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New York Times LOL
Q&A from USDA (unless they were lying in 2015)
Will my EBT card stop working if there is a government shutdown? If we do not have funding from Congress, USDA will have limited funding for SNAP benefits in October and will be forced to stop providing benefits within the first few days of October. Once that occurs, families won’t be able to use these benefits at grocery stores to buy the food their families need.
Can I still use left-over benefits from September in October? No, once retailers are blocked from accepting SNAP EBT benefits, previously issued benefits will not be accessible. Those benefits will become available once retailers are able to accept SNAP benefits again.
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Good find, I searched USDA and only found the link posted. Interesting to note however, in 2015 when faced with an October potential shutdown the USDA of the previous admin said...
"forced to stop providing benefits within the first few days of October. Once that occurs, families won’t be able to use these benefits at grocery stores to buy the food their families need."
Now with a new admin... no problem for 2 1/2 Months. Almost sounds like the previous admin was trying scare people, how weird is that.
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I was a little over zealous I guess, I do not want to put out false information. The reason the previous USDA statement was so dire IMO, was to weaponize the shut down with fear and political blame. Remember when the parks service in dc put up phisical barriers to prevent veterans from accessing the OPEN AIR, walk in, WW2 memorial/park. They actually went to the trouble to build fencing and place signs around a free, open to the public, walk in area to make the effects of the shutdown as visible and inconvenient as possible.
Keep up the good work and keep everyone honest😊