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In reply to the discussion: Is it ethical for Democrats to keep SNAP recipients in a protest without their consent? [View all]gab13by13
(30,632 posts)26. Well said,
Katanya Brown Jackson had our back at the Supreme Court, the SNAP benefits could have been restored as soon as this week.
My 5th grade grandson gets tougher reading comprehension homework that reading the Constitution to see that SNAP disbursements should have been made 100%.
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Is it ethical for Democrats to keep SNAP recipients in a protest without their consent? [View all]
ericjhensal
Tuesday
OP
Theoretically you can still get health care if you don't have insurance. You can't go without food. n/t
valleyrogue
Tuesday
#36
is it ethical to let 50,000+ Americans die each year from lack of healthcare without their consent? nt
yaesu
Tuesday
#2
That's ridiculous. Follow that & everyone would only be allowed to speak for themselves.
bucolic_frolic
Tuesday
#4
A lot of these apologist articles are popping up, wonder how much putin is paying the influencers/bloggers?
yaesu
Tuesday
#8
One of them from someone who only has 8 posts since joining in 2020.
MarineCombatEngineer
Tuesday
#15
The Senate deal fully funds SNAP with an increase in appropriations until the end of the fiscal year (Sept. 30, 2026).
lapucelle
Tuesday
#17
Again, we were on the verge of getting SNAP protected anyway. So I'll put you in the
Scrivener7
Tuesday
#25
"It was probably going to happen anyway" is such an *interesting* take, especially when the bill passed last night
lapucelle
Tuesday
#39
"I'm putting my faith in republicans standing by their word rather than in Justice Jackson"
Scrivener7
Tuesday
#45
What are you talking about? If Johnson makes any changes to the bill passed by the Senate
lapucelle
Tuesday
#47
The Senate deal fully funds SNAP (with an increase in appropriations) until Sept. 30, 2026,
lapucelle
Tuesday
#14
The food situation is immediate. The ACA subsidies are 1.5 months away. And if after all of this, we can't draft
Silent Type
Tuesday
#16
The "One Big Ugly Bill" cut SNAP benefits and added work requirements. Those recipients that
walkingman
Tuesday
#19
If we made people go hungry for a few months, what could be gained and what would we leave behind?
ericjhensal
Tuesday
#23
Again, November SNAP went out, and we were on the verge of restoring it permanently.
Scrivener7
Tuesday
#29
Are you of the belief that people were asked to sacrifice and go without adequate food?
Quiet Em
Tuesday
#41
November SNAP went out, and the courts were about to restore it permanently. NO ONE
Scrivener7
Tuesday
#46
It is as ethical (or unethical) as every and any other vote which Congress takes.
RockRaven
Tuesday
#34