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DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO TRUE, REAL, EVERYDAY FEELINGS LIKE MINE.(But I think you would enjoy it)
DON'T FORGET...FREEDOM OF SPEECH !
(while we work two or three jobs to MAKE ENDS MEET... she sits and collects. We have NEVER gotten a single penny from the government. NO food stamps no welfare.... NOTHING. We WORKED for what we got every month.)
New Mexico News Station
Tries to Garner Sympathy for Food Stamp Recipients by Featuring Woman
Who’s Been on SNAP for Three Decades (VIDEO)
by Mike LaChance443 Comments
This woman has been on SNAP for three decades – Screencap of Twitter/X video.
One of the ways that the government shutdown has backfired on
Democrats, is that it has awakened the public to widespread abuse of the
food stamp program SNAP, and it has shown how many Americans are on the
program.
The numbers are staggering.
In New Mexico, one news station tried to run a piece that would make
SNAP recipients look sympathetic. They interviewed a woman who has been
on SNAP benefits for more than thirty years.
Is this supposed to make the public feel bad? How many more people
out there have been on SNAP benefits for this long? Is this what was
intended when the program was created? A lifetime of free food on the
taxpayers’ dime?
From the Pinon Post:
For Maggie Aragon, a New Mexico woman who’s relied on
federal food assistance for more than 30 years, the moment her SNAP
balance dropped to zero was life-altering, she says.
“When I heard, ‘Zero dollars,’ my chest went into my throat,” Aragon
told KOAT 7 News, describing the fear and panic that set in when she
discovered her benefits had been cut off due to the ongoing Democrat-led
government shutdown. “It’s detrimental to my life.”
Aragon, who said she also depends on local food banks to survive, is
one of tens of thousands of New Mexicans now facing uncertainty as the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) runs out of funding.
However, it shows the cracks in what is supposed to be a temporary
system, letting people live off of SNAP for not just years, but decades.
With New Mexico having the highest percentage of SNAP recipients in the
nation, the effects of the shutdown are being felt most sharply here,
making it a wake-up call…
Revelations of widespread fraud and abuse in the SNAP program have
further inflamed the situation. In a stunning admission this week, U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins called for a complete overhaul
of the EBT system following the exposure of massive corruption.
Benefits like food stamps are supposed to be part of social safety net, a temporary fix, not the foundation of a lifestyle.
This type of situation is likely far more common than most people realize.