A video showing a woman complaining about her lack of food aid benefits is going viral because she admitted that she's been on the dole for 30 years.

Maggie Aragon of New Mexico was interviewed on a KOAT-TV news story intending to drum up sympathy for the tens of millions of Americans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The program was facing suspension over the ongoing government shutdown.

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"The first thing I did was grab my phone and call, and when I heard 'zero dollars,' my chest went into my throat!" Aragon said to KOAT. "I have depended on those benefits since the 1990s, and it's detrimental to my life if I don't get them."

She told the outlet that she of

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