Millions could lose food assistance if shutdown drags on

Trump has a habit of attacking people. That's a sure way to lose support.

In my state, middle and upper middle-class Trump supporters in the suburbs supported and voted for Trump until he attacked them with his tax policy that raised their taxes. I saw those areas turn blue and I'm still laughing my head off at their stupidity.

Trump's shutdown has attacked Federal workers, government contractors, farmers, etc. I'll guarantee you that they'll remember it in 2020.

SNAP isn't considered welfare by the government. Food stamps is an obsolete term, but I don't care and use it anyway. The newer terms are SNAP, WIC, etc.

I know quite a few people who are severely disabled, on SSI and receiving food stamps which is how I knew you were wrong. I also know someone who became disabled and could no longer work, receives SSD, Section 8 and food stamps. The disabled people I know didn't start out that way. You shouldn't be so arrogant because you don't know what the future holds for you and life often teaches a hard lesson. A disability is an accident or serious illness away and can happen to anyone.

There are many elderly who are living only on social security so they're poor and qualify for food stamps.
https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/snap-special-rules-elderly-or-disabled

You don't apply for food stamps on a social security website! You apply for it on your state's food stamps website. Each state has different criteria. In my state, you qualify if your salary is very low. You automatically get it if you have SSI. The government doesn't want people ending up in the hospital with serious illnesses from malnutrition which cost more to treat so they encourage people to apply and try to remove the stigma.

"And even if my earnings were low, I would not accept freebies just because I can avail myself to it. (something very common with people)."

Did you complain when the Republicans and Trump gave the super rich a huge tax cut?

Yeah, many people live off of welfare knowing it's only supposed to be temporary. As someone who worked in the financial industry for the past decade, I cant tell you the alarming amount of people who forcefully spend their $$ to stay qualified for government assistance. The democrats promote and reward the welfare state instead of encouraging independence. They want to keep the poor in poverty for votes. Sickening...

I don't think anyone is saying it NEVER happens. But it's not the plague on humanity the OP makes it out to be. I'm honestly not sure which is the bigger problem, the situation you describe or the multi millionaires who manipulate the system so that they pay little or no taxes on what they earn or accrue during a fiscal year.

I guess I fail to see how I attacked you, but regardless, I completely agree with overspending being a problem and one thing Trump has really failed on is draining the swamp. I disagree about the issue of food. We are one of the most giving countries regarding opportunities,either private or public funded programs, in terms of providing food to the needy. It's impossible to make everyone take advantage of these programs, or reach everyone in very rural areas. I actually stopped volunteering at a soup kitchen that my uncle runs, because I was disgusted by the abuse by so many people who don't need it, or put non essential priorities in place of food, and then come with their hands out. It's not the kids fault usually, but parents need to put in the effort to take advantage of programs, and often they are too messed up on meth or booze to even get to the store to use their food stamps (yes, I know it's not literally stamps anymore)...if they didn't already trade them for a lower cash value. I think the idea of a utopian society where nobody is hungry would be great, but until every parent out there stops being scumbags, there will always be hungry kids.