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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does the pentagon get trillions of dollars yet citizens can’t get money for food [/quote]

They can get jobs and pay for their own food.  There's nothing wrong with expecting them to provide for themselves, especially on a long-term basis.  People on food stamps for years need to be encouraged to be more self-sufficient.  [/quote]
Ok smartie.  Let's see you put together a budget for a single Mom and a child based on $15 an hour in the DC area.  And before you retort "she needs to get better skills and higher pay", think about how much YOU depend on the floor stockers at Walmart and Target, the fast food preparers at McDonalds and Panera, the grocery employees that stock foodstuffs, the Amazon warehouse workers that load your crap into trucks.  If all of these people actually DID get high paying white collar jobs (which don't exist), most of the services you depend on would crumble.  [/quote]

Correct.  Many who complain about SS/Medicare, SNAP and other government handouts are unaware that this is a tax on labor (to ensure access to cheap labor that's not paid living wages).  To have affordable food and other things many people have to work for very low wages which will not allow them to purchase basics not to mention save anything for retirement.  To have access to this labor pool we pay taxes.

Otherwise, good luck growing and plucking and cooking your own chicken  :lol:   You either take that or deal with the fact that we have to subsidize working poor, so that you can go to a grocery store and buy a freshly cooked rotisserie chicken for under 15 bucks, which is likely a fraction of your hourly pay. [/quote]

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