• daannii@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    67
    ·
    edit-2
    2 days ago

    As someone from poor rural Midwest, I can tell you from first hand experience, that people have usually ran out of food stamps about 3 weeks into the month.
    Meaning, most people on snap are waiting for the first to get groceries because they don’t have anything.

    And now we are going on week 2 of the month.

    So for many. It’s now getting close to 3 weeks without food money.

    And with the rising food costs, I wouldn’t be surprised if people are running out of snap money closer to the midpoint of the month.

    So for them. It’s been 4 weeks

    • MourningDove@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      36
      ·
      2 days ago

      He’s banking on many of them resorting to crime so he can say, “see! I told you!” and justify martial law and calling the nations guard to come down hard on American citizens.

          • chunes@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            5
            arrow-down
            10
            ·
            2 days ago

            I don’t see what else could possibly be implied by people pointing this out over and over.

            “Don’t rock the boat because you’re giving him what he wants.”

            • ganryuu@lemmy.ca
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              16
              ·
              1 day ago

              There’s a big difference between pointing out their strategy and telling people not to react, and all I read here is the pointing out.

              • Skeezix@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                3
                arrow-down
                6
                ·
                1 day ago

                Dude that’s a horrible thing to imply, these people are starving. Why don’t you try not eating for 4 weeks and see how you like it.

                • stringere@sh.itjust.works
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  ·
                  1 day ago

                  They’re saying that pointing out the regime’s strategy isbto starve people into committing crimes so they can declare martial law IS NOT the same as saying we should do nothing about it.