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Im going to go out on a limb and say that if 42 million people are on SNAP, maybe the economy isn't so great...
Most of the people I talked to about it when I visited my in-laws in Michigan a week ago were saying that they thought people on SNAP were people that couldn't be bothered to work... So not everyone has gotten the message yet. Tbf their county is definitely a very red one but it still amazed me how sheltered they were from things. I somehow know more about US politics as a Dutchie then they do. They had no idea that most SNAP recipients are people working minimum wage jobs that can't get by otherwise due to minimum wage being so little.
Hell, they didn't even know what the no kings protest was about...
Most people don't understand that Walmart is a huge contributor of this and that most places, especially fast food places, will only allow their employees to work so many hours so they don't have to give benefits.
I have a friend who is all about Trump. I will continue to try and convince him that there are better people out there. Another friend posted a Tshirt he was going to get him for Christmas. It was a DT shirt, basically making fun of him. My maga friend replied with a commie mamdami shirt. I'm just like is that supposed to be an insult? Do you not want affordable housing and living wage? Do you want to keep working 2 jobs?
I think there are a lot of people out there like him that play into the media. They blame the poor and immigrants instead of the rich. They see far left or a person with any other view as their own as far left and a liberal fascist commie. They are pissed at the previous democratic administration (which I don't blame them), but if you ask me Biden is just a Republican anyway. Go back 30 or 50 years and he would be a Republican. They want the same things, but see the left "far" left as commies and the previous administrations did nothing to help their situation.
I say all this to say, that yes, people are poorly educated and are shooting themselves in the foot because of what the media has told them to believe. This includes the propaganda found on Facebook, tik too, need sites, and other social media outlets. It's a frustrating time right now
It's also interesting when they say "I don't watch the news or keep up with politics, it all doesn't matter anyway" only to then complain when it does start to matter for them. I haven't heard them about the whole healthcare price increases shenanigans yet but I'm sure it'll hit them sometime soon. I agree that the news can be depressing at times but overall it's better to be occassionally depressed on up-to-date on things then to be ignorant. I saw a video that perfectly illustrated this the other day, this one about Bernie Sanders visiting Virginia. So many people there were saying "Now that I'm actually listening to him he's a really nice and sensible guy". Drives me insane.
-Lyndon B. Johnson
This shit has to fucking stop.
Oh, so he's a Republican from 5 decades ago? I thought he was a Republican right now.
Years ago I read Hunter Thompson's book, "Hell's Angels." I was a teenager who wanted to read about biker gangs, but there was one passage that stuck with me.
Back when the book was written [circa 1970] an Angel could get a job as a Union stevedore and earn enough in six months to drop out and live on the road for two years. If his girl friend got a part time waitress job she could support them both.
You used to be able to buy a house with a minimum wage job.
A successful professional in 2025 is living as well as his grandfather the garbage man.
No one's on SNAP, now. See? economy fixed!
That's 42 million (roughly 10% of the population) on it right now. The percentage of Americans who will use it at some point in their life is closer to 50%.