The administration had said it would distribute partial payments in November, but that the process could take weeks. The Justice Department said it intends to appeal Thursday's order.
SNAP actually did that. There’s an several billion dollar emergency buffer fund that was established for exactly this situation. Trump and his cronies decided to not use it though.
The judge is trying to make sure the plan that was established is followed instead of Trump getting to just choose who benefits from his whims
So they didn’t do it. The buffer is just more money in the same bucket they just hope they don’t have to use, but they have direct control over neither. Emergency powers should probably transfer to an impartial body of possible recipient analysts so funds cannot be used as political fodder.
He’ll say all the money is gone, because he had to bail out a Russian yacht manufacturer, but it created a lot of jobs, and was very profitable. For Russians.
SNAP actually did that. There’s an several billion dollar emergency buffer fund that was established for exactly this situation. Trump and his cronies decided to not use it though.
The judge is trying to make sure the plan that was established is followed instead of Trump getting to just choose who benefits from his whims
So they didn’t do it. The buffer is just more money in the same bucket they just hope they don’t have to use, but they have direct control over neither. Emergency powers should probably transfer to an impartial body of possible recipient analysts so funds cannot be used as political fodder.
He’ll say all the money is gone, because he had to bail out a Russian yacht manufacturer, but it created a lot of jobs, and was very profitable. For Russians.