General Discussion

I spoke with the man who leads the largest local foodbank several weeks ago. He was spending most of his time trying to raise an additional $300,000 for this year's budget following cuts to USDA support for food purchases. He was halfway there. The cuts to SNAP benefits arrives on the heels of the end of increased SNAP benefits during the pandemic. More children and people will go hungry.

In America, the enrichment of the top quartile, 10%, and especially the 1%, has been accompanied by the defunding of services for an expanding class of truly impoverished citizens. Homelessness has surged for decades. The Trump administration is poised to deprive the same people, and many others, of food and healthcare. The poor will be compensated with bootstraps and sermons. The rich will hide behind a lack of fingerprints.