This shit is fucking evil. People will starve.
this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2025
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No, most will not starve. What will most likely happen is that some will turn to crime. They want to criminalize poverty.
Almost every move Trump makes is rage bait. "Fight back" in the way he wants you to and he has a real reason, for once, to crack down even harder on "lawlessness".
Also the Farmers will be thrilled I'm sure.
AFAIK most of them voted Trump though.
the GOP certainly seems to enjoy starving & otherwise making life more miserable for the most vulnerable amongst us for any kind of political gain
If only these states had some source of income that presumably had been bringing a lot of money into states prior to the shutdown, and one would think could be tapped into now instead of forcing Americans in these states to go hungry like some kind of human bargaining chip.
Not to suggest that two of the most prolife states would ever show such little regard for human lives or anything, but just a thought. Too bad that source of income apparently doesn't exist in these cash strapped states
Edit: NVM scratch that idea. Florida's contract was originally for $245M but it turns out they only got $608M the day before the fucking shutdown!
'I said all along that we would be reimbursed,' Gov. DeSantis said.
Motherfucker!
This shouldn’t be a thing. This should be budgeted for so inevitably when this happens again things don’t grind to a halt.
some states
Every state. Not sure why that headline is hedging.