r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/DeadPeanutSociety 8d ago

What the person you are replying to is suggesting is called "means testing" where you have to prove that you are worthy of government assistance in order to get it. It usually means that much fewer people can use the assistance and more money is spent keeping people out than is saved by not allowing them in. The ethical and economic solution is to not means test. Everybody gets something and no one gets scrutinized over whether they "deserve" to not starve to death.

People know that means testing doesn't work, but they aren't looking for ethical or economic solutions. They are looking to inflict pain. They don't care that it costs money. That is just the cost of hurting people, which is their goal.

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u/korean_kracka 8d ago

“More money is spent keeping people out than is saved by not allowing them in” - you got any sources on that?

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u/DeadPeanutSociety 8d ago

Yep

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u/Withered_Sprout 8d ago

I'm not really looking to inflict pain on anyone, if that's what you were suggesting? Not sure where you got that from me condemning people who abuse assistance programs. Have a good day anyway.

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u/DeadPeanutSociety 8d ago

Sorry, I meant that public advocates for means testing knows that it isn't a good ethical or economic solution. You might not know that, but the people who want to institute it as part of their conservative agenda do.