What the actual fuck

400 screaming eagles is crazy. That's almost 575 loonies right now

13 We shouldn't have to rely on crowdsourcing food for others we pay taxes to cover; but federal leadership is unwilling to do it. I want to thank State House minority leadership for bringing forward an attempt to stopgap the issue, however I fear it's not going to get a passing vote on the floor.

12 Food banks already took a hit after the USDA cancelled a $1b/month bulk purchase and distribution network earlier this year and those factors are catching up to us locally and around the country.

11 It's not an answer that is revolutionary, it's not one that solves all the problems we have both old and new, but it keeps people who are already working from having to resort to more desperate measures.

10 All that has to be done is for Republicans to keep healthcare costs for millions of *American Citizens* a semblance of affordable and these issues mostly go away for the time being.

9 The feds have collected an extra 3 SNAP costs per month in tariff revenue over the past four months or so but that's not paying for it. Our military members had to get a paycheck from a billionaire friend of the president instead of taxpayers because of this.

8 Meanwhile we've recently given 5 months worth of SNAP cost to Argentina to prop up their government and help their current administration win their election. We've increased the amount we've spent on immigration enforcement by about 1.2 SNAP cost per month and that's still going.

7 We're taking plans seeing increases of $1k+/month without credits, mostly those over the age of 50 but under Medicare age. Heck I think there would be enough support from Dems in congress to look at reforming SNAP to reduce what could be bought if it meant getting dollars into hands at this point.

6 But the leadership of the majority has shown no interest in doing that. And what's their excuse for not doing so? A lie that hinges on substantially increasing healthcare costs for millions of *Americans* and *only* Americans.

5 SNAP overall costs the feds about $7.8 billion a month. It's not pocket change. But the SNAP contingency fund the USDA has is currently sitting at $6 billion, enough for at minimum a partial payment; and Congress could jump in with a quick bill to float it.

4 You then have businesses, mainly large corporations, that are doing everything in their power to eliminate those low cost jobs by adding kiosks, automation, and "AI" to eliminate entry level and processing jobs that drive wages even lower because more people are in need and less jobs are available

3 Others may include single parents who find it easier to survive by caring for young kids after they don't qualify for WIC than get a job and pay for care (~40% of parents have family to care for their child, average licensed childcare costs are about $700/mo, 56 hours of work at MI min wage).

2 So between working and disabled (unable to work) you're at 80% of total recipients. You then add in seniors who may be working even if unable to do the tasks as well as they used to and are being let go for "poor performance", or are unable to check that "disabled" box for one reason or another.