• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    Can you read? I answered this already. The states that allow it explicitly chose to allow it. The states you listed didn’t actively decide to disallow it, they just didn’t choose to opt in. Have you considered that the ones who opted in did do the research, and decided it was a worthwhile program to employ? This argument is very stupid.

    This isn’t even a case of Iowa opting out, this is a representative from Iowa trying to eliminate the program entirely. A program that directly helps people who don’t have the means to cook at home, for pennies per taxpayer. The qualifications are very explicitly spelled out: the elderly, the permanently disabled, and the homeless.

    This program does real good for the vulnerable people who need it. You want to end that program to save a couple pennies. Actually, not even to save a couple pennies, to police how those pennies are spent. You won’t save any money, the only change is that the hungry and helpless will suffer. That’s performative.

    Yes, stupid and performative.

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      17 hours ago

      Have you considered that the ones who opted in did do the research, and decided it was a worthwhile program to employ? Your argument is very stupid.

      Have you considered that the ones who opted OUT did do the research, and decided it was a worthwhile program to discontinue? Your argument is very stupid.

      Stay mad. But no one is listening to you on this subject. So be sure to donate your paycheck to people so they can buy mcdonalds. Nothing is stopping you from donating.

      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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        16 hours ago

        Once again, not how it works. They did not “choose” to discontinue. You don’t have to opt out, it’s not an active decision. Opting in is the active decision.

        Stay mad.

        Typical conservative projection. The rest of us don’t make decisions based on anger. I don’t think this is stupid because I’m mad, I’m not mad. I think it’s stupid because it is stupid.

        Why do you want to prevent people who can’t cook from having food? Why is this the issue you’re pushing? It sounds like you’re mad over sometime totally insignificant. It’s kinda pathetic, really. Unless your time is literally worthless, the time you’ve spent defending this would be with significantly more than your share of funding the RMP.

        That’s why I keep saying it’s performative. You don’t actually benefit at all. You’re just attacking poor people for the optics. Very pathetic.

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          16 hours ago

          I’m not attacking anyone and I’m not mad. My state already keeps people on SNAP from buying McDonalds with their benefits, as do most states.

          But oh well, because this just came out: https://www.newsweek.com/snap-benefits-update-usda-completely-deconstruct-program-11071472

          Rollins said early data already showed that “186,000 dead people are receiving SNAP benefits,” while another 500,000 people are receiving the benefits in more than one state.

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                15 hours ago

                You didn’t write it, but you are presenting it as evidence.

                I have a solution to make everyone happy. You send me the thousands of dollars my taxes provide for corporate subsides and inflated defense spending, and I’ll send you the $34 you contribute to SNAP. That way, you can be sure you aren’t funding disabled people eating cheeseburgers, and I can be sure I’m not funding yachts and genocides. Everyone wins.

                • Aether Mechanic@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.orgOP
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                  15 hours ago

                  I’m not presenting it as evidence of anything. It a news article. I didn’t create it.

                  Nothing at all is stopping you from donating your paycheck to everyone who uses SNAP and wants to buy McDonalds. You can totally help them with that.

                  If you are unhappy your state doesn’t allow SNAP to be used for McDonalds, please write your representative.