The Budget Bill Is Poised to Transform How America Eats

[Brenda]

Fuck every single Republican who voted for this killer bill. I personally know farmers who will lose their small IRA grant to build a solar well. I lost my rebate for switching from a gas stove to induction.

Tax policy isn’t the only way that this bill proposes to further widen the gap between the wealthy and the poor. Though the more than 1,000-page megabill will look somewhat different once it advances through the Senate, analysts say that there are three food and agricultural provisions expected to remain intact: an unprecedented cut to the nation’s nutrition programs, an increase of billions in subsidies aimed at industrial farms and a rescission of some Inflation Reduction Act funding intended to help farmers deal with the impacts of climate change.

If they do, the changes will make it harder for Americans to afford food and endure the financial toll of climate-related disasters. They will also make it more difficult for farmers to adapt to climate change — from an ecological standpoint and an economic one. Overall, the policy shifts would continue Trump’s effort to transform the nation’s food and agricultural policy landscape — from one that keeps at least some emphasis on the country’s neediest residents to one that offers government help to those who need it least.

The burden of these changes to federal policy would only cascade down, leading to a variety of likely outcomes. Some states might be able to cover the slack. But others won’t, even if they wanted to: Budget-strapped states would then have to choose between reducing benefits or sharing the costs with cities and counties. Ultimately, anti-hunger advocates warn, gutting SNAP will undoubtedly increase food insecurity across the nation — at a time when persistently high food costs are among most Americans’ biggest economic concerns. As communities in all corners of the country endure stronger and more frequent climate-related disasters, the slashing of nutrition programs would also likely decrease the amount of emergency food aid that would be available after a heatwave, hurricane or flood — funding that has already been reduced by federal disinvestment.

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-budget-bill-is-poised-to-transform-how-america-eats/

[Dock_Yard]

1. Well, maybe broke MAGA farmers can switch to .... raising leopards?

I mean, that's basically what they already did TO THEMSELVES back in November.

FA & FO you low-information, fox-inhaling, uncurious, semi-culted boobs.

But hey, it must feel so guuuuuddddd to see "the libs" suffer, huh?