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The Brett Cooper Show

Who Needs Food Stamps When You Can Just Steal Food? | Episode 85

The Brett Cooper Show

Brett Cooper

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

If the government shutdown continues, SNAP benefits will be cut off—and the viral reactions online prove just how insane America’s entitlement culture has become. By joining Cooper Confidential you are directly supporting me and my team. You’ll get ad-free episodes, exclusive ‘Dear Brett” videos, and a private newsletter  Sign up now: https://cooperconfidential.supercast.com/ Get your tour tickets: https://www.brettcooper.com/ Cozy Earth: Visit https://www.CozyEarth.com/BRETT & Use code BRETT for up to 40% off Paleo Valley: Visit https://paleovalley.com and use code BRETT at checkout to get 15% off your first order Good Ranchers: Go to https://GoodRanchers.com/BRETT & get $40 OFF + Free Meat for LIFE! #BrettCooper #TheBrettCooperShow #BrettCooperShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

So you might have heard, but the government is currently shut down, and if that continues through the weekend,

0:05.0

then SNAP benefits are going to be cut off, and that has caused an uproar online.

0:10.0

And with the types of videos going viral, I think we see exactly why the welfare system needs to be completely overhauled,

0:16.0

because the entitlement in these videos, guys, is certifiably insane.

0:29.6

All right, so on November 1st, if the government does not reopen after this month-long shutdown, millions of American SNAP benefits will be shut down.

0:32.6

And why you might ask, well, because there is no money.

0:35.6

It has been blood dry.

0:36.6

The new spending bill has not been passed.

0:38.9

There is now no money for SNAP. And Republicans have a new spending bill that they want to pass.

0:43.4

Democrats want even more money and more programs crammed into that bill. So they voted to shut down the government in protest.

0:50.3

And that has been going on for 29 days as of the time that I'm filming this episode.

0:55.6

And of course, everyone is blaming the big bad orange man for this, even though, again,

0:59.8

it is the Democrat representatives voting against the reopening of the government time and time again.

1:04.6

And they are saying that Trump is this monster for not caving to the demands and the needs of the American people.

1:10.3

Meanwhile, the Americans on food stamps are posting videos of themselves stealing,

1:15.1

making lobster tail dinners, and exposing how they exploit the system for their own gain.

1:20.9

So let's just dive on it.

1:22.1

I want to give you some context just to begin with in case you don't know much about the program,

1:26.1

but as with most government

1:28.2

programs, SNAP was created with the best of intentions. It was to help people survive during

1:33.3

the Great Depression and to help distribute food that farmers were growing but could not sell. This

1:37.3

started in the late 1930s. And in the 90s then, this system, this food stamp system was later

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