U.S. President Joe Biden and one of his top aides warned on Monday that a federal government shutdown could cause widespread suffering, including a rapid loss of food benefits for nearly 7 million low-income women and children.
Biden told a meeting on Historically Black Colleges and Universities that failure by Congress to fund the federal government would have dire consequences for the Black community, including by reducing nutritional benefits, inspections of hazardous waste sites and enforcement of fair housing laws.
He said he and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had agreed a few months ago on spending levels for the government.
“We made a deal, we shook hands,” he said. “Now a small group of extreme House Republicans … don’t want to live up to that deal, and everyone in America could be faced with paying the price for it.”
This will just encourage the Freedom Caucus, because finally they would be hurting the correct people.
hunger for millions
GOP: That’s my fetish!
Republicans don’t care until they, themselves, start missing meals.
Unfortunately, like filibusters, government shutdowns are a Pandora’s box. Once they’ve been used as a negotiating tactic once, you can never un-use them.
That’s not to say this isn’t despicable, but unless there’s bipartisan support to change the process, we’re going to see government shutdowns every time there’s disagreement over funding.
Remember: without exception, every single society and government on the face of the planet is 9 meals away from total anarchy.
LOL
The guys who’ve made 100+ billion appear out of thin air for another country’s war are totally concerned about hunger.
You people are so fucking stupid it’s insane.
Literally just old shit we had in the closet. It’s not pallets of cash, it’s the value of the old equipment that we no longer need to store.
however did the starving masses manage to survive prior to govt handouts?
They used to be allowed to gather and sow all over. The government has made that illegal.
lol ok. foraging is completely legal as is farming.
No it’s not
