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Pretty sure 42 hours a week is full time. You insinuated there was some huge discrepancy in hours worked for poor people. You cited a source showing that isn't true, and still doubled down. Why do you hate poor people?[/quote]

You seem stuck on stupid.  The working poor putting in 42 or more hours a week, or working 2 and 3 jobs typically DO NOT have full time jobs.  Their employers hire them part time, 32 hours or less, so they can screw them out of benefits.  Those employees then have to go out and get a second job.  Your first mistake was assuming "full time" which implies benefits and everything else.

Your ignorance, arrogance and privilege is showing.  For me it was a lived experience.  For several years I worked days painting houses and staining decks, nights as a gas station attendant, and weekends and holidays working at a restaurant.  It was literally nothing but work and sleep, until I could save enough to escape that life.

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Same. Suddenly single mother, hungry teen. I worked one 50 hour a week childcare gig, no OT, weekends cleaning houses, cooking, or more childcare. I did cook, I had to, and so did the teenager. Lots of time at the food bank, but no SNAP because I was just above the threshold with the main job. One day off a month, 70 hour weeks, physical labor at an older age. Sick all the time.

If my hourly had been just a few dollars less, I would have had SNAP and been grateful, believe me. And when the food bank had a treat or ready made food, we were so grateful. Until you've worked like this, desperate to stay housed, you've no clue what you are talking about.

Also, cooking is a skill, and who is teaching it? I was lucky - i know what to do with a chicken, a handful of vegetables and a few cups of rice. I also had a kitchen, something many people don't even have.

Attacking people over the semantics of what and how they eat when they are in base survival mode is despicable. [/quote]

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