Yes they are making rationale choices. Make the junk more expensive, limit what products they can buy. It’s not take their money away and the problem goes away. It will make it worse. |
Don't forget the international trade in black market organs that preys on desperately poor people in poor countries. The safety net in America protects us from far worse horrors than an obesity epidemic. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/human-trafficking-victims-forced-to-sell-their-organs-share-harrowing-stories https://www.unodc.org/unodc/frontpage/2024/June/explainer_-understanding-human-trafficking-for-organ-removal.html https://www.npr.org/2009/07/30/111379908/the-international-organ-trafficking-market |
So typical of MAGA. "What are you doing to help" as they themselves do nothing and heap scorn on people giving to food banks or volunteering their time and so actually know something about the people SNAP actually serves. |
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https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/some-alabama-counties-among-highest-snap-users-in-nation.html
"About 15% of Alabamians will feel the impacts of a pause on Supplemental Nutrition Aid Program benefits if a weekslong government shutdown does not end by Nov. 1. That’s about 754,000 people – many of whom are children, senior citizens and individuals with disabilities. But the need is much more pronounced in some of the state’s rural Black Belt counties, AL.com found, where as many as one in three residents received SNAP benefits in 2024." These are people who live in a region that, due to history and economic shifts, has few job opportunities. When you here billionaires like Elon spout on about AI and robots will lead to the necessity for Universal Basic Income, just remember this. They pitch it as some sort of natural--and at worst, neiutral--evolution of the economy. But in reality, would they actually fund it? Hell no. |
| ^^ hear, not here |
| Sometimes you have to choose between another meal and another tattoo. |
Details on who gets SNAP in Alabama. Nearly 40% are elderly or disabled. 2/3s are families with kids where average benefit is $550 for the month. Household with older adults get $143 a month. Households with non-elderly disabled get average of $249. https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/a-closer-look-at-who-benefits-from-snap-state-by-state-fact-sheets#Alabama How much is 50% of the poverty level: |
Few people are working. About 40% are elderly disable so it's not surprising that a similar percent have household income of 50% of the poverty level: 2025 Poverty Levels (50% of the poverty line) Household of 1: $7,825 Household of 2: $10,575 Household of 3: $13,325 Household of 4: $16,075 |
Yep, this. We’ve gone over and over this. A 10 pound bag of potatoes is $5 at Aldi. Loaded Baked potatoes make a great meal, and you can make a ton of other sides. Or potato soup. These are all things I eat btw. Dry beans and rice are cheap. You can make all kind of meals with that and various fixing. A family pack of chicken thighs is $6 at Aldi. A pork roast is around 12 and makes a ton of meat. |
| How can MAGA call themselves Christians? |
No they feel white rich men are higher on their own personal hierarchy in their mind. It's only right that rich guys get first dibs but then the conservatives had better be next in line. "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." LBJ Notice the constant harping about fake nails and wigs. |
You read, and yet you don't learn. |
Yeah, and writing this was a choice, pathetic PP |
Did this make you feel better about yourself? My guess is you're still miserable. |
It's like talking to a wall. Luckily, if Dear leader gets his way, they'll soon understand how easy it is to fall into poverty, and how difficult it is to get out. They'll also get to see how quickly they tire of potatoes rice and beans, and get to experience scorn for buying a diet coke. |