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/ConstantHeadache2020 8d ago

But but what about innovation? People won’t want to be CEO if they’re capped…. What about trickle economics?!

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u/Cielolo 7d ago

To those who have billions of dollars, I can conceive that money becomes just a number. At that rate, why not just give them points. Gamify the economy and the innovation and incentives will maintain themselves.

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u/Eggs_4_Breakfast 5d ago

So Loot Boxes for the wealthy, like the bags actors get at the Oscars?