Given that 1/3 of working Americans live on less than $15 an hour, taking away food stamp benefits is cruel. The system is increasingly violent in its willingness to squeeze every penny from those who don’t have and pour endless largess onto those who do.

Mar 18, 2023 · 10:21 PM UTC

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Think how many in the upper 2/3 of this country would welcome the "purge" of the poorest 1/3 of the country. They don't realize that once that happens, there will still be a "poorest segment", and it will be taken from the lower part of that "upper" 2/3.
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Insatiably greedy psychopaths & sociopaths run this country. They don't care if poor people die.
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SNAP is one of the more efficient federal programs. The USA is a cheap food country, and it is not expensive to make sure everyone gets enough to eat. Remember, the rules were temporarily changed 3 years ago with the Lockdowns? Now they snap back and require some effort.
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They simply resort to stealing. Billionaires are crooked in their own ways.
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if you’re making less than $15 an hour, my friend, you are entitled to state and federal welfare assistance . 40% of Americans pay no income tax at all. In fact in Illinois where a full welfare package will get each spouse in a family about 40K in benefits-they pay nothing.
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Tell that to the lady who just bought all her food with food stamps and then loaded it all into her brand new Cadillac.
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According to the USDA, more than 34 million people, including 9 million children, in the United States are food insecure. 10.2 percent (13.5 million) of U.S. households were food insecure at some time during 2021.Oct 17, 2022
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Will you lead and be a voice for those suffering? Will you declare war on poverty, homelessness and hunger? Will you choose people over your party? You claim to be different. Please show us!!
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