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This is not black and white. The point is that there is some cutoff between full welfare for all of life's luxuries and literal table scraps. Some of us think s
by allovernow 7y ago
This is not black and white. The point is that there is some cutoff between full welfare for all of life's luxuries and literal table scraps. Some of us think spending a month worth of food stamps at Walmart on junk (where there are cheap healthy alternatives) is past the line of the minimum that people deserve for free. And it may be anecdata but anyone who's been to Walmart on EBT day has seen plenty of people making this choice.
- tehwebguy 7y agoI am so sorry but it is exactly black and white: Society sets up rules, most people follow most of them. One of the policies society has agreed on is that if your life is totally fucked financially you can get some table scraps from the government so that you don’t die as a direct result. Some people are bad actors, which society will tolerate up to a certain level, so long as it means that the worst off people in the country can eat if they jump through some hoops. That said if you see someone you suspect is scamming EBT etc please report them. Same goes for when your friend gives you a stock tip that’s a little too hot or your folks tell you they didn’t report some income.
- allovernow 7y ago>can get some table scraps from the government so that you don’t die as a direct result. I think you've missed my point. By black and white I mean we are debating over where the appropriate line is between table scraps and government subsidized golden toilets.
- MisterBastahrd 7y agoThe fact that the stuff is in Walmart is proof that people who aren't on EBTs are eating the same junk. You aren't interested in them eating healthy food. You're interested in making them suffer for their poverty.