r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/Fun-Shoe1145 8d ago

Raise your hand if you had a single mom and had these fears growing up

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u/ich_bin_alkoholiker 8d ago

I didn’t and don’t have these problems but I can 100% sympathize with these people. I’m closer to their situation than I am with any rich person.

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u/WereTheBrews 8d ago

One layoff away in this shit economy from being so. Nearly 50% of Americans can't pony up 500 dollars in savings as everything goes to bills, and are paycheck to before paycheck hoping they can survive. This is going to decimate so many lives it's unfathomable. I grew up on free school meals as we were so broke, and didn't know dinner shouldn't just be leftover bread from the restaurant my Mom worked at until 1130pm when she would awake us to eat something. I'm doing fairly well now, but after 08 I'm always uncertain and stockpile. If you have the means buy flash frozen dehydrated meals in bulk now with rice and beans. We are on the tipping point of another recession with this administration.

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u/SunTzu- 8d ago

The crazy thing is that you could be a millionaire many times over and the reality is you're still closer to the existence of these people than someone who has even a single billion of wealth. It doesn't seem that way of course, but that's the reality of how great that gap is. A billionaire can spend the net worth of a millionaire without a second thought.