An analysis published Wednesday by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities found that millions of low-income Americans have stopped participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ever since President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law last year.

According to CBPP’s analysis, SNAP participation declined by 6% between July 2025 and December 2025, with 2.5 million fewer Americans receiving benefits.

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    Trump is a symptom not the disease

    People would rather use him as a scapegoat for everything rather than actually reflect on the causes. Especially if causes require effort to fix

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      It requires more than effort, it requires a change of mentality in USA, that just doesn’t seem to happen like it has in other democracies. Maybe because USA is such a flawed democracy.
      Lot’s of Americans stand on the right side of the issues, but they are not a majority, and there is basically no talk of reforming the democracy in USA to improve it.

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        Doesn’t help those we have in power are actively working to prevent change, and have been spending decades destroying education. Then add in the lead and decades of being told government doesn’t work private is better for everything, ignore every example of how that’s actually false

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          Yes both Republicans and Democrats agree on sharing the power, except maybe Republicans don’t want to share anymore.

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            And It’s not like democrats have been doing much to seem like they even want power.

            They get to fundraise more easily and don’t need to work to pass anything! Win win for them