish_Dem
(76,117 posts)And Trump knows it.
So does his crime family and pals.
dalton99a
(90,667 posts)We are ruled by criminals.
Irish_Dem
(76,117 posts)They fixed it all so that Trump could pull off the biggest heist in US history.
Including the theft of the last election.
Jose Garcia
(3,317 posts)Irish_Dem
(76,117 posts)But if it is they will not starve.
I read they make minimum of 100K a year, 50K signing bonus.
All school debt paid off. And I am sure they get a bounty on
every person they kidnap or kill.
sinkingfeeling
(56,530 posts)CrispyQ
(40,316 posts)
It has been 10 years of this mean, orange fuck! Even when he wasn't in office he was front & center in the news. So goddamned sick of him!!
bucolic_frolic
(52,739 posts)Not to mention farm equipment, real estate taxes.
This is economic contraction. Fed interest rate cuts won't impact this part of the economy very much.
BoRaGard
(7,591 posts)Instead of making the taxpayers pay so billionaires can play their luxury games. That money could feed a lot of hungry people.
Come on Republicans, stop pretending to be Christians and actually act like you do honor the teachings of Christ.
rampartd
(2,593 posts)Attilatheblond
(7,454 posts)BattleRow
(1,887 posts)And teeny weeneys..
FakeNoose
(38,965 posts)But the real facts are that more whites than blacks receive the government handout. And yes it's usually women who are trying to feed their children, who may not eat if it weren't for the handouts from Uncle Sam. For example a percentage of West Virginians are families of out-of-work miners and laborers who depend on the food stamps and WIC to get by. A lot of them voted for Chump too.
IbogaProject
(5,154 posts)SNAP is state administered like Medicaid. So the problem will be when they only fund ome states. While we are actually more evenly mixed than than sorting red & blue by state.
valleyrogue
(2,373 posts)The rightwingers think anybody who is on "welfare" is a lazy bum, and everybody who receives safety net help are people too "lazy" to work.
The truth of the matter is working people are the chief beneficiaries of "food stamps"--SNAP. A number of years ago, when former representative John Kasich came to Oregon to campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, I mentioned this fact, and he agreed with me. You should have heard the gasps from the audience.
"Food stamps" don't exist anymore and haven't for years. Virtually everybody is on ATM cards which receive the benefits.
FakeNoose
(38,965 posts)More whites than blacks receive the benefits. Chump is hurting the people who voted for him.
I don't think you read my message ... ?
valleyrogue
(2,373 posts)I don't think YOU actually read what I wrote past the title.
valleyrogue
(2,373 posts)the GOP have been pulling this "politics of resentment" bullshit since the Nixon era.
Millions upon millions of people think "other" people are getting "something for nothing."
Never mind the reality the rich are actually the ones who are getting "something for nothing."
The safety net is a useful tool for these rightwingers to take people's minds off the real culprits. LBJ nailed it sixty years ago about them.
Ilsa
(63,428 posts)getting paid, when they should be standing down.
rurallib
(64,238 posts)we will have soon as barter to get some food from other countries?
Better than just letting them spoil.
spanone
(140,378 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(11,662 posts)hunter
(40,056 posts)If his party isn't swept away soon, into the dustbins of history, we will be a long time recovering from this, if ever.
CountAllVotes
(21,996 posts)Whoopie! I can eat again!
& recommend.
Kid Berwyn
(22,102 posts)Critical mass of citizens might notice if the press did its job.
Richluu
(135 posts)For Argentina....
C_U_L8R
(48,262 posts)if it can come in, it can go out.
mvd
(65,746 posts)Sound good Dump?
GreenWave
(11,771 posts)mvd
(65,746 posts)The King of all assholes
Hugin
(36,948 posts)The headline had me panicked.
Buns_of_Fire
(18,820 posts)He's been writing checks with his alligator mouth that his marshmallow ass can't cash for quite a while now.