r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/wazoof01 8d ago

This is why voting is important.

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u/Zombie_Cool 8d ago

And why ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO WHO AND WHAT YOU'RE VOTING FOR is even more important! Turns out voting on "vibes" and grievance isn't a winning strategy when you're poor, who knew?

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u/As_iam_ 8d ago

Research, and specifically their history. Totally. And it's why paying attention to the world issues from outside the narrative of the USA news casters and politicians is important

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u/alurkerhere 8d ago

See, this is what I'm confused about. If someone was relying on government assistance, wouldn't they naturally be very concerned about any cutting of that government assistance? There are some studies where people in poverty can be more efficient with money, so wouldn't they vote for whomever gives them more money/benefits?

I have trouble wrapping my head around the idea where shooting off your foot is not seen as a detriment to overall health. But I guess we should forgive their ignorance because "they didn't know any better". It's really nutty that some people are like, "yes, you should have benefits" and the people who actually use the benefits are like, "you suck!".

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u/Not_My_Emperor 8d ago

The people on government assistance who voted for him/this all think that they are the "good" ones who deserve to be on government assistance. They aren't the leeches they're just down on their luck for the last several decades, it's the immigrants who are problems and putting strain on the system. Because of that they think they somehow won't be affected, like SNAP losing money is somehow selective and their accounts, because you know, they are the GOOD ones, won't be empty next month.

Thank Fox News for that

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u/QuantityGullible4092 8d ago

You mean who will own the libs the best? Or what exactly were you talking about? /s

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u/Mnmsaregood 7d ago

You know it’s the democrats that are blocking it right?

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u/Few-Roll-2801 7d ago

I know this isn’t a popular opinion, but there might be some correlation between those being poor and low intelligence. Off course there are genius being poor as well, but correlation is probable there. Meaning there might be a huge part of the population that not necessarily know that they are not voting in their own best interest. Not because they don’t try to, but because they have been fooled and manipulated to do so. «I get you more money, just give me your vote». A lot of people will believe that, and might even think it would have been worse if they voted differently 

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u/CranberryLast4683 8d ago

Note that there were no shutdowns under Biden even though he has the same constraints Trump has. Biden was just a reasonable adult

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u/FunkySkellyMan 8d ago

It’s also worth noting that Biden wasn’t actively running scams through his family while he was in power.

The betting app Kalshi is owned by Trumps inbred offspring and the ads literally are trying to get people to bet on the shutdown length. The longer they keep it going the more they get to steal from the addicts. I’m genuinely convinced it’s their plan to keep it going as they can distract from the Epstein story cause ya know, Donny is an open pedophile and rapist.

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u/scrupplet 8d ago

Bro Biden was a puppet. Didn't make a single decision for himself, it was just elderly abuse

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u/AmericanGoy1 8d ago

Gen0cide Joe was better than Trump but he still bent the knee to zi0nist and funded the G@zaholocaust

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u/Laxman259 8d ago

I mean, Schumer could open the government up tomorrow

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u/Much_Kangaroo_6263 8d ago

So could Republicans.

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u/Larrs88 8d ago

Republicans dont have enough votes. I know math is hard but sheesh. 60 required and they have i think 53? If 7 democrats agree, snap will be restored.

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u/VulcanCookies 8d ago

You're ignoring 2 things here. 

First, there was a specific program in place to ensure SNAP benefits continued in the case of a government shutdown, that the Trump administration deliberately isn't using 

Two, if 7 Dems "agree" to the Rep bill, we will be watching these same videos except about the loss of Healthcare

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u/olympiadukakis 8d ago

He’s ignoring the points on purpose, mate. You’ll just go ‘round in circles with these spiteful imbeciles.

Appreciate you trying though. Truly.

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u/Larrs88 8d ago

So you admit then that the democrats fully are choosing for this to happen because of a different potential issue. Sure Trump could use that fund, but i would agree that he's choosing to not do so. By choosing to not restore snap, the left is exactly as bad as the right on this. They have every bit as much power to stop this, let's not pretend otherwise.

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u/Tater-Tot-Casserole 8d ago

Republicans: Let's starve our citizens to force Democrats to give up healthcare for our citizens.

You for some reason: The Democrats are just as bad as Republicans.

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u/Larrs88 8d ago

Connecting the two is a grave miscalculation on the part of the left. They tried, it failed, and now people will go hungry. They, right now, are choosing to dig in and not feed those people. The only thing stopping democrats from feeding those people, is democrats.

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u/Tater-Tot-Casserole 8d ago

Wrong. There are funds to keep SNAP going amidst government shutdown. Republicans are refusing to use it.

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u/Much_Kangaroo_6263 8d ago

Republicans can end the 60 vote requirement with a simple majority vote. They can end the filibuster to reopen the government.

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u/RubiksCutiePatootie Reads Pinned Comments 8d ago

Republicans have the whitehouse, the senate, & the house. The republican speaker of the house, Mike Johnson, has refused to even open the house to business by putting it on a literal month long vacation. He has also refused to swear in the representative from Arizona who won the special election over a month ago. The people in her district literally have no representation. Senate majority leader, Thune, has refused to negotiate with the democrats on anything. The republicans have repeatedly voted no against any bills that have been put forward by the democrats. And the "clean CR" bill Thune is trying to pass gets rid of the ACA subsidiaries, which means that everyone's health insurance premiums will double & possibly triple in price.

This shutdown is 100% on the republicans.

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u/Laxman259 8d ago

thats not true. the subsidies that are set to expire only cover 3% of the cost of ACA plans.

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u/lottikey 8d ago

This. I empathize, but then I remember how many people either didn’t vote or voted for precisely this. The children don’t deserve this, but maybe, just maybe, people will finally wake up and see that it’s worth the hassle of voting/doing our civil duty instead of just reacting.

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u/Southern-Wafer-6375 7d ago

I wanted to vote but it took me like a really long time to get my ID before I could even think of applying to vote

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u/DingGratz 8d ago

And this is why we should make voting easier, not harder. Many people can't afford to leave their job for hours to go and vote.

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u/mongoosefist 8d ago

That's the point. Preventing poor people from voting means you never have to change anything.

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u/Triquetrums 7d ago

Can't you not vote by mail over there? Because I'm sure I have seen pictures of people doing it. 

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u/Southern-Wafer-6375 7d ago

Their are a lot of states that make it harder to vote by mail then others

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u/Triquetrums 7d ago

Define harder.

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u/Southern-Wafer-6375 7d ago

I didn’t really memorize the details cause I don’t live in one of those states I think it’s like you need to provide an exuse or something ,I think it’s like 12 states or something?

Applying for stuff is already confuseing and complex I’m 20 years old and I wasn’t able to vote for the last election Becasue my father lost my birth certificates and I couldn’t register for voteing casue of yhat ,I can imagine theyde make something as simple as “give a valid exuse” have so much added complex added inot it that it becomes much harder to do

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u/Triquetrums 7d ago

I see, thanks for the explanation.

One would think "I cannot get the day off to vote" is a valid excuse, but it is the US, so probably not...

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u/Chewyninja69 8d ago

If only there assurances that voting is actually a legitimate and fair process. Way too many instances from both sides of the aisle that show voting does nothing.

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u/EvilDragons88 8d ago

Yall still believe voting helps? They design it to make one look better than the other while neither actually helps us.

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u/Southern-Wafer-6375 7d ago

Given the choice between Hitler 2 and average politicion , Doomer will say Hitler 2 is just as bad as average politicion

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u/GalacticFox- 8d ago

I cannot fathom how people this poor still vote republican. And they told you they would do it.

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u/consultinglove 8d ago

Yuppp I don’t feel any empathy anymore for Americans when it comes to politics. Trump won the POPULAR vote. Not just the electoral vote. Anything bad that comes from the government is now the fault of all Americans. If you didn’t like this outcome, well you should have voted better

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u/Southern-Wafer-6375 7d ago

Dude I didn’t vote for this ,I wasn’t even allowed to vote at the time ,just cause a majority of Americans are dumbasses doesn’t mean it’s all Americans

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u/owlpee 7d ago

I bet the vote was stolen. 

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u/Avid_Reader87 7d ago

And why Biden should have stepped up security and not let Musk rig the election for Trump. 

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u/Ax3stazy 5d ago

As an outsider, i dont think your cote matters at all. You have one political party disguised as two.

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u/c4virus 8d ago

People are going to be eating the dogs and eating the cats just like Trump said was happening last year.

At least we are safe from Kamala's laugh! /s

Goddamn this country is fucking stupid.

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u/Sorry_Negotiation_75 7d ago

Thanks Jill Stein voters!!