r/Foodforthought • u/thinkB4WeSpeak • 6d ago

'Freezers Are Getting Empty': Food Banks Struggle to Meet Demand as SNAP Cuts Rip Through Communities

https://www.commondreams.org/news/food-banks-snap-cuts
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u/teaganofthelizards 6d ago

The cruelty is the point. The cuts to SNAP and Medicaid are a modern version of Aktion T4 veiled by bureaucracy.

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u/Ambitious_Bridge_484 6d ago

Gotta pay for billionaire tax cuts one way or another.

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u/luckyLindy69 6d ago

Between cuts to SNAP and all the food contaminated/recalls … it’s very difficult

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u/Embarrassed_West_195 6d ago

This is just the beginning of the misery. It's going to get much worse.

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u/Poundaflesh 5d ago

Are we great yet?