I'm not some real estate mogul. I'm a plumber, and my one "investment" is the small house I rent out next door. My tenants are a young couple with a kid; the husband works construction gigs. They've never been late on rent. Their system is simple: SNAP card for food, cash for rent. On November 3rd, the wife sent me a panicked text. The SNAP benefits didn't arrive. They had to use their entire cash reserve at the grocery store. She wrote, "Can I be two weeks late on rent? I swear, as soon as my husband gets paid..." I looked at my own bank account. The mortgage payment for that rental property is due on the 10th. I rely on their rent check to pay my mortgage. What do I do? Evict them? They'll be homeless. If I say yes, the bank isn't going to let me be two weeks late. People think SNAP is just about food. It's not. It's about whether people can pay their other bills. And now, because of politicians in D.C., my tenants can't feed their kid, and I might lose my property. #SNAPInterrupted