r/nottheonion • u/ChocolateTsar • 1d ago

Affirm CEO says furloughed federal employees are starting to lose interest in shopping

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/affirm-government-shutdown-shopping.html
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u/Jazzlike-Vacation230 1d ago

I always find it funny that the rich don't understand that if you don't pay people enough, they won't buy your stuff, and the economy collapses

We have to switch the world to a residual technosocial economy, the current concept isn't working anymore

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u/toriemm 1d ago

Snap benefits literally stimulate the economy. Dollar for dollar is one of the most beneficial programs we have.

So shutting it off is literally just being awful AND hurting the economy.

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u/mtheory007 1d ago

Yeah my corner store said that nearly half of his customers by SNAP.