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USDA Threatens Stores Giving Discounts to People on Food Stamps

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64 points mrtesthah | 1 comments | 04 Nov 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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chasd00 ◴[04 Nov 25 17:22 UTC] No.45813489[source]▶
Read the article and then you'll put away your pitchforks. A basic rule is snap recipients can't be treated differently than non-program members which seems reasonable.

"At issue is SNAP’s “Equal Treatment Rule,” which bars stores from either discriminating against people in the program or offering them favorable treatment. "

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1. tastyface ◴[04 Nov 25 21:14 UTC] No.45815963[source]▶
No, don’t put your pitchforks anywhere. Trump has spelled it out plain as day: SNAP recipients will starve until Democrats submit -- and that’s basically a direct quote. (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-snap-benefits-wi...) Just today, he declared that he would ignore the court order to release SNAP funds. So it should be pretty obvious why the USDA is making angry noises about this issue in particular. It's an incredibly fucked up form of leverage.