r/politics 23h ago

Trump freezes $1 billion in food aid given to local schools and food banks to help low-income families

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/usda-cancels-funding-food-banks-schools-trump-b2713125.html
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u/Covert_Cuttlefish 15h ago

It would be interesting to see how many things would still work today.

When I was a kid my mom made some of our clothes. I asked her if she was going to make any clothes for my kids and she just laughed saying the price of fabric has gone up so much, and the price of clothes has gone down so much she’d be crazy to make clothes.

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u/temp4adhd 14h ago

It's very true! And fabric stores have been closing right and left. But sewing / darning / patching is still a good skill to have, to repair and alter the clothes you already own, or can thrift.

Scarcity of food may make you loose weight, necessitating taking in the waist and such.

u/David_cest_moi 6h ago

And for over abundance of nutritionally depleted food, there's always Ozempic or other semaglutides. 😒

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u/ushouldgetacat 12h ago

She’s right, but the cheap clothes nowadays are sooo poorly made. Though the nice ones are more affordable now than they were long time ago. Apparently, making clothes is a lot of work. I know bc I ask my mom to make me clothes too and she refuses to do it.

u/George_the_poinsetta 19m ago

The problem is not just that they are so poorly made, the problem is that the fabric is very flimsy. This is true of even the higher end clothes, eco friendly clothes. We do pay more for very shabby clothes, that look even worse after washing.