Why haven’t there been food riots yet?

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Anonymous wrote:What can we do to encourage people to riot?!

Maybe try to feed people if you really care about them.

You want me to drive to a fly over state to feed them?

Do you really think we do not have people using SNAP here in DC, VA and Maryland?

Virginia has already declared a state emergency, and will use part of the Virginia budget surplus to pay to make up for the loss of federal EBT.

Maryland and DC have not committed to helping folks out.

DC is still waiting for the billion in local funds that the GOP stole to be released. How do you propose they "help people out" when they've been looted by the Trump admin and have no money with which to do so?

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Anonymous wrote:People need to realize the ripple effect here, because many people with jobs will be hurt once EBT runs out. For example, retail workers, the workers in food processing plants, 7-11 workers and owners, etc.

And don’t forget delivery drivers:

Don't understand what this picture means?

It means that many poor people live in neighborhoods without real grocery stores so they eat what's available.

That's true, but what does that have to do with delivery drivers?

The person posting was trying to imply SNAP pays for deliveries. It doesn't. They are misinformed, if not trying to purposefully mislead people.

Directly from instacart.com:

Currently, customers with a valid EBT SNAP card in every state and Washington, D.C. can use their SNAP funds on Instacart at participating retailers.

They can use their card to pay for the food, not the delivery fees.

A high percentage of people on SNAP are foster kids, elderly, and people with physical disabilities. All three groups have barriers that prevent them from getting to the store by themselves. Instacart can be a solution. For example, an adult child who lives far away from an elderly parent can schedule a delivery, paying for the delivery and any non food items like toothpaste or toilet paper as a gift, and then using the SNAP benefits to pay for the food in the order.

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Remember, if you see someone stealing food: no you didn’t.

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Also remember that many smaller businesses will go under because they rely on those customers.

Nov 5, we protest, we riot, we do WHATEVER it takes to get this fascist f***head out of office and put his puppetmasters on trial. Absolutely not to any of this. Many of us are ancestors of the revolution and civil war. Take your country back. NOW.

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Anonymous wrote:Trump and the other psychopaths are dying for riots so they can employ martial law.

We need to remind our service members that they swore an oath to the constitution. If they employ illegal violence against citizens, they are traitors. (Just like our current POS POTUS and 95% of congress.)
It’s time to wake up.

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Anonymous wrote:People need to realize the ripple effect here, because many people with jobs will be hurt once EBT runs out. For example, retail workers, the workers in food processing plants, 7-11 workers and owners, etc.

And don’t forget delivery drivers:

Don't understand what this picture means?

It means that many poor people live in neighborhoods without real grocery stores so they eat what's available.

That's true, but what does that have to do with delivery drivers?

The person posting was trying to imply SNAP pays for deliveries. It doesn't. They are misinformed, if not trying to purposefully mislead people.

Directly from instacart.com:

Currently, customers with a valid EBT SNAP card in every state and Washington, D.C. can use their SNAP funds on Instacart at participating retailers.

They can use their card to pay for the food, not the delivery fees.

A high percentage of people on SNAP are foster kids, elderly, and people with physical disabilities. All three groups have barriers that prevent them from getting to the store by themselves. Instacart can be a solution. For example, an adult child who lives far away from an elderly parent can schedule a delivery, paying for the delivery and any non food items like toothpaste or toilet paper as a gift, and then using the SNAP benefits to pay for the food in the order.

FYI only one recipient per family can use the card. The adult child could not shop on behalf of parent unless they get written approval from snap