One of the ways that the government shutdown has backfired on Democrats, is that it has awakened the public to widespread abuse of the food stamp program SNAP, and it has shown how many Americans are on the program.
In New Mexico, one news station tried to run a piece that would make SNAP recipients look sympathetic. They interviewed a woman who has been on SNAP benefits for more than thirty years.
Is this supposed to make the public feel bad? How many more people out there have been on SNAP benefits for this long? Is this what was intended when the program was created? A lifetime of free food on the taxpayers’ dime?
From the Pinon Post:
For Maggie Aragon, a New Mexico woman who’s relied on federal food assistance for more than 30 years, the moment her SNAP balance dropped to zero was life-altering, she says.
“When I heard, ‘Zero dollars,’ my chest went into my throat,” Aragon told KOAT 7 News, describing the fear and panic that set in when she discovered her benefits had been cut off due to the ongoing Democrat-led government shutdown. “It’s detrimental to my life.”
Aragon, who said she also depends on local food banks to survive, is one of tens of thousands of New Mexicans now facing uncertainty as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) runs out of funding. However, it shows the cracks in what is supposed to be a temporary system, letting people live off of SNAP for not just years, but decades. With New Mexico having the highest percentage of SNAP recipients in the nation, the effects of the shutdown are being felt most sharply here, making it a wake-up call…
Revelations of widespread fraud and abuse in the SNAP program have further inflamed the situation. In a stunning admission this week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins called for a complete overhaul of the EBT system following the exposure of massive corruption.
Watch the clip below:
“When I heard, ‘Zero dollars,’ my chest went into my throat.”
New Mexico woman on food stamps for 30 years says SNAP freeze is “detrimental to my life.” pic.twitter.com/VFSn9LJcXM
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 2, 2025
Benefits like food stamps are supposed to be part of social safety net, a temporary fix, not the foundation of a lifestyle.
This type of situation is likely far more common than most people realize.
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