An analysis published Wednesday by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities found that millions of low-income Americans have stopped participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ever since President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law last year.
According to CBPP’s analysis, SNAP participation declined by 6% between July 2025 and December 2025, with 2.5 million fewer Americans receiving benefits.
That’s not even being debated, it’s just like a religious mantra, all rules are bad because they limit freedom is the general sentiment.
Americans prefer the freedom to carry arms, instead of the freedom from being in danger of being shot at almost any time almost anywhere.
In Europe where laws are more based on making a good life for the general public, there is much more freedom for everybody. Freedom of expression, freedom for a woman to walk alone at night in the city, freedom for a child to walk to school. Freedom to seek treatment for disease without being bankrupted. Freedom to start a union protected by law at your workplace.
It’s not about for whom, it’s about the kinds of freedoms that exist that are actually valuable. In USA they prefer more freedom from taxes for the 1%, instead of getting healthcare for all.
It’s just so completely different mindsets, where in USA freedom is based on selfishness everyone for themselves, where in Europe it is more about freedom for everybody to live a good life even if you get sick or get fired.