So what happens when the Federal government can’t issue Nov Food Stamps?

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7 of those are crap. Candy? JFC, I never got candy as a kid and my parents were loaded.

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Anonymous wrote:Please send help, I had to eat "batch cooked slop" for lunch again today, not even fit for a SNAP recipient. Homemade carrot ginger soup, very cheap to make with carrots from Aldi (about 1.50 for a package), onions (1.50 from aldi), powdered ginger, and homemade broth (I save all my veggie scraps so basically free), plus a homemade roll (also super cheap to make).

Later on kid and I will enjoy a dinner of pasta and and more "slop", batch cooked pasta sauce from the freezer (base of canned tomato sauce plus ground beef, spices, as well as some other veggies I had laying around that I "snuck" in after roasting and pureeing, carrots, peppers, and onions).

I’ll take “Things Which Never Happened” for $1000, Alex.

You don’t think people batch cook from scratch and then eat the things they made?

Do your kids hate pasta by now?

Serious question what kid would not like to have pasta with meat sauce in the meal rotation??

There is a "rotation" there? Like differently shaped pasta?

It’s hilarious to me how many people find it unbelievable that a working mom might manage to put cooked from scratch meals on the table every night that also taste good. Pp I am sorry you’re such a bad cook. What do you serve your family every night?

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of grocery store sales is attributable to SNAP? How long will it be before grocery stores start going under?

Depends on where you live. Rural America is hugely dependent on SNAP.

This story is about the cuts in the republican tax bill not cutting snap altogether. One store said 40% of sales were from SNAP



https://stateline.org/2025/06/02/gop-cuts-to-food-assistance-would-hit-rural-america-especially-hard/

SNAP accounts for approximately 12% of total grocery sales in the U.S., though this percentage can vary significantly by store type and location. For some stores, especially those in low-income areas, SNAP can represent a much larger share of revenue, sometimes exceeding 60%

This will certainly affect grocery store sales. Walmart is a big one. People will not “use their own money” when there isn’t any.

Yes, there is “their own money” it’s just spent on other things. If snap goes away people would shift how they spend (waste) their money

Things like electricity and housing? You are clueless about what it means to be poor in this country.

This. More than half of SNAP benefits use it for less than a year. 2/3 are off within 2 years. The people who are on for years? Mostly likely to be elderly or disabled. For most people it’s a bridge. SNAP benefits are paltry for most families.

Op-Ed from a mom today who’s been on it twice. The first time when her husband left her with her kids. The second time when she lost her job while her child had cancer.

People complain about her using a special matching program for farmers markets after stretching elsewhere to cover the essentials.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/opinion/snap-shutdown-food-stamps.html

I guess she should have sold her car when her husband left or when she lost her job or when her kid had cancer rather than sign up for SNAP. Maybe she can work for rations. Definitely needs to get rid of her phone and probably her TV.

The food stamp program has no nutritional standards, allowing participants to purchase any food or beverage product intended for consumption, except alcohol. As a result, data show that sizable portions of SNAP dollars purchase nonnutritious foods, such as sugary beverages and ultra-processed foods, which can lead to poor health.”

Are you kidding me with this list? More than half of the items on that list are “healthy”. I’ll grant you soft drinks are number one but 2 and 3 are milk and ground beef. The horrors!

Poor people can’t win. Buy soft drinks you’re a welfare queen. Buy peaches at a farmers market with matching funds to help local farmers, you’re a little too high and mighty.

Give me a break.

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Here is a much more comprehensive table: https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/ops/SNAPFoodsTypicallyPurchased-Summary.pdf

TLDR: People on SNAP have very similar food spending habits to people not on SNAP.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll preface this by saying I don’t condone taking away the SNAP benefits. What I don’t understand is why every person interviewed in these articles has so many children. It’s always ‘a 21 year old single mother of 3’ or ‘she and her husband are both 25, unemployed, and expecting their first child.’ I totally understand that situations can change drastically, but it doesn’t seem to be the case here.

Idk…it just frustrates me because my husband and I want children, make good money, chose a modest townhome in an area people on this site look down on in anticipation of paying out the a$$ for childcare…and we still don’t feel financially comfortable having a child. I don’t understand why people are bringing kids into the world without a plan to feed them. It makes me angry. I know very few people with 3 or 4 kids.

It’s a good argument for making birth control and abortion free and readily accessible.

But republicans want women to have more kids. Oh…not THESE women.

Medicaid provides birth control, you can buy it OTC now too or condoms. Many states also have free birth control programs. Birth control is extremely accessible

BUY is key there. Lots of states have shut down planned parenthood. Only the poorest qualify for Medicaid. There’s a wide range of poor and uninsured that you’re not accounting for.

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That's why the condoms and birth control are usually locked up or right in front of the pharmacy under observation at all times. Once planned parenthood is gone their only source of low cost bc is gone.

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Anonymous wrote:That's why the condoms and birth control are usually locked up or right in front of the pharmacy under observation at all times. Once planned parenthood is gone their only source of low cost bc is gone.

Yep and this admin cut off their funding.

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Anonymous wrote:7 of those are crap. Candy? JFC, I never got candy as a kid and my parents were loaded.

And 13 things are regular staples. I’d be fine blocking candy and soft drinks from purchases. I don’t have a problem with frozen novelties or snacks or cookies.

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Family member is intellectually disabled. Lives on his own and has a low income job but only because of help from from family and government. SNAP, LIHEAP, rural housing loan. That means family can help provide other things that give him a better quality of life like season passes and other experiences.

Being intellectually disabled is lonely since most people don’t feel comfortable with it. He buys soda and junk food with his snap. I don’t begrudge him.

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Anonymous wrote:Please send help, I had to eat "batch cooked slop" for lunch again today, not even fit for a SNAP recipient. Homemade carrot ginger soup, very cheap to make with carrots from Aldi (about 1.50 for a package), onions (1.50 from aldi), powdered ginger, and homemade broth (I save all my veggie scraps so basically free), plus a homemade roll (also super cheap to make).

Later on kid and I will enjoy a dinner of pasta and and more "slop", batch cooked pasta sauce from the freezer (base of canned tomato sauce plus ground beef, spices, as well as some other veggies I had laying around that I "snuck" in after roasting and pureeing, carrots, peppers, and onions).

I’ll take “Things Which Never Happened” for $1000, Alex.

You don’t think people batch cook from scratch and then eat the things they made?

Do your kids hate pasta by now?

Serious question what kid would not like to have pasta with meat sauce in the meal rotation??

There is a "rotation" there? Like differently shaped pasta?

It’s hilarious to me how many people find it unbelievable that a working mom might manage to put cooked from scratch meals on the table every night that also taste good. Pp I am sorry you’re such a bad cook. What do you serve your family every night?

No one is buying what you are selling, lady.

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Anonymous wrote:Family member is intellectually disabled. Lives on his own and has a low income job but only because of help from from family and government. SNAP, LIHEAP, rural housing loan. That means family can help provide other things that give him a better quality of life like season passes and other experiences.

Being intellectually disabled is lonely since most people don’t feel comfortable with it. He buys soda and junk food with his snap. I don’t begrudge him.

This!! My family member works part-time and has an IQ of 65.

But yes, denying him a soda is the be all end all for all these selfish DCUMers.

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Anonymous wrote:Family member is intellectually disabled. Lives on his own and has a low income job but only because of help from from family and government. SNAP, LIHEAP, rural housing loan. That means family can help provide other things that give him a better quality of life like season passes and other experiences.

Being intellectually disabled is lonely since most people don’t feel comfortable with it. He buys soda and junk food with his snap. I don’t begrudge him.

This!! My family member works part-time and has an IQ of 65.

But yes, denying him a soda is the be all end all for all these selfish DCUMers.

He can use his income for soda. Just like he can use his income for entertainment and anything else he enjoys but isn’t necessary. Why should that be part of snap- which is supposed to help promote better health through nutrition

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Elderly aunt lives in a group home since grandparents died and siblings can’t be primary caregivers. Gets SSI, medicaid and SNAP. Also buys some junk food with her benefits. It’s a highlight for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Family member is intellectually disabled. Lives on his own and has a low income job but only because of help from from family and government. SNAP, LIHEAP, rural housing loan. That means family can help provide other things that give him a better quality of life like season passes and other experiences.

Being intellectually disabled is lonely since most people don’t feel comfortable with it. He buys soda and junk food with his snap. I don’t begrudge him.

This!! My family member works part-time and has an IQ of 65.

But yes, denying him a soda is the be all end all for all these selfish DCUMers.

He can use his income for soda. Just like he can use his income for entertainment and anything else he enjoys but isn’t necessary. Why should that be part of snap- which is supposed to help promote better health through nutrition

He has to use his income for rent numnuts. Do you have any idea how low income you have to be to qualify for SNAP? The bold faced ignorance combined with holier than thou bigotry of MAGA is astounding. You know nothing yet never cease to have some judgy a$$hole opinion. It's remarkable.

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Do you think this issue will be resolved before Nov. 1?

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Anonymous wrote:Family member is intellectually disabled. Lives on his own and has a low income job but only because of help from from family and government. SNAP, LIHEAP, rural housing loan. That means family can help provide other things that give him a better quality of life like season passes and other experiences.

Being intellectually disabled is lonely since most people don’t feel comfortable with it. He buys soda and junk food with his snap. I don’t begrudge him.

This!! My family member works part-time and has an IQ of 65.

But yes, denying him a soda is the be all end all for all these selfish DCUMers.

He can use his income for soda. Just like he can use his income for entertainment and anything else he enjoys but isn’t necessary. Why should that be part of snap- which is supposed to help promote better health through nutrition

Do you have any idea how few outlets and entertainment intellectually disabled adults have? His family helps him do a lot and it is still a lonely life. Don’t tell me it’s “unnecessary” if you don’t have any experiences with it.

He works, he pays sales tax and social security. He gets a lot of government assistance and his family picks up a lot of extras like his phone. What do I care if he buys some soda and chips with snap?