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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's SO weird to me that people in poverty are expected to hold themselves to a high standard when it comes to food choices, but nobody freaks out when rich people to eat the Takis and Mountain Dew.

America has this weird belief that people in poverty, single moms, BIPOC are all supposed to hold themselves to a higher standard than the average middle class white dude. [/quote]

Do my tax dollars directly — directly— pay for Tim’s stent placement when he has an occluded artery due to Takis and chik-fil-a, if Tim’s HHI is $300k and he has BCBS through his job at a trade association?

No, no they don’t.

My insurance premiums, possibly, but in that case at least Tim is paying his own co-pay and premiums, along with his employer.

Poor Doris with the clogged arteries happily accepts 100% medicaid subsidy for her stent.

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Well, if you hate the decisions the poors make so much guide your votes to allow them assistance that is actually designed to help them. Vote for zoning that requires the provisions that eliminate food deserts. Vote for rent controls. Vote for minimum wages that are actually living wages. Support business that give living wages, and things like benefits and  to even part time employees. Support birth control access for all. Vote for mental health support.

Oh and maybe understand that Doris is 90 with dementia and no family support. She used to know the neighborhood, but now needs to take two buses to the grocery store and it’s exhausting and confusing for her. Every cent she has goes back into the economy. Tim is saving for a rainy day that will never come just so he can brag about his bank account, uses more fossil
Fuels than are needed, gouges the environment and is raising ignorant kids that are just like him. [/quote]

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