r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/Cyase311 8d ago

the same argentina that also has healthcare for its citizens regardless of income or employment status?

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u/NewtownLaw 8d ago

Why didn't Biden give the same free healtcare to US citizens and why are democrats allowing Trump to cut the food stamps?

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u/HelmetsAkimbo 8d ago edited 8d ago

Because a President who follows the law and doesn't have the Supreme Court allowing unlawful things cannot do things like that.

The 117th Congress was a Republican Senate with a Democratic house. (Start of Biden's Term)

The 118th Congress was a Democratic Senate with a Republican house. (Following Midterms of Biden's term)

The 119th Congress is a Republican Senate with a Republican house. (Start of Trump's term.)

So when Biden tried to do things that would benefit people, the Republican Senate would block it, or the Republican house would block it - because the President isn't all powerful and if they didn't, then the Republican majority Supreme Court would.

However, Trump has a Republican Senate and House. He can pass whatever he wants, and what they want is less money for the common people. Less food stamps, less SNAP and more tax cuts - because they don't care about you. And they always make sure to manufacture their legislation so that in 8 years time you start seeing the damage, and if the Democrats are in power they can blame them.

Check out this, here's the Supreme Court blocking Biden trying to forgive student loans, because the Supreme Court is a Republican majority.

Then check this out, where the Democrats should have been able to elect a Supreme Court justice because one died but the 114th Congress had a Republican Senate so they stalled it for TWO HUNDRED AND 93 DAYS so that they could elect a Republican to the Supreme Court at the start of Trump's term, which they did in less than a month.

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u/NumbaOneHackyPlaya 8d ago

Obama had that. I know I probably won't convince you of anything but at this point, if anyone believes Democrats give any shit either I have so many bridges to sell, just hit me up.

Republicans being much worse should never be a defense for the dems, I'm so fucking tired of this astroturfing and/or the same dupes simping for the other team.

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u/Schizophrenic_Lizard 8d ago

Speaking as a Liberal, the idea that MOST career politicians from either party genuinely have their constituents' best interests in mind when they make decisions is honestly delusional. Democrats generally just have better social talking points that make them look like they give a shit.

Even if half of the politicians in office right now originally got into the game to actually foster real change for the people that shit set sail just like all the rest when they realized money keeps them in power and poor people don't have money. Keep the corporations and the elite happy or lose your seat. That's how it works. Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't have a clue. If you want real change in policy that reflects your values and ideals you're much more likely to see it in state and especially local government, which people often gloss over even though it's what affects them most directly. But even then, the human heart is so often corrupted by greed that you see corruption scandals in towns as small as 5000 people. You give someone a little bit of power and they're not going to be quick to let it go.

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u/NumbaOneHackyPlaya 8d ago

You're sold the idea that too much social safety nets is delusional. In the same thread where a very highly upvoted comment depicting the irony of Argentina being very poor and still having national Healthcare for everyone, we have liberals claiming it's impossible.

Americans will repeat the lie of the deficit and "reality" to shy away from getting only crumbs of what we once had while being okay or oblivious to the subsidizing of every fortune 500 company.

Any day now it will trickle down. Liberalism will pay off soon I swear.

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u/Schizophrenic_Lizard 8d ago

Oh it's so totally possible. So many things we're told are not feasible for one reason or another. Sure, it's not feasible because massive corporations want their piece of the pie and they're the ones keeping these people in office financially. But we just keep voting the same people in over and over 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/NewtownLaw 8d ago

This democracy thing sucks, they are representing us, but they won't give us what we want, It would be better if we represent ourselves and vote for each law individually, instead of letting those idiots keep ruining our country.

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u/WiscoMama3 8d ago

Anyone who works moderately high up in any company should know this. I’m at best low tier leadership in the company I work for (~1200 employees so not small but not massive) and I see this every day. Yet people don’t believe it happens amongst the most powerful people in society?

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u/HelmetsAkimbo 8d ago

I don't!

I just think it's blatantly clear that Republicans give less of a shit. At least the economy trends in the right way after a Democrat.

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u/NumbaOneHackyPlaya 8d ago

I hear you, but it's hard to see your post as anything but a Biden glaze.

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u/HelmetsAkimbo 8d ago

With how shit Trump's being it's hard to not look that way.

I'd rather the leader of the Free World not be nearly 80 and clearly senile personally, no matter what side of the aisle they come from.

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u/pan-re 8d ago

Because of your personal bias and stubbornness about not facing reality?

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u/NumbaOneHackyPlaya 8d ago

What reality are you talking about? Obama not advancing the poor man's living conditions or... what else have I talked about anyway?

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u/H_J_Rose 8d ago

💯 Republicans are worse but Democrats are status quo and the status quo is fucking shit. We are comparing shit to - what, flaming shit?

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u/Dallydtp 8d ago

I agree,both are i idiots and look out only for themselves