Food assistance, health care costs, air travel, and military pay all face major strain if the shutdown extends beyond this week.
The pain of a U.S. government shutdown is poised to intensify this week as the funding lapse nears a full month with no resolution in sight.
A series of deadlines in the coming days could have negative consequences for ordinary Americans, cutting off food assistance for low-income Americans, raising health insurance premiums for millions on Obamacare and depriving air-traffic controllers, TSA agents and other federal workers of paychecks.
SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, are slated to dry up on Nov. 1 without congressional action, impacting an estimated 40 million low-income Americans across red and blue states.
12 Comments
protist@mander.xyz · 68 pts · 318d
"Shutdown pain" is awful right-wing spin. During previous shutdowns these things didn't happen because the executive branch didn't stop paying for them. The Trump Admin bears sole responsibility for choosing to do this
verdantbanana@lemmy.world · -17 pts · 318d
always a reason we should relate to our supposed masters and always a reason why they are so benevolent without any faults
democrats not doing shit is just as bad a republican doing shit
protist@mander.xyz · 11 pts · 318d
Oh there you go again
VeryVito@lemmy.ml · 54 pts · 318d
rayyy@piefed.social · 28 pts · 318d
Billions for his friends in Argentina but not a penny for starving US citizens.
BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social · 18 pts · 318d
Still beats me why America voted for this. History repeats I guess.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 318d
Defund education and you deny people the opportunity to learn from history.
GreatAspie86@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 317d
Zexks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 317d
This is the hard realization people are having to come to. Far to large a section of society can barely tie their shoes and put on their pants. Before the internet they were mostly to themselves but no longer. With the advent of money for attention its become far to profitable to spew to the lowest common denominator. And now its gotten out of control.
verdantbanana@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 318d
when the owner class owns the baby products and parent tools and owns the school materials we learn on and the news plus all media we consume as well as the food we eat and all the ads we consume and of course our voting machines then the system becomes rigged and means no free agency which democracy cannot live without
its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 318d
I work at a food pantry, we are open one day a week. Pre Trump the average was 25 families, our typical now is 36. Yesterday there were 55 famlies, 150 people total. I don't know what we are going to do next week if the snap benefits lapse. We can't handle that many people regularly.
verdantbanana@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 318d
last food bank visited had out of date food, not diet dependent such as a senior that has to watch sugar levels, as you mentioned very restrictive schedules, etcetera
been an adhesive bandage for centuries along with faith-based assistance and past time we remedy the issues causing any hunger
its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 317d
Agreed that the reason people are hungry needs to be addressed. However, it's far better than nothing faith based or otherwise.
I won't get started on a bank vs. a pantry, but they are different. What a pantry offers and when they are open varies drastically between pantries. Out of date food does not necessarily mean that it isn't safe to eat. The FDA has a table of food types and when to throw it away. Canned and dried foods are typically good well past the expiration date.
P1nkman@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 317d
Why'd Obama do this?