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Last week I saw a person on Facebook sharing an anecdote patterned after the "welfare queen" trope and arguing against food stamps. I noticed from her Facebook
by davinic 7y ago
Last week I saw a person on Facebook sharing an anecdote patterned after the "welfare queen" trope and arguing against food stamps.
I noticed from her Facebook page that she owned a ranching operation, so I searched her name in the EWG Farm Subsidy Database and saw that she and her husband had received $18k in subsidies in 2018, and nearly $250k since 1995.
- adventist 7y agoI'm against people living off of food stamps also, and if there is a subsidy out there for the taking, then i'm going to take it. I agree that government should not be involved in either of those things, but promoting certain kinds of businesses might be worth the subsidy for some people.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoWould you be against other people getting the subsidy? I'm just trying to figure out if it's hypocrisy or selfishness.
- nerdponx 7y agoWhy not both?
- dlp211 7y agoThanks for wanting to make sure I didn't have dinner on my table as a child while my mom took care of my brother with leukemia.
- refurb 7y agoIs your logic that a dollar is a dollar and it doesn't matter why the government gave it to them? If so, I don't agree.
- ausbah 7y agoWhat are you trying to say? He is remarking on the ignorance / hypocrisy of the woman, who laments when other people receiving government subsidies as "welfare queens" disregarding the fact that she is also receiving government subsidies. Likely due to her own biases, that her subsidy is worthwhile while another person's isn't for whatever reason.
- refurb 7y agoNot all government subsidies are the same. Someone could say farm subsidies are good while welfare is bad. That's not hypocritical.