"It's day 23 of the government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been furloughed or had their pay suspended while they continue to work, and several government programs and facilities have paused operations. As the shutdown entered its fourth week, Americans who depend on government benefits like SNAP (or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) were growing anxious about how they'd get food on the table should those benefits run dry."
"WGME, a Portland, Maine-based CBS affiliate, reported on Tuesday that the US Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service had "notified every state that November funding for SNAP, the nation's largest anti-hunger program, will not be issued." Redditor Strong_Equipment1676 posted a link to the article on r/politics, where it got thousands of interactions and comments."
"Several commenters immediately drew attention to the things that Republicans and the Trump administration are totally fine with spending taxpayer money on, including a $20B bailout for Argentina amid an economic crisis in the country... ...as well as Kristi Noem's $170M purchase of new jets for the DHS, President Trump's construction of a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom, and his purportedly potential demand that the Department of Justice pay him $230M in compensation for the federal investigations into him."
Day 23 of the government shutdown has left hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay and paused multiple government programs and facilities. The USDA Food and Nutrition Service notified every state that November SNAP funding will not be issued. Over 40 million Americans—more than 12% of the population—receive SNAP benefits each month, and about one third of recipients are under 18. Concern is growing about how families will secure food if benefits run out. Commenters criticized other federal spending priorities such as a $20B bailout for Argentina, DHS jet purchases, and White House construction.
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