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Happy Friday, and Happy Halloween.
Before carrying on like normal, I have news sure to thrill some: this will be my last post until November 17, when I return from our trip to Spain; we leave tomorrow for Madrid and Seville.
Travel Guide? Duh.
So while I may pop-off occasionally from there, showboating as only I can, it will be minimal.
At least I’ll be quiet. But you may hear your neighbor’s stomach growling from hunger.
Because, as you probably know, Dear Leader’s shutdown of the Federal Government to prevent the Epstein Files from being released the less fortunate from getting affordable health care, will also result tomorrow in the cessation of SNAP funds being released. SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is the program most still refer to as food stamps. It is through that program the Federal Government - until now - has helped the poor get enough food to eat.
You know crazy, crazy left-wing radical shit.
But perhaps you didn’t know just how many of your fellow citizens rely upon this program. I certainly didn’t, and found the numbers embarrassing (there’s that theme again) for a nation with our wealth. Most of what follows comes from usafacts.org.
1. There are 340 million people in the USA
2. 1 in 8 of them receive SNAP benefits
3. That’s over 12% of all Americans
4. That’s 41.7 million people, in approximately 22 million homes
5. A typical household gets $350 a month for food from SNAP, while an individual will get about $185.
Here’s what that looks like.
6. 39% are children under age 18
7. 20% are older adults aged 60 and above
8. 10% are individuals with disabilities
9. 42% of participants are adults aged 18-59
10. New Mexico had the highest participation rate at 21.2% of its population, while Utah had the lowest at 4.8%
11. SNAP costs approximately $100 billion annually, or 1.5% of total Federal spending
(Fun Repulsive Fact: Trump has $75 billion for ICE in the budget-wrecking bill he and his stooges in Congress passed earlier in the year.)
A reminder: They can’t all possibly be deadbeats. Not everyone has good luck in life, and/or is born in the right place, at the right time, to the right people. It’s that simple.
And didn’t Dear Leader’s vaunted DoGE weed out every last bit of corruption from this program in the first place?
A reminder: The Republicans control Congress and the White House, and Dear Leader runs it all. If he and/or Republicans in Congress wanted U.S. citizens to have somewhat affordable healthcare and enough to eat, we’d have it.
Yet they don’t.
But sick and hungry people can’t Make America Great Again, you fucking morons.
Perhaps everything will be wonderful when I am back on 11/17?
FROM THE UNWASHED MASSES
I do like to share this pic from a few years back around this time of year.
Thank you for reading this newsletter.
KLUF
I’m Goin’ Hungry say millions of Americans every day, for no good reason.
Que tengas unas buenas vacaciones!