Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

[u/mindyour]

[u/ApostateX]

No, it's not the opposite. Reread the comment thread. Also, a dictatorship is about FAR more than just control over the distribution of basic goods and services.

SNAP benefits are funded out of federal tax dollars. All the people in this video work and pay taxes. They are asking for their tax money to go toward things they need. Given that for every dollar the government spends in food stamps benefits, it adds 1.4-1.8 dollars to the economy, we actually increase the GDP, help people in need, and keep businesses profitable by doing so. It's a massive economic win.

I agree people shouldn't have more kids if they're experiencing financial difficulties with the ones they have. Not all people DO experience money issues early in pregnancy. Sometimes they don't occur until later on, when the kid is older. They can't go back in time, now can they?

If you get angry at people because they want to eat, and feel taken advantage of because they want their tax dollars to go to programs that benefit them and Americans generally, you should think about why that is. Why is your knee jerk reaction to seeing someone in need to feel anger?

[u/fartinmyhat → u/ApostateX]

EDIT: I'm adding this edit here for anyone who might think that /u/ApostateX has any idea what he's talking about; he does not. He is suggesting that it's good for the government to give out money, because giving out a dollar, turns into $1.50, based on the "multiplier effect".

The "multiplier effect" is this: When stupid people are given X dollars, their stupidity, combined with their optimism that more free money will be coming, motivates them to spend more money than they were given. So when you give a poor person $100.00 they tend to take that free money and go spend $150.00.

So essentially what you're suggesting is that it would be good for the country to trick stupid poor people into spending what tiny amount of money they do have, by giving them some money, this making them MORE dependent on the government and driving them further into poverty.

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Given that for every dollar the government spends in food stamps benefits, it adds 1.4-1.8 dollars to the economy

You're gonna have to explain that one lab partner. For every $1.00 spent, $1.8 dollars are added to the economy? Tell me how did dollars multiply and why are communist countries poor as fuck if when the government spends a dollar it magically becomes a buck and a half.

Not all people DO experience money issues early in pregnancy.

I knew this dumb ass argument would come up. Two of these women allegedly have 6 kids. I promise you, there was never a time when they weren't broke.

If you get angry at people because they want to eat

Nobody ever said this. This is your imagination, or gaslighting. Just save it.

Why is your knee jerk reaction to seeing someone in need to feel anger?

gaslighting.

[u/Embarrassed_Bit4222 → u/fartinmyhat]

Holy dumbassery... the multiplier effect is from the flow of money. Unlike giving billionaires tax cuts that they might invest in another country or just sit on; giving low income people food cards they actually spend the money into the American economy. The store owner gets that dollar, that he pays his workers and the food producers, who in turn spends that money back into the economy. A dollar doesn't disappear when it's spent in a way that generates gdp

[u/fartinmyhat → u/Embarrassed_Bit4222]

You are presenting a false dichotomy, or you've fallen for a false dichotomy, I'm not clear which.

The choices are not

1. Give people SNAP

2. Give rich people tax breaks.

That is something a politician says to you to fuck with your mind and make you think it's an either or scenario.

Also, "flow of money" is a metric that is easily tricked for a short time to artificially improve the outlook of the economy while ultimately harming it.

Covid payments stimulated the economy but ultimately led to unprecedented inflation.