Trump’s administration is demanding states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out under judges’ orders last week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings, marking the latest swing in a seesawing legal battle over the anti-hunger program used by 42 million Americans.
The demand from the U.S. Department of Agriculture came as more than two dozen states warned of “catastrophic operational disruptions” if the Trump administration does not reimburse them for those SNAP benefits they authorized before the Supreme Court’s stay.
It’s not just the hungry people directly affected but all the businesses that those people can’t afford to use that are feeling the flow on effects. The economy won’t look to good after this mess.
I hate how “think of the economy” comes before “think about the starving people”
I mean, it comes after, but it’s the more powerful argument with some crowds. No matter whether you’re looking at the humans, the money or stability and safety: 42 million paying customers will stop being one and start being desperate.
There are two economies, one for the small end of town and another for the big end. The small end provide a lot of jobs and depend upon people spending with them. Stop the spending……
At least on the most basic of levels these are the same thing more or less. You don’t get people starving without a fucked up economy and that usually has further knock on affects, problem is the rich have directly conflated their own wealth with the economy for so long that some people act like they’re the same thing when they aren’t. I could wipe out Walmart tomorrow and while it’d suck in a lot of areas it wouldn’t immediately implode the economy if you did the same to every small business in say Redlands California itd probably shitcan a solid percentage of the San Bernardinos county economy.