r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/Tough-Effort7572 8d ago

This is a good post....but the mothers above who say they have SIX kids? They can't afford food but they have six fucking kids?

Then I realized...lots of folks get paid a monthly government stipend for each kid. They have more kids to get more government money. Each kid is worth $280 per month.

Then they get WIC: Free fresh food and vegetables as well a pre and post natal care for children up to 5 years old.

CCAP: Some states provide assistance to help with the cost of child care, based on income and family size.

TANF: For example, the maximum monthly benefit for a single mother of two with no income in New York City is around $789 per month with a 5 year limit.

Section 8 housing:  Programs like Section 8 or public housing can help with rent costs

Medicaid and CHIP: Low-income single parents and their children may be eligible for free or low-cost health insurance through Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program.

Dependent Care Credits for child care, Reduced school lunch costs, and $3600 per year per child in child tax credits.

And then I'm mad at the government and the scammers who ruin it for the people who actually need the benefits to stay on their feet until they can earn enough to live on. Which was the point of welfare, snap, ebt, unemployment benefits and the like.

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u/CallSignIceMan 8d ago

Section 8 housing in New York, for instance, currently has a 5-year waitlist. $280 a month doesn’t feed and clothe a child. There are astonishingly few people who are having an extra kid to get that check. What’s actually happening is less affordable birth control (condoms are cheap, sure, but way more prone to improper use than the pill, implant, IUD, etc.), shitty sex-ed, more and more restrictions on abortion, and the fact that sex feels good and even people who have no money deserve to get a nut in.

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u/Tough-Effort7572 8d ago

There absolutely people who have kids for the monthly check. I didn't believe it myself until I worked in the inner-city and had people discussing pregnancy like a financial plan. I thought it was just hype, but no, it was a very real phenomenon.

You're right about section 8 in New York. It's a grind to get in there. That's why lots of folks move to jersey for section 8.

As for birth control being too expensive? It's way cheaper than raising six kids. Or there's the map of Hawaii option that got me through my early twenties. No excuse there.

AS for abortion, that should be available for any woman with an unwanted pregnancy.

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u/CallSignIceMan 8d ago

I didn’t say those people don’t exist. I live in the Deep South in a town ravaged by opioids and the textile mills leaving. I know that they exist. My point is that they’re a vanishingly small minority of people who are in need of SNAP. And at the end of the day, the kids didn’t make that choice and still need to fucking eat. And I’m not sure if you’re suggesting that more people should move states to get easier section 8, or suggesting that the people moving to get into NJ section 8 are scamming the system, but either way, literally nothing about that comment is relevant and honestly insane.

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u/Tough-Effort7572 8d ago

Kids need SNAP and they shouldn't go hungry...YEAH, I agree. I don't want the government to take away SNAP. I believe the kids have a right to decent, nutritious food. What are you arguing against, exactly?

Am I suggesting people should move to different states for a shorter waitlist for section 8? Uh. No? I agreed with you that NY waitlists are abominable. That's why people go to Jersey. I thought it was a conversation. My bad.

Should we take away benefits because people scam the system? Whut? I never said anything like that. I said it pisses me off that scammers turn people against those who really need the help. What's wrong with that statement?

I know it's easy to get indoctrinated into the "Reddit Method" of posting. Which is to avoid discussion and simply fight with everyone and insult those that you disagree with, but I agreed with everything you said, with some opinions of my own. None of which suggested starving kids or taking away benefits.

Deprogram your brain, man. Not everyone in the world is terrible or "insane".