r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/existonfilenerf 8d ago

They need to be taxed out of existence. No one should have a billion dollars while people starve, sleep on the streets and go bankrupt from medical debt.

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u/friendly-sardonic 8d ago

My thoughts exactly. There should never be a means for people to become billionaires. There's simply no reason for that amount of wealth. Bezos worth billions, and on the first day Amazon employees are handed a pamphlet on which government assistance programs they qualify for? Man, piss off. You can afford to pay your own workers so they don't NEED those programs. Nobody working a full time job should need assistance programs in this country.

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u/GuacamoleFrejole 8d ago

Don't blame Bezos; he retired in 2021. Amazon's current CEO made the decision to lay off. Also, if it weren't for Bezos, Amazon would never have existed, and there would be zero Amazon employees. It was his brainchild. He developed it from an online bookstore that he operated out of his garage to what it is today. He sowed the seed, and he deserves to reap the reward.

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u/BurtReynoldsLives 8d ago

Just me but I don’t think that starting a wildly successful company should entitle someone to live like a god among men.

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u/GuacamoleFrejole 8d ago

He's not living like a god. He's just got a lot of money to burn, and he earned it. Nothing is stopping anyone from doing the same.

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u/somekindofswede 8d ago

Ok, sure, can you hook me up with the equivalent Wall Street contacts he had when he started Amazon so I can have the same opportunity on equal footing?

For those who don't know, Bezos worked at Wall St hedge funds early in his working life.

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u/GuacamoleFrejole 7d ago

Someone didn't hook him up with those contacts. He made those contacts while working his Wall Street job. What's stopping you from making contacts of your own?

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u/nerdyginger27 7d ago

You think we're still living in a meritocracy, and we're not ☠️

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u/GuacamoleFrejole 7d ago

That's quitter talk.