Arizona recorded the largest drop in enrollment after the bill became law. The legislation tightened eligibility rules for food assistance and increased state screening requirements. State data through May shows that more than 450,000 Arizonans have come off Snap, cutting overall participation within the state in half.

According to the CBPP analysis, children make up a significant portion of those losing benefits, with more than 1 million children across the 19 states studied no longer receiving Snap assistance.

In Louisiana, nearly one in four children receiving Snap benefits lost assistance. Massachusetts and Texas each saw close to one-fifth of children enrolled in the program removed from Snap.

And further below, the cause for the suffering of children:

The report says the steep decline in participation is likely tied in large part to the 2025 Republican reconciliation law, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which shifted a substantial share of Snap benefit costs to states based on their payment error rates.

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    That’s absurd. Who is paying for all this free stuff? Who is making it? If you want to move state, do you get a free house there as well?

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      If you work a 40 hour week you should recieve food, shelter, medicine and entertainment.

      I believe this is achievable thanks to the incredible innovation over the past 2 centuries.

      What’s absurd is the current system. Where billionaires can extract from nations without giving anything back. It’s absurd that food for children is being cut to bomb children on the other side of the world.

      What I believe may sound absurd to you. But look at our reality. It’s fucking crazy!!

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        Didn’t answer my question. Who is paying for it all? Who is making it? If you move do you get another free house?

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          The collective pays for it through tax collection. The people who already make it will still make it. If you wanted to move you would give up your current house and trade it for a different one.

          Why can you not imagine a better, fairer society?

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            Do you even understand the scale of the extra taxation that would be needed to provide everyone with free food, clothing, and housing?

            You’d be taxing everyone 95% of their income lol You’d also have to have hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of empty housing vacancies in every single city at all times to accommodate people moving.

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              Yes! It would be extremely difficult but that’s the dream!

              There’s already millions of empty homes due to capitilism. 100% tax on any income above $100,000,000 would be a start lol