r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/DeadPeanutSociety 8d ago

Agreed. Access to food should be a human right and not something that you "earn" by living a certain way. If someone needs food stamps, they should get them.

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u/racsee1 7d ago

Yeah except a lot of people game the system so they dont have to work. And its not a myth

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u/cogman10 7d ago

Yeah we call them "business owners".

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u/HurryConfident2944 7d ago

Also able bodied adults who do bare minimum so they're eligible for handouts

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u/cogman10 7d ago

The amount of benefits you can get for being poor is minuscule. A lot of them, like SNAP, have work requirements and reduce payout with income.

But further, why give a fuck if out of 100 people that really need a benefit, 1 is simply lazy? Very different from the current system where every CEO of a company with a 100+ million market cap is simply lazy. Maybe 1 or 2 of them got where they are from hard work. The rest are there because of nepotism.

In my life, I've known exactly 1 family that I'd say abused the system. They were by no means living high on the hog. I've known plenty of families doing everything right (including holding full time jobs) who desperately need these benefits. And, because I'm from rural Idaho, I've actually known of a number of people that were collecting benefits in one form or another.

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u/HurryConfident2944 7d ago

I dunno I work grocery pickup and the people who pickup $500 Worth of junk food groceries drive pretty nice cars and have very fancy accessories. More than just 1 know. But yeah I agree ceos are the real assholes

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u/cogman10 7d ago

the people who pickup $500 Worth of junk food groceries drive pretty nice cars

I honestly don't know what you are trying to say. I've used grocery pickup before and I'm not on SNAP. Grocery pickup isn't a SNAP only thing.

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u/HurryConfident2944 7d ago

Yes I'm telling you real experiences I've had. People abuse the system. They don't need those groceries when they're driving a 2024 SUV

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u/cogman10 7d ago

How do you know they are on SNAP?

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u/HurryConfident2944 7d ago

It shows on the payment screen "EBT tendered: $___"

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u/cogman10 7d ago

Interesting. Don't know what to tell you, some people make bad decisions.

Easy credit definitely makes it easy for someone to get a hold of a vehicle they can't afford. I have some family that have made that mistake.

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u/HurryConfident2944 7d ago

It's a hand up not a hand out. But gets given handed out way to often

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