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jmbar2

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6. Possible silver lining...

Mon Oct 27, 2025, 11:39 PM

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The scope of poverty in the US has been masked by programs like SNAP. This might be the first time that non-SNAP users have truly seen the extent of need of ordinary working Americans.

SNAP enables prosperous corporations to grossly underpay workers. Removing that subsidy on such short notice will expose the ugly underbelly of American economy - the number of people - farmers, workers, and big corporations that are kept afloat by something so basic as money for food.

The true scope of need is about to become very visible to everyone. Perhaps it will build greater support for repairing the nation's safety net, rather than destroying it further.

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Some very depressing discussions on food banks today with people [View all] niyad Monday OP

Not good, not good at all. Joinfortmill Monday #1

I wanted to. .a: scream at corporate or grab what will get their attention niyad Monday #4

Horribly cruel. Joinfortmill Yesterday #12

And that cruelty is, of course, the point for those fucking sadists. niyad Yesterday #15

I gave to a local food bank today... Hugin Monday #2

Indeed it is. And also a good time to weed out one's closet. The social niyad Monday #3

There's where I have the most to contribute. Hugin Yesterday #11

I donated Skittles Monday #5

Possible silver lining... jmbar2 Monday #6

May it be so. niyad Monday #7

I hope that you are correct. markodochartaigh Yesterday #10

Yep BeerBarrelPolka Yesterday #14

I hope that is the result. yardwork Yesterday #18

Bend. The. Knee? czarjak Yesterday #8

I don't even bend my middle digit! niyad Yesterday #9

The director of a local food bank told me this antidote Buckeyeblue Yesterday #13

"Because this is their baby." markodochartaigh Yesterday #17

I Give The Sub Money To 2 Food Banks ProfessorGAC Yesterday #16

May you be blessed. You are a good person. yardwork Yesterday #19