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Trump admin denied Puerto Rico request to let victims use food stamps for fast food

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Tovarisc

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Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló says the federal government has denied the U.S. territory's request for its citizens to redeem food stamps for ready-to-eat hot meals, amid widespread food shortages and power outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

The nearly 1.3 million people on food stamps in Puerto Rico — almost 40 percent of its population— are unable to use the benefits of the federal program to buy fasts food or pre-prepared meals at supermarkets, according to The New York Times.

Food-stamp recipients are usually prohibited from buying hot foods and other items that can be eaten “in store” such as sandwiches, soup or pizza.

Puerto Rico requested the administration temporarily lift the restrictions on the program, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

So far, the administration has refused, even after granting similar waivers in Texas after Hurricane Harvey and in Florida after Hurricane Irma.

The SNAP waivers for Texas and Florida expired Sept. 30.

Many of the island's supermarkets are still without electricity after the storm, disabling the computers needed to redeem the credits.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...rto-rico-request-to-let-hurricane-victims-use
 
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netBuff

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Why wouldn't they lift this dumb rule? It's nonsensical even at the best of times, why not grab some free positive PR.
 
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Chumly

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netBuff said:
Why wouldn't they lift this dumb rule? It's nonsensical even at the best of times, why not grab some free positive PR.
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Especially considering they approved it for Florida and Texas...... did they not think people would find out?
 
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Nirolak

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netBuff said:
Why wouldn't they lift this dumb rule? It's nonsensical even at the best of times, why not grab some free positive PR.
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He's a white supremacist and a significant portion of his remaining fanbase is white supremacist, so doing things to help Puerto Rico is very difficult for him both personally and politically.
 
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Zolo

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Nirolak said:
He's a white supremacist and a significant portion of his remaining fanbase is white supremacist, so doing things to help Puerto Rico is very difficult for him both personally and politically.
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Pretty much. Plus, he actually won Texas and Florida, so he sees himself as having reason to help more there unlike in Puerto Rico.
 
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SpiralZilla

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The nearly 1.3 million people on food stamps in Puerto Rico — almost 40 percent of its population— are unable to use the benefits of the federal program to buy fasts food or pre-prepared meals at supermarkets, according to The New York Times.
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So far, the administration has refused, even after granting similar waivers in Texas after Hurricane Harvey and in Florida after Hurricane Irma.
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Absolutely heinous beyond words. Republicans don't think of Puerto Ricans as human beings.

I can't believe the sheer number of atrocities he's committed regarding Puerto Rico warranting their own threads lately.
 
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theignoramus

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What kind of heartless thug puts forward policy that makes it harder for people in a disaster struck area to get a quick, hot meal?
 
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LookAtMeGo

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You are already the most hated man in the world. You can stop now. Just fuck off already. Let the people eat you fucking sack of shit.
 
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5taquitos

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entremet said:
Puerto Rico really exposed the dark black heart of Trump.
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That shit had been exposed done long before he even sound good candidacy. We've been screaming from the rooftops how black his heart really is since Day 0.

25% of eligible voters fucking love it though, and that's all it takes.
 
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Palette Swap

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On top of the rest, it’s horrifying how much the whole crisis is very publicly and voluntarily mismanaged while there won’t be any kind of repercussions for this monstrosity.
 
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Tovarisc

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https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/915341240228384768
 
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g11

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That's just needlessly cruel. Fuck, if it's a big chain place like McDonald's or something that can afford it, I hope they just give the food to the people.
 
Ploid 3.0

Ploid 3.0

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This presidency is a freaking disaster. I'm upset that this guy was allowed to get in this position. The electoral college was supposed to prevent this, they are useless and should be done away with.
 
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ChainedMaster

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How is something pre-prepared? It's prepared before it's actually prepared? Doesn't "prepared meal" already imply that the meal is...prepared?
 
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Jombie

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I knew he would be horrible, but I give him credit for exceeding my expectations every day since the election.
 
kaiju

kaiju

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He also didn't order flags at half mast yesterday, like every other President has done when a horrible tragedy has struck our nation.

This fuckin' guy
 
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Elaugaufein

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The purpose of the restriction was to stop it being used on say McDonalds or KFC , stopping if being used on prepared pre-heated non-junk food is silly at the best of times and appalling in this context.
 
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