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Telvanni said:
Here's your realpolitik answer.
Massive political unrest and revolutions tend to kick off when
1. Food gets expensive
2. Inflation spikes
3. The poor go hungry
SNAP is less than 2% of our overall budget so it's a fucking bargain or as Null called it, the chimp out tax.
Panem et circenses is a tried and true strategy; even if disagree with feeding the poor, the alternative is much more expensive in the long run.
So no, EBT at risk is not a good thing.
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You're correct when it comes to political unrest, but don't forget we have an entire half of the political aisle who will blatantly bribe niggers to whatever degree is necessary. There is probably a line of democrats a mile long, each eager to take photo ops handing out rice and beans to niggers (which they won't actually eat) while blaming Orange Man. It's a great opportunity, 2028 isn't that far off.
 
I am just gonna say that nothing will happen. trump is probably just putting on some squeeze to make everyone shake in their boots but they will come around in the last second. Even Trump can't push the boundaries that far. Unless he WANTS chaos (not that we already have chaos)
 
imagine if the dimms vote for Cloture right before the chimpouts begin, thus proving nothing ever happens. who is going to bend first on this? who knows. but i do genuinely worry about folks in retail.
 
Adrenochrome Dreams said:
Can someone explain in simple terms to a Bong how this is happening?

It’s both Dems and Trump at a stalemate over something and so federal funds aren’t being released, hence benefits being stopped?
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Congress has to approve funding for the government every year. The fiscal year ends in September and we did not pass a funding legislation. As a result, all non essential services of the government are shut down and all government employees work without pay.

The current stalemate is the Democratic senators blocking passage until subsidies from the Affordable Care Act are reinstated. The Big Beautiful Bill terminated subsidies for insurance providers which the ACA gave to offset opening up of healthcare insurance to a larger number of Americans.

Since the Republicans lack the majority in the Senate necessary to pass the funding legislation, the Democrats can use the shutdown to pressure them into reinstating the subsidies.

Republicans want to pass a Continuing Resolution; funding the government for a limited time while politicians work out the political issues. Yet there is no advantage for either side to compromise, so it is up to see which side will crack first. Each party hoping that anger from voters over lack of government funds will force the other party into accepting their demands.
 
Telvanni said:
Here's your realpolitik answer.
Massive political unrest and revolutions tend to kick off when
1. Food gets expensive
2. Inflation spikes
3. The poor go hungry
SNAP is less than 2% of our overall budget so it's a fucking bargain or as Null called it, the chimp out tax.
Panem et circenses is a tried and true strategy; even if disagree with feeding the poor, the alternative is much more expensive in the long run.
So no, EBT at risk is not a good thing.
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I understand where you're coming from, but surely we're destined for more than a 'managed decline' and everything slowly getting worse forever because we bleed out from infinity small concessions. It eats at the soul to essentially be held hostage by the fear of a barbarian chimp out for your entire life. Yes, it's all very economical, but far more so is actually cutting the gordian knot and accepting that some people need to be destroyed or otherwise removed entirely.
 
WarrenZHarding said:
Oh. Something will happen. Unemployed welfare apes will burn shit down if they dont get dem 'gibs. To anyone in a place with a sizeable population of the black people, make sure you have ammo and gas.
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No one is going to starve. There are more then enough food pantries and private charities to last the nigger and wigger population 30000x over.

What's going to happen is this:

Many, MANY, people trade their SNAP benefits for cash (to buy drugs) or just the benefits themselves for drugs.

Can you FUCKING IMAGINE what is going to happen when suddenly a bunch of fent zombies can't get high anymore?
 
Will TANF and WIC and whatever continue? I’ve known quite a few people who have been on those and pulled through. I am a 90s Democrat: I believe in strong social support but only if it’s temporary (unless you’re actually disabled or something).

Having a permanent, multi generational welfare class is horrific and dystopian.
 
My lifetime of experience as a Republican voter tells me that at the very last minute the Republicans will cut a backroom deal with the Democrats that give them everything they want, and will throw Trump under the bus, rather than see a single nigger child go without his EBT for a single day.
 
mindlessobserver said:
Black people Twitter is having a normal one.
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It kills me every shaquanda is on EBT but has money to get her nails "did" constantly. I work for a living and have never been to a nail salon in my life because I can paint my own nails for about 20 cents but the salon will be $80 plus tip.

Food stamps serve 3 kinds of people: dumbfucks with no education and too many kids, niggers, and fatsos. I'm looking forward to ICE being turned on shoplifting niggers once they run out of spics. Amerishart brown shirts with military grade weapons and no fear of the law versus DaQuarius and Shaniqua.
 
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COME ON OUT YOU RAPIST said:
Legislation for the fiscal year could not be agreed upon. Democrats were trying to renew their regularly-scheduled gibs for illegals, among other things, which the Trump administration was happy to turn into a very publicized war of attrition. As a result numerous federal bureaucratic roles are on a month-long vacation. Numerous things that require federal funding are literally working for free (such as the post offices), which means many federal employees will not be receiving pay this month. EBT is one of those things that needs to be approved on a regular basis and as such it may evaporate in November. A lot of niggers abuse EBT for junk food, but a lot of genuinely needful people won't have money for groceries.
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I believe the Post Office makes its money on sales and its employees are still paid as normal. Could be wrong.
 
888Flux said:
stonks
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Ollie's ($OLLI) might be worth looking into as a closeout and clearance retailer offering food that's either near expiration, discontinued, or from brands that you didn't know existed prior to walking in the store. Basically what Big Lots used to be before the company went to shit.
 
This is all just a retarded game of chicken which is what politics has been since 2016. Nothing is going to happen, nothing ever changes, politicians just want you to think it might and try to justify their existence so the American public doesn't wonder why we keep them around.
 
Maybe they'll have to actually use the school food programs and community food banks. I have an acquaintance that works at a school and she says that the recipients will throw away anything that isn't 200% goyslop HF corn syrup. They enter one end of the gymnasium to pick up a paper bag full of goods and at the opposite end of the building they immediately discard any and all vegetables onto the sidewalk. The school admin started making her stay late to clean up all the produce they dump on the lawn.
 
Headdot Reddot said:
Who currently controls the executive, legislative and judicial branches? They are the ones failing to get things done while still getting their paychecks.
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budgets require 60% (three-fifths) to pass due to filibusters, so they have to pass appropriation bills that are limited in scope in what they can include but which do only require a simple majority. to say that one party "controls" the legislative branch in this regard is simply incorrect.

the us has not actually passed a budget since FY 97. Every 'budget' we pass each year is actually an appropriations bill. it's kicking the can instead of passing a real budget, and we've kicked the can for literally 30 years almost.
 
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