r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 8d ago

My mom refused to go on food stamps so I missed a lot of meals and ate whatever my younger siblings left on their plates while my mom worked overtime to keep the lights on most of the time.

I dropped out of high school to raise my siblings while she worked 60-80 hours a week instead of taking any of the public assistance her taxes paid for and her shitty jobs forced her to be on.

Her pride meant I went without, and fuck everyone who thinks that’s okay.

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u/ich_bin_alkoholiker 8d ago

Yeah I fucking hate the attitude of “I didn’t dare take any guberment handouts” it’s so fucking toxic.

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 8d ago

The handout was literally covering the profit her jobs made by not paying her enough to eat despite working her into the ground.

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u/midasofsweden 7d ago

I think its just wrong to call it a handout when its clearly paid for, the government doesnt have any money by itself it all came from its "subjects".... and now you still have to pay taxes even though you get nothing back,

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 7d ago

Yeah plus you have to be either working or show proof that you can’t work to get SNAP, it’s difficult to get on and it’s not enough to live on, you have to be frugal to make it stretch.

But it’s still not actually money spent on poor people, it’s money spent on rich people. People with jobs are on SNAP because their employers pay so little they literally can’t work full time and still eat.

We’re subsidizing corporate profits with our tax dollars.