Reminds me I saw sign on the counter at a Casey's gas station last night talking about how food stamps being able to buy soda and candy starting next year has some restrictions and who to contact to figure those out. I grew up on foodstamps and (luckily) no longer am on them.
But my heart aches for the families who still need them are getting simple joys taken from them. I cannot imagine how people can support the government punching down and sleep well at night.
They think they'll eventually be the people punching down. They're incredibly stupid, but that's why they're okay with hurting those around them. They don't see anything further than their eyes, so they're fine with others doing worse. Once it affects them, they might care, but either way, it's too late.
That's certainly one plausible explanation, I just have a hard time making the connection between being indifferent because it doesn't effect you vs actively cheerleading for it to be done to someone else.
It's not that complicated, Protestantism says if you're wealthy then you've been blessed by God and if you're poor, that means God doesn't love you. So giving money to the wealthy is considered good while helping the poor is seen as bad.
The people that vote for MAGA do not care about others. If they did, they wouldn’t have voted for the racist pedophile, Donald Trump. He has made his life out of screwing people over, and they think he’s “their guy”. He literally is the swamp they all wanted drained. Absolutely disgusting group.
These people don't understand the demographic that they are arguing with.
They don't care about billionaires wasting their money.
They are concerned about the government "stealing" their money and giving it to poor people. They don't care about the billionaires who actually stole their money.. because they see that as legitimate commerce. And they hope that one day they will experience even a fraction of it. So they have to believe in it.
I really don’t find it offensive that they use their stamps to buy a treat. Of course there are people abusing the system but how many starving mothers are you okay with to stop that? I don’t think it’s a big deal
Reminds me I saw sign on the counter at a Casey's gas station last night talking about how food stamps being able to buy soda and candy starting next year has some restrictions and who to contact to figure those out. I grew up on foodstamps and (luckily) no longer am on them.
But my heart aches for the families who still need them are getting simple joys taken from them. I cannot imagine how people can support the government punching down and sleep well at night.
They think they'll eventually be the people punching down. They're incredibly stupid, but that's why they're okay with hurting those around them. They don't see anything further than their eyes, so they're fine with others doing worse. Once it affects them, they might care, but either way, it's too late.
That's certainly one plausible explanation, I just have a hard time making the connection between being indifferent because it doesn't effect you vs actively cheerleading for it to be done to someone else.
That's called empathy. That's a word they don't know, nor have ever felt.
It's not that complicated, Protestantism says if you're wealthy then you've been blessed by God and if you're poor, that means God doesn't love you. So giving money to the wealthy is considered good while helping the poor is seen as bad.
What a wild way to view the world you describe. Thank you for this.
The people that vote for MAGA do not care about others. If they did, they wouldn’t have voted for the racist pedophile, Donald Trump. He has made his life out of screwing people over, and they think he’s “their guy”. He literally is the swamp they all wanted drained. Absolutely disgusting group.
Hey to be fair, no one needs soda. That said, I am not against people being able to feed their families.
To be fair, Gunther is batting a thousand on fucking stupid takes. But he's Russian Propangada so don' take him too serious.
Like the below pic with basically everything having to do with criticizing the wealthy.
https://preview.redd.it/k1lvs5q0pu8g1.jpeg?width=932&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=063723fef84d7ce6b5e21536188d41d3edd590fc
Wild how poverty gets micromanaged while wealth gets subsidized
Eventually they'll just complain that food stamps shouldn't be used to buy food.
That's like when right wingers say that when left wingers try to make responsible gun laws, that it actually means "tHEyRe cOMinG FOr OuR GUnssss"
Considering they are actively against programs like this I’m gonna go ahead and say it’s not like that at all
Is it just me or the most disturbing thing is this guy only thinking soda is 1 dollar when its like 2.75 now.
reminder: you still can't buy toilet paper, soap, toothpaste, shampoo, or detergent with food stamps.
Same people that flip out whenever California bans a junk food for containing known carcinogens from stores or even just schools, right?
Why cant we agree with both?
These people don't understand the demographic that they are arguing with.
They don't care about billionaires wasting their money.
They are concerned about the government "stealing" their money and giving it to poor people. They don't care about the billionaires who actually stole their money.. because they see that as legitimate commerce. And they hope that one day they will experience even a fraction of it. So they have to believe in it.
Nah, I think it’s just racism and greed.
Not a loss. Soda is a disease.
Where you finding $1.00 soda??
It’s because they lack critical thinking skills. They can wrapped their heads around yachts and jets. However, they are very familiar a can of soda.
But they worked hard for that loophole
Don’t a lot of places sell soda cheaper than water?
This
Gonna get downvoted for this, but this is textbook whataboutism. obesity is a massive issue in the US and we shouldn't be subsidizing it
They're both wrong! Why do we have to just pick one...
I really don’t find it offensive that they use their stamps to buy a treat. Of course there are people abusing the system but how many starving mothers are you okay with to stop that? I don’t think it’s a big deal