On Monday afternoon, Oct. 27, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) announced that the November benefits for the 1.4 million North Carolinians who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) –once known as “food stamps” – will be delayed if the federal government shutdown continues.
There appears to be little to no progress in the shutdown situation: The Democrats are refusing to vote to open up government until Republicans are willing to restore some Affordable Care Act benefits that are due to expire later this year, while Republicans are refusing to even talk to the Democrats and have taken a hard my-way-or-the highway stance.
On Friday, Oct. 10, NC DHHS was directed by the US Department of Agriculture to delay the issuance of November SNAP benefits in response to the federal government shutdown. While October benefits for those on the program aren’t being affected, state officials say that federal inaction means there’s a “significant risk that November benefits will not be issued on their normal schedule.”
As of October 27, NC DHHS hadn’t received the federal funding necessary to pay for the program in November.
Also, the US Department of Agriculture, which handles food and nutrition services, sent guidance and a notice to states on Friday, Oct. 24, stating that the department wouldn’t be using the roughly $6 billion in federal contingency funds available to keep the SNAP program running in November.
That notice also explained that the federal government would also not reimburse any state funds used to cover SNAP benefits.
In North Carolina, SNAP benefits amount to about $240 million every month.
This week, state social services leaders said they will stay in close communication with their federal partners and that North Carolina will issue SNAP benefits to beneficiaries the instant the federal funding pipeline is flowing again.
On Monday, NC Governor Josh Stein pleaded publicly with the federal government to make those emergency funds available.
“I am urging the USDA to take immediate action to prevent more than 1.4 million North Carolinians – including children, people with disabilities, veterans, and working families – from going hungry,” the governor said. “Specifically, USDA can deploy federal contingency funds and prevent a disruption of SNAP benefits on November 1. The administration’s refusal to use these available funds as temperatures cool and the Thanksgiving holiday approaches is a cruel abdication of the responsibility to support families and communities. Congress owes it to the American people to return to the negotiating table and come together to reopen the government, stop health care premiums from skyrocketing, and ensure stability for hardworking people across our state and country.”
NC Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai also weighed in.
“We know how vital these benefits are for children, seniors, and hardworking families in every corner of our state,” Sangvai said. “Our priority is to be transparent and provide clear, factual information so families can prepare for a potential delay in benefits. We will continue to process applications and stand ready to issue benefits as quickly as possible once we receive authorization and funding from our federal partners.”
According to state officials, over 600,000 households comprising 1.4 million North Carolinians were due to receive benefits to help put healthy food on their tables in November.
Also, four in five North Carolina families participating in SNAP include either a child, a senior, or an adult with a disability. State officials say that there are more than 580,000 children in North Carolina who rely on SNAP and more than 80 percent of the people who get SNAP benefits are working.
A statement from NC DHHS explains that North Carolina doesn’t have the money to even cover those families with pregnant women and newborns.
“Additionally, NC DHHS does not currently have funding to maintain benefits past early November for the more than 262,000 people who depend on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC),” the statement reads. “This critical program provides healthy food, infant formula, nutrition education and breastfeeding support for pregnant women, new mothers and young children. While it is possible the federal government may allocate additional funding, at present there is no certainty that funding will be received. NC DHHS is currently exploring all options to maintain these benefits if NC DHHS does not receive federal funding for WIC.”
The government shutdown, which looks like it could run well past 35 days – the previous longest shutdown – may end up being the longest in history. The current shutdown began on Oct. 1, 2025, after Congress did not pass a budget for the new fiscal year. With the shutdown, the federal government has paused or reduced many federal programs – and more than a million federal workers have been furloughed or are working without pay.
State leaders say that, the longer the shutdown lasts, the more serious the impacts will be on struggling North Carolina residents.
“NC DHHS is doing everything it can to reduce the impact on North Carolinians,” the statement reads. “The department understands the uncertainty can be very concerning for individuals and families who rely on these programs. We are committed to being transparent and will share the latest updates on the www.ncdhhs.gov/shutdown website.”
NC DHHS is offering the following guidance for people who depend on the food and nutrition benefits:
- Continue to Apply and Renew: All residents should continue to apply for SNAP benefits and submit renewal paperwork on time. County social services offices remain open and are processing all applications to prevent a backlog when funding is restored.
- Check Your Balance: Any benefits currently on your EBT card are still available to use. Check your balance on the ebtEDGE app, at ebtEDGE.com – or by calling the number on the back of your card (1-888-622-7328).
- If you or your family is in immediate need for food, you should call 2-1-1 to be connected with your local resources such as food banks. You can also visit the NC DHHS website dedicated to food access to find a food pantry closest to you.
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If they really wanted to help people who are poor and need food, they would repeal the sales tax on food (which very few states impose).
The tariff tax is certainly in need of repeal…oh wait, congress didnt authorize, the dictator of the US did that all by his demented self.
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You’re really going off the deep end, mate. Nobody knows what you’re talking about.
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I’m referring to the sales tax on food, a state tax that was imposed by “Food Tax Terry” Sanford in 1961 – as a temporary measure.
Sixty-four years later North Carolinians are still paying sales tax on our groceries. It’s a regressive iniquitous tax that very few states levy. If they really want to help struggling young families get food, they’d repeal it – even after 64 years of “temporary”. That’s the point I’m making.
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Nothing whatsoever to do with Trump. You’re a mental case.
So you aren’t up to date on how the tariffs are impacting food prices. You know like a tax but different. Oh right. Republican action = good. Forgot you were a sheep to the conservative agenda. Got it.
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Why don’t you start talking about the price of tea in China?
Because I am more focused on the cost of coffee in the US as a result of Trump trade wars.
Thanks for asking
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“Coffee Prices Rally on Weather Concerns” – first headline on Google.
LOL, Austin confuses commodity and coffee company stock pricing from US consumer pricing.
If you bothered to read the article whose headline you quoted it would have read how tariffs disrupted coffee markets and had negative impacts.
What a joke.
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LOL !
Chris confuses tariffs with weather!
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news Chris, it really looks like the demented dictator is getting a Lot of Respect from the Asian countries he has visited this week. Lots of new trade deals, including China. Care to comment just asking for a friend
Chris you really haven’t paid attention because coffee prices started rising a month before the tariffs went into effect. I’ve used the same name brand for over 30 years, never again. The company increased their prices well before tariffs. I think it was greed and profit. Then they used the tariffs as the reason for price increases
Using the US economy as a bully stick is certainly effective in short-term trick. Long-term I am not so sure it is an effective tool. Allies are building other alliances and deepening trade relations as Trump’s ‘America Alone’ strategy pushes them away.
But let’s be honest. China got everything they wanted from Trump. What did we get from China? What he already had before Trump’s trade war yet WE are still paying tariffs (read as tax) on Chinese imports. Note that China’s exports have increased during the trade war so our Tariffs have had limited impact on their economy. While here in US, manufacturing jobs are declining, investment in new manufacturing construction has actually slowed from the peak experienced during Biden’s administration, and of course the wealth gap has grown.
The savior for the US economy is the massive growth in investment in AI technology. Which is not a market that benefits working class near as much as the wealthier classes.
Just a quick summary of what I have been reading in financial news. Happy to discuss further if interested.
Best wishes.
Chris here’s an idea, let’s not reload any more Snap or EBT cards. Instead let’s just set up stations all over the country and start giving away as many military MRE’S as people want. After all if they are good enough for our military, then the people should be happy to have them . I’m betting people will start going back to work
Rebel,
I don’t know if you know it or not but MREs have specific calorie count that meets or exceeds the requirements. Rations for cold weather regions contain an even higher count.
I have always said the same thing you have and still believe it. And for those that say we don’t want to reduce a vital resource for our military, the answer is simple…up production. Oh wait, that would mean more jobs, better prices for farmers, and a reduction on American taxpayers. We can’t have that. The Democratic Socialists/Socialists/Communists/(National Socialist) Democrat Party members would lose one of their carrots for their sycophants.
One case of MREs contains 12 meals. At three meals a day that comes out to four days worth of feeding one person. Do the math.
Additionally, all you have to do open the package and chow down. Cooking not required.
Maybe Stein should call Shumer a dema d that the CR e appro ed a the work on Obamacare which had flaws in it when it was initially passed during the Obama administration. Obama and his cronies just kicked the problems down the road for some other administration to resolve the issues. They did not figure that a Republican majority would.stand up to stop some of the waste fraud a d abuse whi h has occurred with Obama’s signature piece of legislation.
More cries of fraud with zero specifics of any actual fraud. Its like the word fraud is just how conservatives say they dont like something when they dont actually know enough about it to support their hate other than some fat orange guy told them to hate it.
My thought as well. Instead of complaining to the USDA, governor Stein needs to complain to the federal leaders if his own party.
Weird
Why not complain to the actual party that controls all three branches of governement. Or are you saying Trump doesn’t actually lead the Government?
Strange take Chris. Seems simple to me. If the Republicans change their vote to no then the government remains closed. If the Democrats change to yes then the government opens. So easy a caveman could do it.
When Biden was in office and the same issue would come up on debt limit and republicans did what democrats are doing now, they all sat around the table and negotiated on a compromise. So there was no government shut down under Biden. THAT isn’t happening with Trump as our leader. Instead, Republicans are choosing to withhold food aid for millions of Americans so they can jack up the cost of health insurance for millions of Americans. Republicans refuse to negotiate so here we are…..Yes this falls on the party that is actually in control of the government. Want me to quote Trump the last time the government shut down under a democrat president? Bet you don’t.
So yeah. This falls on Trump. The buck stops at the top as they say.
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Mentally ill Chris thinks that the GOP controls the judiciary !
LOL!
You do understand that SCOTUS was flipped to a conservative court during Trumps first term and has largely enabled his agenda of ignoring law in his enforcement of deportation using tatcitics that violate the constitution.
So yes, Conservatives control all three branches of governement.
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Since when has the Supreme Court constituted the judicial branch?
Nice try – but a fail.
I sometimes forget you didn’t have US civic studies in elementary school.
Since you don’t understand the US governmental system as well as a typical 5th grader in the US, here is a quick tutorial:
Structure of the federal judicial branch:
Supreme Court: The highest court in the U.S., consisting of one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices, all appointed for life. It has the final say on cases within its jurisdiction.
Courts of Appeals (or Circuit Courts): These courts review decisions from the District Courts. A party who loses in a District Court can request a Court of Appeals to review the decision.
District Courts: These are the trial courts where most federal cases begin. They handle both civil and criminal cases.
Courts of Special Jurisdiction: This is another category of lower federal courts that handle specific types of cases.
Hope that helps……just in case you also don’t understand, having a conservative court at the top of the judicial branch of government has been critical in Trump’s ability to violate and ignore traditional interpretation of federal laws.
Hope that helps.
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Can you just leave out the insults – for once?
No party “controls the judiciary” so stop lying. Just stop lying.
Mr. Childish Insult Slinger now whining about being insulted. Your lack of self-awareness is stunning. Just stunning.
So, you are telling me that the massive effort by conservatives over the last decade to drive the appointment of conservative judges and block liberal judges (especially at the supreme court) was for what? Good feelings and friendly competition? Nope. It was for control.
Welcome to US politics.
The democrats voted for the “Big Beautiful Bill” knowing that the expiring emergency subsidies would be expiring. They voted for the continuing resolution no less than a dozen times previously but now they want to extract their pound of flesh either to confound Trump or the remedy their lack of foresight in voting to let the subsidies expire. They won’t admit that Obamacare was a blatant attempt to take control of Americas healthcare system and bankrupt the insurance companies. Obamacare is a failure, and as more insurance companies get out of the market and Obamacare continues to fail the democrats are using the shutdown to extort money to keep it viable, just a little longer.
Not to mention that the democrats are not in the least outraged about Biden’s robbing older Americans by taking billions of dollars out of the Medicare and Part D fund to pay incentives, subsidies and tax credits to those rich enough to buy and maintain Electrical Vehicles, topping it off with an 11% rise in Part B premiums this year.
Not only are the democrats not concerned about older Americans’ healthcare but they want to cut funding for rural hospitals.
The Republicans are not the problem; there is nothing to negotiate. The democrats, who voted for the budget bill, now want to renege and spend 1.8 trillion dollars that we don’t have. Chuck Schumer should end his petulant attempt at relevance and urge his colleagues to pass the continuing resolution. If they want changes in the budget bill, they can propose legislation and have it voted on by the full Congress and not put a chokehold on the many Americans, who unlike Congress and the Senate, will not get paid any time soon.
Where do you get your news? Not a single democrat voted for the Big Bloated Bill. Not a single one.
The subsidy expiration was demanded by the Republicans and was just conservatives kicking the can down the road since we are still waiting for Trumps replacement of ACA he promised would be in two weeks 6 years ago.
Conservatives constantly complain that ACA is a failure yet have no specifics for how to fix or replace. It seems conservative’s only solution is to simply just price people out of insurance and go without healthcare. To say there is nothing to negotiate is to say you don’t care about millions of people losing their access to healthcare. While the is on brand for Republicans, I am proud of the democrats for putting up the fight.
Vote Democrat in Mid Terms. THEY actually care about the working class.
Pffft!
Why replace the ACA at all? Going back to what we had before couldn’t possibly be any worse. Insurance as we have it now is a poorly contrived attempt to get us into a single payer system. We’ve tried a “single payer” system by having the government guarantee school loans with the result being a rise in education costs that far outstrip overall inflation as schools found that they can raise “the price of education” knowing the government will cover it.
With government control of healthcare we’ve seen an unconscionable rise in health care cost because the government will cover it. Insurance should only be for unforeseen medical expenses and major medical insurance for catastrophic medical events.
What you and the vast majority of liberals fail to grasp is that government can not and should not be the know all and do all master of our lives. I’m not so rigid as the old yankee who believed the only function of government was ” to guard the borders, deliver the mail and stay the Hell out of my business” but close.
Everything, and I mean everything in which the government is involved ends up costing more, being sorely inefficient and generally mismanaged.
Anyone voting for democrats in the midterms are voting against their best interests.
Oh, to be clear, Trump did try to repeal the ACA but he was unable to get the Congress to come up with a viable alternative and since he was NOT a king, he couldn’t order it by fiat.
“With government control of healthcare we’ve seen an unconscionable rise in health care cost because the government will cover it.” WHAT? Since when has government been in control of healthcare?
What you conservatives fail to realize is that putting things like healthcare in the hands of Big Business means profit is the only priority when public health should be the top priority of healthcare.
Plus your emotionally based opinion doesn’t align with actual facts. US spending on healthcare is around $14,885 per person, compared to the average of $7,371 in other wealthy countries who have single payer systems. Don’t even get me started on why we pay the highest rates for drugs compared to single payer countries that are able to negotiate prices down.
When profits are the motive, costs go up…not complicated.
Chris,
If control of the healthcare system under government control is such a panacea (according to you) why do so many well off Brits and Canadians flock here for their healthcare? And those systems have a long record of complaints from their people.
No system is perfect. But I would choose the system that didn’t require people to use GoFundMe campaigns to cover healthcare costs or even worse those folks who forgo healthcare to avoid bankruptcy.
In the UK and Canadian systems, there are a wide range of reasons folks come to the US. One is that the US offers a great range of innovative care programs that are still in the research phase. (well that use to be the case before Trump canceled federal research grants).
Wait times can be an issue as well but this issue is often over-stated by those that attempt to demonize single payer health insurance systems.
There is also the perception that US has better quality healthcare. This doesn’t actual prove out in studies, but the perception exists largely because of the strong research programs we used to have in the US at teaching hospitals.
But let’s be honest…only the wealthiest come to the US for care and most often for innovative treatments. But do tell me how our systems of GoFundMe for care is such a better plan that one that doesn’t bankrupt families at an estimated rate of 500,000 people per year.
Hope that helps.
A real bummer governor. Sad your party demanded an additional $1.5 to $1.7 trillion dollars before they would vote to open the govt back up. Continue to try to spin the issue away from your party. I look forward to the incoming diatribes.
Republicans control all three branches of the government. This is yet another example of Trump’s poor leadership where he only cares about half of Americans. He is happy to let millions of Americans go without either food or health care. Democrats care about ALL Americans.
Weak attempt to spin. Try again.
How this fact…Trump is canceling snap not because the funds arent available. Those funds were appropriated and should not have been spent elsewhere and therefore should be available. Hence all the state lawsuits.
Trump is using people’s suffering (loss of food support) so conservatives can make other people suffer by making their access to Healthcare unaffordable.
If you support thst tactic. You can not call yourself a Christian.
… trotting out the current D talking point of “That’s Not Christian”.
Recall the pharisee prostrating himself in front of all to see.
D talking points are based on fact where conservstives refuse to hold Trump accountable to all the lies he tells on the daily.
“Democrats care about ALL Americans.”
…except for the half labeled “violent, extremist, domestic terrorists’ by the former president, as he was flanked by active duty Marines in front of Independence Hall. Soul of the nation, or whatever…
That is what upsets you? The color choice and lighting of a speech? Weird. What did you think of Biden’s choice in Whitehouse flatware?
It’s literally the words of the speech, as he quoted, not the color or lighting or flatware, as you pulled all 3 of those out of a hat with your snarky and vapid response. If you are seriously dismissing that speech as unimportant, you’re either trolling or delusional. Biden put more than half the country on the serious defensive with that speech (many centrists included).
Fine let’s discuss what I assume is your fake rage about a speech by a President who is no longer in office, I will only be impressed when you acknowledge the same comment when Trump refers to democrats as the evil within and discusses the millions of No Kings protesters as Terrorists.
I had little respect for Biden as a communicator so rarely watched his speeches so I can’t comment directly on the speech you are referring. But so what…..did Biden send US Military against US citizens after he said those words? Did he threaten to send ‘more serious troops against US citizens?
Only when you acknowledge the hate and division of Trump will you be taken seriously at your critic of Biden’s words. At the end of the day, it is the ACTIONS of Presidents that matter far more and Trump’s actions are a disgrace to the Constitution of the United States.
Trump spews his hate of half the Americans in this country on the daily basis and you pretend to get upset over a single speech by Biden. Got it.
Chris, Stop spreading your B.S.. You know very well that it takes 60 votes to pass the proposed budget and there are only 52 Republican votes available. How are things going in Orange County?
THAT is why it is important for Republicans to actually involve Democrats in what are called Negotiations. Hmmmm, which party refuses to negotiate? Yup. Republicans.
Is your logic that since Republicans hold a majority in all three branches that they should never consider the interests of Democrats and the people they represent? Trump does. He is wrong of course as he is about most things.
But you be you.
I love Orange County. Skip Alston is destroying what could be a great place to live with his dramatic spikes in taxes. Have fun with that…..
Chris,
You like to talk down to people claiming they are ignorant. Guess what…YOU’RE WRONG!!!
Republicans DON’T “… control all three branches of the government.” They DO have a MAJORITY in two of the three branches. Just because they have majority does not mean they can do whatever they please (in your words “control”).
The SC is not elected, they are appointed. And it takes Ds AND Rs to get someone appointed.
Thanks for showing your lack of knowledge of how the system works.
Chris,
Republicans don’t “control all three branches of the government.”, they hold a MAJORITY in two of the three branches. The SC is appointed/approved by the Senate. How many times have appointees been turned down by that body?
I’m believing more and more (and more) you like talking out of your fourth point of contact.
Tell me again why conservatives invested heavily in electing conservative judges from SCOTUS on down? Oh right…..control. Yup.
Food lion has plenty of food, at least the last time I was in there
Do they have plenty of affordable healthcare too?
Just another cold-hearted conservative who thinks working poor are just lazy. THAT is the true evil that is killing this country. 70% of people who receive SNAP are children or working Americans. You want to hold them hostage so you can price millions of Americans out of access to healthcare. Got it.
And you all claim to be the party of Christians. What a joke.
Chris when did it become the duty of our government to provide or make healthcare affordable to everyone. I was born in the 50’s grew up in 60’s and 70’s. We never had healthcare.
I don’t see this issue as a government responsibility
LOL, healthcare was far more affordable in the 50s and 60s versus today.
In 1960, per capita health spending was about $147, while per capita income was around $2,267 (6%) ; by 2013, health spending had risen to $9,255 per person and income to $42,266 (21%). Healthcare spending grew at an average annual rate of 8.1%, outpacing the 5.7% average annual growth in personal income during that period.
The for-profit approach to both insurance and healthcare has not worked. So, yeah it is long overdue for governmental intervention.
Listening to boomers talk about how affordable things were in their day as they ignore how costs of critical things such as healthcare, education and housing have far outstripped income growth just shows how poorly educated boomers were when it came to economics.
Best wishes.
let’s grow food on roofs – like food lion ? 4 inches of dirt cue up engineer
You stated NC spends $240,000,000 every month for SNAP benefits! That’s $2.88 Billion per year! Think about that…
NC population is estimated at around 11 million residents and we have 1.4 million people on food stamps. That’s 12.7% of our state in on food stamps and other welfare benefits, which sounds a little high to me.
None of these situations existed before LBJ created his Great Society in 1964 with the War on Poverty! It was a sweeping legislative agenda aimed at reducing poverty, expanding education, improving healthcare and promoting civil rights! This created all of these social welfare programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Higher Education Ace, food stamps, public housing and the rest is history! The Great Society reshaped the government’s role in social welfare and it laid the foundation for many of today’s problems and waste of money…
The primary goal of government is to protect the safety of Americans. John Locke argued that governments are formed to protect Life, Liberty and Property. The Constitution begins with the goal to “provide for the common defense and ensure domestic tranquility, both tied to safety.
In todays society, we have moved way past that initial goal of our government and are slowly moving more to socialism… But I digress…
Sadly, what these programs have enabled is a means for keeping a large poor working class to the benefit of large corporations who refuse to pay a living wage. The real socialism in the US benefits large employers who keep wages low, offer few if any benefits to hourly workers, etc…
Happy to see need of these programs demonized but the Republican socialism for big busienss needs to be stopped first.
Again Chris, you are distorting the truth. I expect you are aware that the majority of the Democratic Party leadership recently endorsed Mamdani, a Muslim Socialist, for NY Mayor. By doing so, the Democratic Party has acknowledged the left-wing faction of their party is in control and they are currently redirecting their energies/funds to get him elected in order to spread socialism (Sharia law) across the U.S.. Claiming the Republican Party as a Socialist Party could not be further from the truth.
Sharia law. Get bent. More lies and misinformation from a right winger trying to use fear to drive hate to divide people. Show me anywhere in Mamdani’s agenda where he supports Sharia law in the US. Most of his policies he is proposing are directly against Sharia law (as if you could even define how Sharia law works). For example, he is very pro-equal rights and wants to make NYC a ‘sanctuary’ city for the LGBTQ community.
Yes, he is a progressive and no I don’t support all his ideas on how he plans to make NYC more affordable. But I live in NC so can’t say one democrat mayor in NYC defines the democratic party. He is just an easy target for conservative misinformation used to drive fear and hate.
But you be you Buddy.
desperate (starving) people will do desperate things & why there are good reasons to < their armament ? my 'trumpian' thought ? i eat healthy $6/day. no restaurant sugar bev chip packaged premix. some meat every day. junk session rewards for healthy diet goals
Have no fear Chris will step up and make a donation, just as he does for Guilford County’s homeless and the Illegals he supports
I still tithe to my church in Guilfrod county and we support a range of benevolence and outreach programs for helping those in need. But it is never enough.
Weird that the ‘Christian’ Republicans seem to be ok with cutting off life lines to food amd healthcare for those in need.
My brothers and I would cut off more if it were legal
And there you have it. Today’s modern conservative.
Republicans are actually evil.
All these brain dead takes you see from Mike Johnson, Pam Bondi or JD Vance are carefully crafted. Like it or not, these are not stupid individuals, they are actively choosing to be evil.
They know exactly what they’re doing. They went to Ivy League schools, they have advisors, they understand policy implications, and they still choose to strip rights, demonize marginalized people, obstruct aid, and lie with a straight face.
The scariest part? They’ve realized being maskoff evil works.
They’re not confused. They’re not misguided. They’re f—ing evil, and they’re counting on you being too polite to call it what it is.
Well said.
No, the political Left is evil, and operates worldwide as an instrument of evil.
Stripping healthcare access, food security, and right to due process is the evil of the conservative party. What was the evil of the Biden administration? Public Health concerns?
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*Obama stripped me of my healthcare access despite famously promising that “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor”. I was paying $229/month for a high deductible policy, but I was soon informed that my plan did not meet the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and had been cancelled. We lost our favourite doctor also. So he lied.
*The Democrats introduced the Food Tax, not the GOP. The Republicans reduced it under Robin Hayes. So much for the Left believing in food security.
*And the only Americans denied due process lately are some of the Jan 6th protesters. One of them (a US veteran) was even fatally shot in the neck by a trigger-happy Capitol cop.
You’re full of s**t, Chrissy.
Taxing groceries is something determined at the State level. The food tax is used widely in the Southern states which are predominately conservative. To be fair, it was Terry Sandford in the 60’s that eliminated the food tax exemption. Funny how all those southern conservative states haven’t repealed the food tax. Hmmmm…..
Obama did lie to get the support for ACA. I didn’t vote for him in either term for how he handled this push for the plan. But note, it was conservatives who stripped the mandate that younger people participate in health insurance which would have brought costs down for all.
What is really interesting is how conservatives have promised to repeal and replace but have yet to make any actually alternative plan for affordable healthcare. The reason they can’t just repeal the ACA is that it offered a number of changes that are highly valued by people such as how it mandates coverage for pre-existing conditions, bans lifetime limits, extended dependent coverage, and mandates free preventive care.
While the politics behind the push for the plan were highly inappropriate, it has turned out to be best alternative ever implemented for offering affordable healthcare. Who knows, maybe in two more weeks the conservatives will have a way to improve on it, but I doubt it. They only know how to stoke fear and hate. Not actually solve real problems.
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“Stoke fear and hate” says the guy who regularly insults us all as ignorant, haters, bigots, prejudiced, and stupid !
Such a hypocrite.
All I do is point out the flaws in your logic, your lies, and your hypocrisy. Not complicated.
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No, you incessantly insult us, talk down to us, and put yourself on a pedestal.
And you will twist words in desperate attempts to save face after you’ve been proven wrong. You couldn’t care less about the truth.
LOL, if having to read facts, data, and notes on your hypocrisy is putting myself on a pedestal or taken as an insult, I think that’s on you.
Best wishes.
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But you refuse to accept facts – when they prove you wrong.
You won’t accept that the US spends more money per student on education than every other country in the World except one, as you peddle the lie that US education is “deeply underfunded”.
It’s YOU who can’t accept reality and truth.
When have you proven me wrong in this or any other recent comment string?
Just giving me a different opinion or say ‘Nah Uh’ isn’t proving me wrong, it’s just a typical argument or disagreement.
Best wishes
Can’t you read?
they are in cahoots with dust bunnies & the tooth fairy !
Change a few names and I would know for certain you were talking about Biden and his administration. Evil is the right word to describe Biden’s four years. Thank you.
Here is my working list of the evil of the conservative party:
– He targets protestors and calls the opposition hateful and evil for just protesting his policies and voices opinions that are critical of his administration.
– He is removing millions of working-class people’s access to healthcare
– He is withdrawing millions of American access to food assistance to avoid having NOT remove millions of American’s access to healthcare.
– He is using the US military against US citizens without justification and against the wishes of State leadership. Recently even stated using more advanced troops than National Guard
– He is withholding disaster aid from ‘Blue’ States yet being generous with disaster aid with ‘Red’ States.
– He is destroying US advance education
– He is defunding already underfunded public school systems
– He is promoting long ago debunked conspiracy theories over science at the risk of public health and our environment.
– He is ‘taxing’ working class with broad across the board tariffs that are accomplishing nothing but alienating the US in the global trade markets.
– He is using federal agencies to silence his critics in violation of the 1st amendment.
And this is the short list…..
What have democrats done that is evil? Fight for equal rights and equal access for ALL Americans? Worked for actual public health of US citizens? Promoting idea of Healthcare as a human right? Following actual existing Immigration laws (as flawed as they are)?
“ALL Americans”
Americans… meaning American citizens.
Not illegal aliens, not asylum seekers, not refugees, not seasonal workers, not visa holders.
“Healthcare as a human right”
^^^^
If there’s evidence that you’re mentally ill, here it is.
So the poor should be sick and die younger than the wealthy. There you have it. Yet another example of the evil of the modern conservtive.
Thanks for making my point so clearly true.
ditto
American, people who crossed the border ILLEGALLY broke the law they committed a crime. They have been given the opportunity to self deport, then reapply for entrance to the US LEGALLY. If they choose not to then it’s up to ICE to do their job. Take them into custody and deport them. The ILLEGALS chose not to leave. Actions have consequences. They made a choice. What’s evil about this
This is a good instructional article to educate people about how figures lie and, liars figure!
There is no such thing as “affordable health care”, except when you expect other people to pay for yours. If you look at all your medical bills, you can see what the problem is.
Weird, millions afford healthcare that have employer sponsored plans that are denied to millions of hourly wage workers and not offered to small business employees/owners or farmers.
consider concierge medical care & pay the md upfront for the next years care ? ditch middlemen . 1/4 million paper pushers squirm !
You got the headline slightly wrong Scott. It should read…
State Officials: NC Is Out Of OTHER PEOPLE’S Money For Food Benefits
Why dont you just stand out in the street and protest the feeding of poor children, elderly and disabled before you go into church and pretend to be a Christian. Would it be best if you fot to watch them struggle with hunger in the streets while you walk into the church you use to play pretend Alan?
Fact: 69% of people receiving snap are children, elderly, or disabled. Of those kids, over half of their parents are working poor.
Yet another example of the evil of the modern conservative.
parents? usually only one, guess which one; when she must work it is in the lowest paying overtime grinding occupations & her transport $ to & from wastes 1 – 2 hours looking out a moving window instead of caring for anybody ! we were constantly ‘lined up’ in schools so that we would obediently ‘line up’ as adults ? advantage in a crowded world ?
Who said I went to church Chris?
Notice that Alan only took offense at being accused of attending church, not that he was offended about the accusation of not caring about children, the elderly or the disabled. THAT says a great deal about Alan that I have to admit surprised me.
Evil is ignoring the suffering surrounding you just because you can’t see it or don’t personally have to experience it.
But you be you.
Chris who said Alan was offended. I didn’t hear that.
chris, these people ‘give thanks’ rather than ‘thank someone’ because of their mythology. they need brainwashing – also called education.
Chris let’s look at all those households with kids receiving snap benefits. How many do you think have multiple kids with different fathers who are not in the home. Care to guess. Here’s another little tidbit to chew on. This is from personal experience involving an extended family member. There is a large segment of the community across the country that does not believe in going after the multiple fathers for child support so a large portion of the fathers never worry about supporting the children they created. Why would they They know the government (aka taxpayers) will take care of them. Naysay this all you want, but it’s the truth.
So, kids of desperate mothers who have been gullible to unscrupulous men should be allowed to suffer more than kids who have just one dad? Weird point of view.
Chris, it appears to me that you just admitted that pregnancies of unwed mothers are planned because women are gullible. If true, then the woman made a choice should the carnal knowledge result in pregnancy. There are numerous methods of birth control. If a woman chooses not to avail herself of birth control methods, then the results are on her, not the taxpayer. Could it be that the unwed mother calculated that benefits would be available and would assuage her “gullible” decision?
Chris really , gullible women and unscrupulous men why are you sooo stupid. Asking for a friend
Go ahead and explain then Will, were do poor single mothers come from?
Chris I’m sure you’ve never seen it but there is a pretty large segment of the population that sell their EBT cards for normally.10 cents on the dollar or maybe you’re really that dense. I shop at Food Lion and see it all the time
Selling of EBT cards for cash is a long-understood fraud where studies show it has never exceeded 1% of total EBT spending. Pretending this is a major problem is just another conservative propaganda talking point to belittle the people who really need food assistance.
You may be mistaking Cash benefits (like TANF) that distribute cash using the same EBT card.
But you be you.
Maybe your 1% study is somewhere but it sure as he$$ isn’t in Greensboro. And no Chris I’m taking about the EBT cards with the eagle on them. I work at Food Lion and see this all the time. Don’t bother calling the police, they don’t want to be bothered
What I understand, SNAP increased 40% under Biden. What I also understand is the Federal Agricultural Dept recognized this problem early and have been working on a fix. But they needed data which states have. All states received the same letter from the AG Dept requesting the data by a certain date, July 2025, I believe. As of a recent date, only 29 states have provided the data. The only conclusion is that the remaining 21 states do not want the provider of the money, the federal government, to have the data. At this point, the federal money pipeline should have been closed to those 21 states. All this happened before the federal shutdown. Many recipients of the benefits do not pay federal taxes, but they sure can complain about not receiving benefits.
In 1860 when SC seceded from the Union which started a series of other state secessions, they took the action that they believed the Constitution provided for them to take that threw off the yoke of the federal government. When the SC delegates signed the Constitution, it was not viewed as a forever law but a law that would remain enforce until such time the federal government became onerous to the states. SC believed that point had been reached.
Pansy states are now giving the finger to the federal government. The big differences now are the Constitution has been changed, the federal government has grown so huge that it is exceedingly difficult to keep the states in line, and because the federal government extracts money through taxing workers. The pansy states cannot pick and choose what laws they will abide by or not, but they are. This is the beginning of anarchy, which is reflected in the Democrats refusal to sign a new budget bill.
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Selling EBT benefits for cash is routine and rife – and constitutes MUCH more than 1% of benefits.
The standard rate is 50%, so a $400 card can be sold everywhere for $200 cash. It is happening everywhere, all the time.
One per cent is Bullshit. [like all of Chris’s studies, facts and data ]
Your comment is so interesting since I just learned that someone I know was approached in a grocery store in another state trying to sell a $400 card for $200. Actually, the thief started out at $300 but reduced to $200. The seller told the potential buyer that he needed money. The seller of the card is a thief because he is stealing from all federal taxpayers.
TL. My point exactly, go to any Food Lion between the 3rd and 6th of the month and you will see the EBT sellers hanging around out front or just inside of the store Our manager has told the employees to just leave them alone and don’t ask questions
Chris is full of crap.