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[–] jtj4135@lemmy.zip 17 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

I have MAGA family. The first thing they always mention about SNAP is how "welfare queens" are gaming the system, even though they were all on food stamps at one point. It's purely all about racism and punching down. They don't like the idea of black and brown people eating on "their" taxdollars. However, when my brother was on food stamps, it was out of "necessity" because he relied on SNAP to feed his step children.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Same, overheard one day they are paying immigrants $3000 a month to not work. Like what in the actual fuck is wrong with these people? That doesn't hold up to even the slightest bit of scrutiny. But there's no reasoning with people who lack any form of it.

[–] jtj4135@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

It's definitely infuriating. Anything is "true" in their land of make believe..

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's how my dad was. He was the one only one who actually needed food stamps; everybody else was cheating the system. As far as I could tell, it wasn't about race because he'd talk shit about other white people who used food stamps, too.

[–] jtj4135@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Well at least your dad hated everyone equally ;)