Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If MAGAs are the majority of SNAP and they voted against it, then it should be cut.
Honestly, this might have to be the thing to do. Blue states will come in to rescue their people. Let the red state MAGAs learn some valuable lessons about the their voting history. Same with their insurance premiums.
The D’s can only try to save people from themselves for so long.
Giving people handouts is not saving people from themselves. We as Democrats should be putting community farms around neighborhoods, planting fruit trees in public parks, bringing back home ec, teaching children in schools how to plant a garden, teaching them how to cook, so the next generation isn’t as dependent on a failing system. Giving them money to buy ultra processed garbage food isn’t saving them from anything.
Why do you assume everyone is living off of ultra processed garbage? Yes, people living on couches or SRO rooms probably are. Hard to make your own organic wheat bread when you only have a microwave and hot plate and work 60 hours on your feet every week. But many people buy whole or minimally processed ingredients to make their meals, or buy ultra processed when it is in fact cheaper on a macro basis (see hot dogs versus steak, for example).
I agree we could do more to teach people how to garden, but not all soils are suitable for growing things, particularly in urban areas that were built up in the asbestos/lead based paint/PCBs everywhere era. It’s quite an upfront investment to build and fill raised planters or containers, and the results are far from guaranteed. Buying greenhouse grown may very well be the more economical choice.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If MAGAs are the majority of SNAP and they voted against it, then it should be cut.
Honestly, this might have to be the thing to do. Blue states will come in to rescue their people. Let the red state MAGAs learn some valuable lessons about the their voting history. Same with their insurance premiums.
The D’s can only try to save people from themselves for so long.
Giving people handouts is not saving people from themselves. We as Democrats should be putting community farms around neighborhoods, planting fruit trees in public parks, bringing back home ec, teaching children in schools how to plant a garden, teaching them how to cook, so the next generation isn’t as dependent on a failing system. Giving them money to buy ultra processed garbage food isn’t saving them from anything.
Why do you assume everyone is living off of ultra processed garbage? Yes, people living on couches or SRO rooms probably are. Hard to make your own organic wheat bread when you only have a microwave and hot plate and work 60 hours on your feet every week. But many people buy whole or minimally processed ingredients to make their meals, or buy ultra processed when it is in fact cheaper on a macro basis (see hot dogs versus steak, for example).
I agree we could do more to teach people how to garden, but not all soils are suitable for growing things, particularly in urban areas that were built up in the asbestos/lead based paint/PCBs everywhere era. It’s quite an upfront investment to build and fill raised planters or containers, and the results are far from guaranteed. Buying greenhouse grown may very well be the more economical choice.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If MAGAs are the majority of SNAP and they voted against it, then it should be cut.
Honestly, this might have to be the thing to do. Blue states will come in to rescue their people. Let the red state MAGAs learn some valuable lessons about the their voting history. Same with their insurance premiums.
The D’s can only try to save people from themselves for so long.
Giving people handouts is not saving people from themselves. We as Democrats should be putting community farms around neighborhoods, planting fruit trees in public parks, bringing back home ec, teaching children in schools how to plant a garden, teaching them how to cook, so the next generation isn’t as dependent on a failing system. Giving them money to buy ultra processed garbage food isn’t saving them from anything.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If MAGAs are the majority of SNAP and they voted against it, then it should be cut.
Honestly, this might have to be the thing to do. Blue states will come in to rescue their people. Let the red state MAGAs learn some valuable lessons about the their voting history. Same with their insurance premiums.
The D’s can only try to save people from themselves for so long.
Giving people handouts is not saving people from themselves. We as Democrats should be putting community farms around neighborhoods, planting fruit trees in public parks, bringing back home ec, teaching children in schools how to plant a garden, teaching them how to cook, so the next generation isn’t as dependent on a failing system. Giving them money to buy ultra processed garbage food isn’t saving them from anything.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If MAGAs are the majority of SNAP and they voted against it, then it should be cut.
Honestly, this might have to be the thing to do. Blue states will come in to rescue their people. Let the red state MAGAs learn some valuable lessons about the their voting history. Same with their insurance premiums.
The D’s can only try to save people from themselves for so long.
Giving people handouts is not saving people from themselves. We as Democrats should be putting community farms around neighborhoods, planting fruit trees in public parks, bringing back home ec, teaching children in schools how to plant a garden, teaching them how to cook, so the next generation isn’t as dependent on a failing system. Giving them money to buy ultra processed garbage food isn’t saving them from anything.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If MAGAs are the majority of SNAP and they voted against it, then it should be cut.
Where do you people get this idea? I think many of you are literally blind to the people that live around you. Don’t you go into corner stores and watch people pay?
This information is available online. Here is Louisiana, Johnson’s state as an example:
Whom Does SNAP Reach?
In federal fiscal year 2024, it helped:
847,100 Louisiana residents, or 18% of the state population (1 in 5)
Ok, so you just assume everyone in Louisiana is MAGA, especially if they are on SNAP? Surely you're smarter than that...
Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t SNAP a primary target of Project 2025?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If MAGAs are the majority of SNAP and they voted against it, then it should be cut.
Honestly, this might have to be the thing to do. Blue states will come in to rescue their people. Let the red state MAGAs learn some valuable lessons about the their voting history. Same with their insurance premiums.
The D’s can only try to save people from themselves for so long.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If MAGAs are the majority of SNAP and they voted against it, then it should be cut.
Where do you people get this idea? I think many of you are literally blind to the people that live around you. Don’t you go into corner stores and watch people pay?
This information is available online. Here is Louisiana, Johnson’s state as an example:
Whom Does SNAP Reach?
In federal fiscal year 2024, it helped:
847,100 Louisiana residents, or 18% of the state population (1 in 5)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If MAGAs are the majority of SNAP and they voted against it, then it should be cut.
Where do you people get this idea? I think many of you are literally blind to the people that live around you. Don’t you go into corner stores and watch people pay?
This information is available online. Here is Louisiana, Johnson’s state as an example:
Whom Does SNAP Reach?
In federal fiscal year 2024, it helped:
847,100 Louisiana residents, or 18% of the state population (1 in 5)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t SNAP a primary target of Project 2025?
Yes and head start… because they’re Christian.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If MAGAs are the majority of SNAP and they voted against it, then it should be cut.
Where do you people get this idea? I think many of you are literally blind to the people that live around you. Don’t you go into corner stores and watch people pay?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They'll have to get a job. Stop mooching.
This. Done with the mooching. Keep it closed for a year, give them plenty of time to job hunt.