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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Nov 26, 2025 at 3:05:08 PM MST, "chrisv" wrote   
   <7vteikpn79kaqnko3rm219jsj7qptsdqs0@4ax.com>:   
      
   > chine.bleu wrote:   
   >   
   >> Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> There's something *wrong* when a working person doesn't make enough to   
   >>> not need SNAP benefits,   
   >   
   > Says you.   
      
   Says common sense. If you work for a living... EARN a living... you should be   
   getting the money to live.   
   >   
   >>> that's not a functional society.   
   >   
   > Yes it is.   
      
   You have no issue with the ultra-rich getting more and more of your money?   
   >   
   >>> It's why many states have far higher minimum wages than the federal   
   minimum.   
   >   
   > But even in those states, minimum wage isn't enough.   
      
   True.   
   >   
   >> A business that cannot pay its expenses is a failed business that should   
   >> close.   
   >   
   > Even if the failure to pay its expenses is due to the government   
   > (Democrats) constantly piling-on more regulations, taxes, and costs?   
      
   Both parties have regulations. And no doubt there are dumb ones... but   
   regulations at their best protect workers, the consumer, and the environment.   
   These are good things. They matter, too.   
      
   > For example, the "family leave" laws that have been sweeping through   
   > the blue states?   
      
   That exist in countries where there is a stronger middle class.   
      
   It really is absurd: MAGA wants to have government money fund the rich but not   
   the poor. But funding the rich gives you about a 70% return. Helping the poor   
   gives about a 150% return. Simple investment concepts.   
      
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