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- politics@lemmy.world
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- politics@lemmy.world
Arizona recorded the largest drop in enrollment after the bill became law. The legislation tightened eligibility rules for food assistance and increased state screening requirements. State data through May shows that more than 450,000 Arizonans have come off Snap, cutting overall participation within the state in half.
According to the CBPP analysis, children make up a significant portion of those losing benefits, with more than 1 million children across the 19 states studied no longer receiving Snap assistance.
In Louisiana, nearly one in four children receiving Snap benefits lost assistance. Massachusetts and Texas each saw close to one-fifth of children enrolled in the program removed from Snap.
And further below, the cause for the suffering of children:
The report says the steep decline in participation is likely tied in large part to the 2025 Republican reconciliation law, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which shifted a substantial share of Snap benefit costs to states based on their payment error rates.
No it is absolutely not a benefit, but a bad solution to a problem that shouldn’t exist.
A more proper non propagandist name would be basic food aid.
The reasons people need food aid are typically things like not being able to get a job or being sick. Needing food aid is not a “privilege” or “benefit”, it’s a sickness of a malfunctioning society.
To call it a “benefit” is propaganda to make it seem like an evil system that cater to the rich is benevolent.
Free government provided food is a benefit. This is not even remotely debatable. It’s a benefit provided to low income earners. The middle class don’t get it. The upper class don’t get it. That would make it a benefit.
I think you’re getting stuck on the word “benefit”, hence your use of the word “privilege”. Government Benefits are not privileges. The word benefit has multiple meanings, one of which is an advantage or profit - but the other is a payment or gift made by an employer/state/etc.
Being born into a wealthy family comes with lots of benefits.
Being poor qualifies you for some government benefits.
The word benefit in those 2 sentences does not mean the same thing.
I don’t get any government benefits because I earn too much money. Free food would be a benefit.
This is a thread about the US governement taking food away from children and you’re getting hung up on semantics.
It’s good to know you’re privileged enough not to need support from the governement. Others are not so lucky.
Im “getting hung up on semantics” because the word being used incorrectly is literally the entire point of this chain of comments. Words have meanings, and “government benefits” are not the same as “privileges” or just “benefits”.
Food stamps are a government benefit. Full stop. End of story.
Ok fair. SNAP is a government benefit if you must use the technical term. It’s not the end of the story though.
I think there is some truth in the original comment of this thread. They are called government benefits to make people believe they are not entitled to them. When in reality they are your right as a human being.
Free food is not a human right.
It is. It may not be provided in many countries and that is something we should aim to fix, but as a human being you are entitled to free food.
No you’re not lol. Why do you think you are?
I suppose the caveat is, you have to be unable to afford it to recieve it for free. Like you, I have a high enough income that I’m not entitled to free food. It’s good to know that it’s available if i fall on hard times though. I’d like to see it expanded not reduced.