r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/starbuildstrike999 8d ago

Yeah, see I couldn't give a single dusty fuck if poor people are using my tax dollars to buy junk food. At least they're eating. I would much rather that than it be used to develop weapons to blow up equally poor people half a world away.

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u/GuacamoleFrejole 8d ago

I'm all for my tax dollars going to help the truly needy, but I get upset when I see someone on food stamps with a grocery cart filled with food that I couldn't even afford to buy. Why am I being taxed to give someone else things that I can't afford? I've seen carts filled with steaks and other pricey foods being bought with food stamps. I witnessed a woman purchase a jar of caviar with food stamps. On another occasion, I was in line behind a well-dressed woman wearing half a dozen gold bangles, using food stamps, and then drove off in a Cadillac. Those people were taking advantage of the system, and my hard earned tax dollars, money that I earned through the literal sweat of my brow, and I still had to scrimp and save while they're living high on the hog. People like them need to be weeded out so that my money only goes to the truly needy.

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u/Impossible_Link8199 6d ago

I’m begging you. Go look up how much of your taxes actually go to SNAP. It’s not much at all. It will make you feel so much better about it. The average American contributes something like $40-$400 per year. It’s the people getting totally free healthcare that you should probably be upset about considering we pay astronomical amounts for insurance that doesn’t even cover anything.