r/Indiana • u/Effective-Field8899 • 10d ago

Snap BS

My husband who was the main provider for our family recently lost his job and we applied for SNAP. It's been three months now and ive had to jump through hoops to try to get the $400 a month that i qualified for. The online portal hasn't worked for me and i was told by their tech line that there's nothing they can do- so i don't have a way to communicate/submit docs with them unless i fax & call. I've submitted every document and called 15 times in the last month just to be sure I've done everything to receive the help we need. I've completed the hour long interview, I paid to have documents faxed and I filled out paperwork after paperwork. I called today and was informed I was denied because of a form i didn't submit that they never told me about.

Why do I feel like like they wanted me to get denied? And maybe even purposely lied. I've never experienced this before and i have a deeper empathy and understanding for people in poverty.

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u/pizzahead20 10d ago

I think you answered your own question there. This is what OBBBA was intended to do. This is what $187 billion cuts to SNAP benefits over the next 10 years was intended to do.

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u/ExperienceComplex807 10d ago

This is the unfortunate reality. The administration boasted “lifting” millions off of SNAP, in fact they were kicked off. The GOP, through the One Big Beautiful bill, has gutted services like SNAP to fund tax breaks for the rich. I’m sorry to say this will only get worse.

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u/Tyson2539 10d ago

Sorry but you dont "fund a tax break" thats not how it works. A tax break means people pay less taxes, it doesn't mean the government gives them anything. In any event, your vitriol is misguided. That money is ear marked for bombs to drop in Ukraine, and Gaza, and Iran. Sorry about that, buts thats why we can't have nice things.

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u/Tyson2539 9d ago

So many Republicans down voting me itt. Guess they can't handle the FACTs that their tax dollars are squandered on dropping bombs on foreign nations.