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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-11-21 15:57, pothead wrote:   
   > On 2025-11-21, Alan  wrote:   
   >> On 2025-11-21 11:00, Collectivists_Always_Fail wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:55:34 -0500, "Joel W. Crump"   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 11/21/25 12:45 PM, Collectivists_Always_Fail wrote:   
   >>>>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:31:27 -0500, "Joel W. Crump"   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 11/21/25 11:13 AM, Governor Swill wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:17:53 -0500, "Joel W. Crump"   
   >>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On 11/19/25 8:00 PM, Governor Swill wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:00:06 -0800, Alan wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> SNAP isn't a subsidy for the poor:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> It's a subsidy that allows corporations to pay   
   >>>>>>>>>> employees less than a living wage.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> SNAP is corporate welfare.  What does it say about   
   >>>>>>>>> free market capitalism that it's workers live in   
   >>>>>>>>> poverty?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> It is ridiculous that wages would be so low, that   
   >>>>>>>> working people would qualify for SNAP.  It tells us a   
   >>>>>>>> lot about what our society values.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Low prices.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Those who could pay more don't want to, and those who   
   >>>>>> can't are left to think they're getting real value out of   
   >>>>>> the cheap prices, when in fact it's screwing them over by   
   >>>>>> perpetuating their poverty.  Basic income would set the   
   >>>>>> minimum standard differently, prices would be higher, but   
   >>>>>> there'd be stability that is so elusive, in the ultra-   
   >>>>>> competitive economy.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Turning citizens into parasites is not a good solution.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In the modern economy, we have a responsibility to provide for   
   >>>> those on the low end.  We're failing that, we have   
   >>>> homelessness, working poor, even people with disabilities not   
   >>>> receiving help, it needs to be addressed comprehensively.   
   >>>   
   >>> I feel no responsibility to take of the parasite dregs. The ones   
   >>> who made their miserable bed can die in it.   
   >>   
   >> Children born into poverty deserve to die?   
   >   
   > Like JD. Vance? Oprah Winfrey? Demi Moore? Jay-Z? Elvis? Jennifer   
   > Lopez? Nikki Minaj? Novak Djokovic? Arnold Schwarzenegger?   
      
   Seriously? Cherry-picking a few success stories?   
      
      
   >   
   > etc. I could go on for pages.   
      
   I'm sure you could.   
      
   It doesn't make it less a fact that there are people who didn't get as   
   lucky.   
      
   >   
   > Nobody deserves to die. Poor, rich or otherwise. You work hard,   
   > learn a work ethic, claw and grasp doing whatever job is needed to   
   > allow you to pursue your dream.   
   >   
   > That is how successful people born poor better themselves.   
      
   And if they aren't as successful, just let them die?   
      
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