Shouldn't be paid while there is a shutdown or allowed to eat while people are not allowed to use their SNAP benefits which, I will add, takes fourteen contorted runarounds, an elaborate hoop dance followed by a continuous performance of the dance of the seven fucking veils just to see if you qualify.
And if you do, you have to do the hoop dance every 6 months to remain qualified.
I, personally, have qualified for SNAP since before I retired but once I started receiving SSDI I dropped it. It was too much bullshit to go through for $40/month. I can find $40 for food if I actually have a little money ...and others need it far more than I do so I decided I wouldn't bother.
But I KNOW all that goes into proving you qualify and remain qualified and it's not easy by any stretch of the imagination. If half the people who complain about SNAP beneficiaries had to go through all that bullshit, they'd think differently about it.
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