If you are a republican please answer me this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I worked hard as a software developer

I was replaced by an h1b. I saw many coworkers also replaced by h1bs

When will democrat start helping people like me?

When will democrats fight for US workers. ?

Trump hires hundreds of aliens every year. Why do you think he is helping you?

Exactly. Trump is helping himself.

It is funny as well because you are a Republican asking for more regulation so you can be given a job though a DEI program (putting white citizens ahead of minority guest visa holders).

While I am NOT against this, I do think businesses should be given incentives to hire American workers. I am curious why regulations are okay sometimes, but then pointed at by Republicans as being too much government interference and disallowing the market to work and/or resulting in government waste.

Regulations are necessary for governance.

[Anonymous]

I really wish people would separate their feelings from strategy.

Sometimes it seems to help when you feed a person upfront. But when you continue, you create a dependence , an unrealistic lopsided relationship that is not beneficial to anyone.

[Anonymous]

Or we could pay workers a living wage.

[Anonymous]

Op - I guess it just astounds me how many republicans arguments are

- let’s just get rid of Medicaid, SNAP, WIC and any sort of government aid for the poor (but not social security of course)

- no refugees! Screw them!

- immigrants - let’s end the whole system! We don’t need them!

And then claim to be the party of “christianity”. The hypocrisy is astounding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I respect that you support SNAP benefits, and I agree that helping families who are struggling to afford food is important. But supporting the idea behind SNAP doesn’t mean we should ignore the serious problems in how related funding is being managed.
There is corruption and inefficiency behind some of these federal nutrition programs, and pretending everything is working perfectly does a disservice to the very people SNAP is supposed to help. If the system were functioning the way politicians claim, we wouldn’t still see food banks overwhelmed, families waiting in long lines, and working people relying on donated meals just to get through the week.
Supporting SNAP shouldn’t mean automatically defending every layer of bureaucracy surrounding it. It should mean making sure the money actually reaches families — not getting lost in administrative waste, questionable contracts, or programs that sound good on paper but fail in practice. When people talk about these issues, they’re not attacking SNAP itself; they’re calling out a system that needs transparency, accountability, and reform.
If we truly care about fighting hunger, we should be willing to look honestly at where the funding goes, where it’s failing, and who benefits from the inefficiencies. Real support for struggling families means fixing what’s broken — not pretending everything works just because a particular political party says it does.

No, it’s because Rs prefer the role of white savior. They get the credit while also getting to choose who they help and who they don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or we could pay workers a living wage.

This. SNAP is really corporate welfare so they don't have to pay workers a decent wage. It's double corporate welfare for Wal-Mart since many of their workers spend their SNAP benefits there. Raise the minimum wage to $25!!! When will people realize that it is not the poor that are taking the money out of your pocket, it's the rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you actually walk past a starving child and just shrug your shoulders and say well guess you should have worked harder and pulled yourself up from poverty. Sorry not sorry.

From my view point republicans as a whole at this point would actually not hesitate to shoot a person if they got in the way of their “America (white person) first agenda”. Please tell me I am wrong.

As a conservative, who sometimes votes republicans, I'll give you my perspective. I was not happy with Trump on the withholding of SNAP funds. It was cruel and wrong.

So you are correct - Trump was/is on the wrong side of this.

There are so many big and important policy issues we as a country are fighting over. Despite this one being bad for Trump and the Republicans, it does not move the needle on making the Democrats more palatable.

And Dems are sooo unpalatable because of... reality, or right wing distortions, misrepresentations and dishonest talking points?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you actually walk past a starving child and just shrug your shoulders and say well guess you should have worked harder and pulled yourself up from poverty. Sorry not sorry.

From my view point republicans as a whole at this point would actually not hesitate to shoot a person if they got in the way of their “America (white person) first agenda”. Please tell me I am wrong.

You know what's ironic. All the obese Democrats that wanted free subsidized health insurance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you actually walk past a starving child and just shrug your shoulders and say well guess you should have worked harder and pulled yourself up from poverty. Sorry not sorry.

From my view point republicans as a whole at this point would actually not hesitate to shoot a person if they got in the way of their “America (white person) first agenda”. Please tell me I am wrong.

You are very wrong. What you're describing, shooting people who get in the way and ignoring dying children, is like completely insane to me.

Not OP....but I get what is being said. There is so much hate that comes from the MAGA mindset. In the past I would think this is insane but not at this moment in time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked hard as a software developer

I was replaced by an h1b. I saw many coworkers also replaced by h1bs

When will democrat start helping people like me?

When will democrats fight for US workers. ?

Trump says you're not sufficiently talented and talent needs to be imported from India and China, etc.

[Anonymous]

How come no one has answered OP’s question? It’s a simple yes or no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you actually walk past a starving child and just shrug your shoulders and say well guess you should have worked harder and pulled yourself up from poverty. Sorry not sorry.

From my view point republicans as a whole at this point would actually not hesitate to shoot a person if they got in the way of their “America (white person) first agenda”. Please tell me I am wrong.

You are talking to the people who are only in power because their political ancestors secured a promise to protect slavery as the deal maker that got them to join the Union.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After you, OP.

How many dollars have you sent to hungry children?

How many refugees are living in your home?

How many cancer stricken children’s gofundmes have you contributed to?

How many wells have you built in Africa?

How many single moms have you personally assisted?

PS republicans give more $$ to charity than democrats https://finance.yahoo.com/news/more-generous-liberals-conservatives-081500677.html

NP. Republicans govern their churches and cathedrals to build monuments and images to go sit in one day a week as they create harm, havoc, and destruction the other six days of the week. Now to answer your questions as to my going on my meager salary. PS. I’m not one of your typical $200k plus salaried employee.

1. I have contributed thousands of dollars to save the children, capital area food bank, dc kitchen, and central mission over the years.

2. Do you consider adopting an older orphaned child from a developing country a refugee. How about taking in the mother and her two small children into your home after they became homeless after escaping an abusive husband. Or, this woman and her children are Americans, so I’m not sure they fit in your scenario as refugees.

3. None. I donate directly to St Jude.

4. I donate to Water Aid. They build wells and provide clean water all across the world.

Btw, I highly recommend all the organizations I’ve mentioned in my post. Now how about you PP, what have you done t alleviate a little bit of suffering in the world?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you actually walk past a starving child and just shrug your shoulders and say well guess you should have worked harder and pulled yourself up from poverty. Sorry not sorry.

From my view point republicans as a whole at this point would actually not hesitate to shoot a person if they got in the way of their “America (white person) first agenda”. Please tell me I am wrong.

Yep, most do.

There is a TikToker who calls churches pretending to be a single mom with a 2 month old baby who hasn’t eaten in a day because she can’t afford formula. She asks the churches for formula - not money, says she’ll come over and get it - and almost every single church she’s called has said “we don’t do that sorry not sorry”. A mosque and a Buddhist temple both gave her formula.

Even more disgusting, one of the pastors of these churches justified this with “Islam requires mosques to help the poor but Christianity doesn’t”. Another pastor of an megachurch appeared to apologize wearing a $600 shirt.

It’s disgusting.

Helping the poor is one of Christ's core commands in the Gospels. Any pastor who says they do not have a duty to help the poor is a fraud.

And water is wet. Most of them are charlatans.

[Anonymous]

Nobody is actually starving in the U.S. Some people exist on gov't support because they are actually incapable of supporting themselves due to involuntary physical or mental disability, but many, if not most, can or could support themselves if they chose to. The former merit pubic support as a moral imperative. The latter, not so much.