Anonymous wrote:I'm a Democrat. However I said on day 1 of the shutdown Schumer went into this against an administration that breaks the law and he probably had no plan for an off ramp. He is not going to get what he wants for all the pain it is causing. That's the sad truth. You can't win a staring contest against people who want to destroy the government. It's time to vote to open the government.

Anonymous wrote:The Democrats are blocking SNAP benefits.

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Anonymous wrote:I no longer understand anything that is happening. I used to think I had figured some of it out and knew some of the whys and hows -even if I disagreed - I could still figure out motives and reasoning.

None of this makes sense to me.

This doesn’t make sense because our government has reached a severe point of dysfunction. If this was a parliamentary system they would be calling a new election right now. It’s really bad.

And Trump would be booted out.

OUR only option is impeachment.

And the puppets the Republicans put in office won’t do their jobs (of honoring the Constitution). They literally have not reported to work for 8 weeks—though they are collecting paychecks.

The Democrats stand ready to negotiate. The Republicans won’t even show up in DC.

What’s there to negotiate?

Pay attention.
Schumer just made an offer to the Republicans.

Thune called it a nonstarter. Johnson won’t even let his caucus come to work.

That is one side trying to negotiate and the other stonewalling.

Schumer’s offer links reopening the government with extending the ACA subsidies. They are two completely different issues. His offer lacks seriousness. There’s nothing to negotiate. Pass a clean CR first.

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Anonymous wrote:I no longer understand anything that is happening. I used to think I had figured some of it out and knew some of the whys and hows -even if I disagreed - I could still figure out motives and reasoning.

None of this makes sense to me.

This doesn’t make sense because our government has reached a severe point of dysfunction. If this was a parliamentary system they would be calling a new election right now. It’s really bad.

And Trump would be booted out.

OUR only option is impeachment.

And the puppets the Republicans put in office won’t do their jobs (of honoring the Constitution). They literally have not reported to work for 8 weeks—though they are collecting paychecks.

The Democrats stand ready to negotiate. The Republicans won’t even show up in DC.

What’s there to negotiate?

Pay attention.
Schumer just made an offer to the Republicans.

Thune called it a nonstarter. Johnson won’t even let his caucus come to work.

That is one side trying to negotiate and the other stonewalling.

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Anonymous wrote:I no longer understand anything that is happening. I used to think I had figured some of it out and knew some of the whys and hows -even if I disagreed - I could still figure out motives and reasoning.

None of this makes sense to me.

This doesn’t make sense because our government has reached a severe point of dysfunction. If this was a parliamentary system they would be calling a new election right now. It’s really bad.

And Trump would be booted out.

OUR only option is impeachment.

And the puppets the Republicans put in office won’t do their jobs (of honoring the Constitution). They literally have not reported to work for 8 weeks—though they are collecting paychecks.

The Democrats stand ready to negotiate. The Republicans won’t even show up in DC.

What’s there to negotiate?

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Anonymous wrote:The Democrats are blocking SNAP benefits.

+1. Why is this so difficult for people to understand?

It’s difficult because it’s wrong. Repeating lies doesn’t make them true.

Democrats have voted 15 times since September AGAINST funding the government, including SNAP. That’s literally why there is no money. Period, full stop.

Anonymous wrote:Most of the adults on stamps are overweight or obese and probably need to starve to get a little healthier if we are being honest. Of course this excludes the babies, children, and elderly

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a Democrat. However I said on day 1 of the shutdown Schumer went into this against an administration that breaks the law and he probably had no plan for an off ramp. He is not going to get what he wants for all the pain it is causing. That's the sad truth. You can't win a staring contest against people who want to destroy the government. It's time to vote to open the government.

COURTS have orderd the administration to pay SNAP and they are refuseng to do it. It has nothing tp do with the shut down. SNAP benefits were never cut off in a shut down before. Until this one.

Where exactly should the $8 billion come from?

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe you absolute morons are arguing about who “should” and “should not” receive SNAP while the billionaires are picking your pockets. Fools, all of you.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a Democrat. However I said on day 1 of the shutdown Schumer went into this against an administration that breaks the law and he probably had no plan for an off ramp. He is not going to get what he wants for all the pain it is causing. That's the sad truth. You can't win a staring contest against people who want to destroy the government. It's time to vote to open the government.

COURTS have orderd the administration to pay SNAP and they are refuseng to do it. It has nothing tp do with the shut down. SNAP benefits were never cut off in a shut down before. Until this one.

Anonymous wrote:Look up the charts on what percentage is going to non US born people, mostly from a handful of countries. Already Trump admin has eliminated 700k people who shouldn’t have been on SNAP.

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Anonymous wrote:Look up the charts on what percentage is going to non US born people, mostly from a handful of countries. Already Trump admin has eliminated 700k people who shouldn’t have been on SNAP.

What makes them unworthy of SNAP? Less than 11% of recipients are foreign born, but that alone doesn’t make them ineligible for benefits. The numbers I see show the foreign born recipients are mostly naturalized citizens followed by refugees and other legal permanent residents.

Setting aside refugees, as they should get help for the initial transition period, why would we import poverty? People coming here should have the skills to be self sufficient or their sponsor/guarantor should be paying for their food.

They're citizens and it's unconstitutional to treat them differently.

Well there should be better screening for public charge throughout the process. And those who sponsored them and promised to be a financial support for them should be required to pay those benefits back to taxpayers.

Again with who you think “should” be eligible.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a Democrat. However I said on day 1 of the shutdown Schumer went into this against an administration that breaks the law and he probably had no plan for an off ramp. He is not going to get what he wants for all the pain it is causing. That's the sad truth. You can't win a staring contest against people who want to destroy the government. It's time to vote to open the government.