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How many people actually want EBT curtailed?
Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:30 pm
I assume a majority of the Left thinks that the people receiving EBT deserve it due to past injustice.
Corporations don’t want a drop in discretionary spending, so their leadership wants it to stay (think Disney, the airlines, cruise lines, etc.). They make campaign contributions.
Food companies and grocers don’t want a dip in revenue and purchases (PepsiCo, Kroger, etc.). They too make campaign contributions.
The people receiving the benefits definitely want to keep them (and their vote counts as much as yours). I read at least 1/3 - 1/2 of the 13%. Add in the other demographics who are receiving the handout.
So how many people remain who actually want the free ride stopped?
Corporations don’t want a drop in discretionary spending, so their leadership wants it to stay (think Disney, the airlines, cruise lines, etc.). They make campaign contributions.
Food companies and grocers don’t want a dip in revenue and purchases (PepsiCo, Kroger, etc.). They too make campaign contributions.
The people receiving the benefits definitely want to keep them (and their vote counts as much as yours). I read at least 1/3 - 1/2 of the 13%. Add in the other demographics who are receiving the handout.
So how many people remain who actually want the free ride stopped?
This post was edited on 4/13/26 at 4:34 pm
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Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:34 pm to weagle1999
100% of all the people that work and pay taxes, yet feel behind.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:38 pm to weagle1999
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So how many people remain who actually want the free ride stopped?
Everyone that buys their own groceries. Lots of good our opinion is when put up against many big interests and a plethora of gimmedats.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:40 pm to dstone12
I want EBT to be restrictive as hell.
I don’t mind it being there per se, but it should be so insanely unattractive so that free loaders don’t see it as a better option.
Ground meat or chicken, cheese, vegetables. That’s it.
I don’t mind it being there per se, but it should be so insanely unattractive so that free loaders don’t see it as a better option.
Ground meat or chicken, cheese, vegetables. That’s it.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:43 pm to weagle1999
I want it all removed. Then the clash begins and ends very soon. To the winner go the spoils.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:51 pm to weagle1999
"Food assistance" is part of a carefully maintained subsidy to the entirety of the food industry to keep it profitable (and secure). They have lobbyists that make sure soft drinks and chips and whatever gets removed from the list every couple of years get put right back on quietly by the same people who removed it. You want to mess with that system, and have food shortages? We already pay - as part of that - some farmers to destroy their yields, or to not just plant anything at all, to stop food from being so plentiful that the market crashes and everybody goes out of business all through the chain.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:54 pm to Yaboylsu63
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I want EBT to be restrictive as hell.
Milk, beans, rice, onions, garlic, salt, pepper. All available at one commissary in town. Stop by monthly and pick it up. Bring ID.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:55 pm to weagle1999
It’s not about deserving it and has nothing to do with past injustices. Poor people do exist and either we let them starve or we feed them.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:57 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Poor people do exist and either we let them starve or we feed them.
This is a false binary choice.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:58 pm to dstone12
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yet feel behind.
I bet there are people that make millions per year and still "feel behind".
Posted on 4/13/26 at 4:58 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Poor people do exist and either we let them starve or we feed them.
I bet they wouldn’t truly starve. Let’s find out.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 5:01 pm to weagle1999
EBT is 100 billion.
Trump is running a 2 trilly deficit.
20 fricking times, just the deficit. EBT is NOT the problem.
Trump is running a 2 trilly deficit.
20 fricking times, just the deficit. EBT is NOT the problem.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 5:02 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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This is a false binary choice.
Ok well they pay for the food and then not for rent or electricity etc. For many something has to give and simply working more isnt a feasible option. Contrary to talking points on here many are doing everything they can and it’s not enough.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 5:04 pm to weagle1999
It's amazing when you see just how inefficient EBT recipients are at shopping -- even when it comes to buying snacks and junk food.
Instead of getting a store-brand corn chip or potato chip, a lot of times, it's wall-to-wall "Ruffles" "Fritos" Coca-Cola
It's like 483,000 Cousin Eddies -- "Real tomato ketchup, Eddie?"
Oh, nothing but the best, Clark."
Instead of getting a store-brand corn chip or potato chip, a lot of times, it's wall-to-wall "Ruffles" "Fritos" Coca-Cola
It's like 483,000 Cousin Eddies -- "Real tomato ketchup, Eddie?"
Oh, nothing but the best, Clark."
Posted on 4/13/26 at 5:04 pm to j1897
It is when we have to import workers to do jobs Americans won’t do because they eat for free.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 5:05 pm to BCvol
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It is when we have to import workers to do jobs Americans won’t do because they eat for free.
Then cancel it, but we're still broke as frick and all the hypocrite Trump supporters just look the other way. EBT is not a huge problem for us, it simply isn't.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 5:06 pm to dstone12
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100% of all the people that work and pay taxes, yet feel behind.
Yep. Passed by a Land and Sea shop today. Big EBT sign on the door. People eating for free shouldn't be getting steak and seafood.
I'm Ok with helping people in a pinch but the way it is now there is no incentive to get off.
Needs limits on what you can get and for how long for life.
This post was edited on 4/13/26 at 5:09 pm
Posted on 4/13/26 at 5:10 pm to weagle1999
Governments can have two of these things but not all 3: Low spending, low taxes, low inflation.
Our Government has decided to go moderate taxes (especially when only 37% of Americans pay taxes), high spending and they print money to make up the difference causing high inflation.
Most Americans are not intelligent enough to put together that printing money leads to inflation and politicians can blame those on the other side for inflation and most voters eat that up.
Our Government has decided to go moderate taxes (especially when only 37% of Americans pay taxes), high spending and they print money to make up the difference causing high inflation.
Most Americans are not intelligent enough to put together that printing money leads to inflation and politicians can blame those on the other side for inflation and most voters eat that up.
This post was edited on 4/13/26 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 4/13/26 at 5:11 pm to j1897
It’s more than the expense, it’s also tax revenue lost because the freeloaders won’t work
Posted on 4/13/26 at 5:16 pm to j1897
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Then cancel it, but we're still broke as frick and all the hypocrite Trump supporters just look the other way. EBT is not a huge problem for us, it simply isn't.
It's not just the dollar amount. It's the welfare culture that it "feeds" hand in hand with all of our other handouts that allow for an entire class of people to not feel compelled to contribute to society.
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