What Do You Tell God When You Let His Children Starve?
A Food Stamp Kid's Reckoning
They voted for him twice. Believed the promises. Trusted that a businessman would understand what it means to work hard and still come up short. Now Sarah and Mike sit at their kitchen table in Pennsylvania, staring at an empty pantry and two hungry kids. Their three-year-old doesnât understand why thereâs no milk. Their six-year-old has stopped asking for snacks. The SNAP benefits that kept them afloat? Gone. Not because they did anything wrong. Not because theyâre lazy. Because a billionaire playing government shutdown chicken decided their children make good bargaining chips. Mike works fifty hours a week at a warehouse. Sarah cleans houses. Together they make just enough to not qualify for much, but not enough to actually live. The food stamps bridged that gap. Past tense. They thought they were voting for someone whoâd fight for families like theirs.
They were wrong.
