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Food stamps are a fantastic way of infantilizing grown adults.
by EdwardDiego 8y ago
Food stamps are a fantastic way of infantilizing grown adults.
- krapp 8y agoI've encountered plenty of food stamp recipients, including my own parents when I was younger, and I've yet to see someone be "infantilized" by the ability to afford food.
- vuln 8y agoI guess what's considered food is up to opinion. I've seen countless people using food stamps for energy drinks and chips. While paying cash for their lotto and cigarillos.
- krapp 8y ago>I've seen countless people using food stamps for energy drinks and chips. While paying cash for their lotto and cigarillos. Sure, but people do the same thing with their paychecks, so I don't see an issue.
- learc83 8y agoHow closely do you pay attention to people's payment method? An EBT card looks pretty much like a debit card. I definitely don't pay enough attention to notice what bank the person in front of me in line is using. I suspect that unless you're working as a cashier, "countless people" is an exaggeration, and even if you are it's likely confirmation bias.
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- icebraining 8y agoMaybe I'm misreading it, but I think the infantilization comes from giving special stamps that can only be used to buy things the State lets you, instead of the equivalent value in cash. Why can one buy a sugar-loaded soda but not a beer?
- stretchwithme 8y agoSomeone willing to help you get one product but not another doesn't keep you from buying anything with your other money.
- monetus 8y agoSelective empathy is dangerous.
- geofft 8y agoWhat about employee perks like doing your laundry for you, cooking your meals, cleaning your house, and giving you a ride to work every day? Do those infantilize grown adults?
- strken 8y agoI think they'd both be pretty degrading, wouldn't they? One treats you like you're incapable of making purchasing decisions and the other treats you like you're incapable of using a vacuum.
- lostmsu 8y agoSince when having and using high-value skills over manual labor is degradation?
- vageli 8y ago> What about employee perks like doing your laundry for you, cooking your meals, cleaning your house, and giving you a ride to work every day? Do those infantilize grown adults? None of those services are anything like the government managing a bank account for you. Anyone can decide they don't want those employee perks, someone on food stamps does not have much of a choice.
- frozenport 8y agoCompared to tax breaks for buying a Tesla?
- Arbitrary4657 8y agoGrow up.