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The only meaningful example in this economy of
"people simply take and don't give back"
Is the oligarch class.
"The Wall Street Journal, an authoritative voice of the capitalist class, published on its front page Wednesday a report that the 19 richest households in America increased their wealth by $1 trillion in the year 2024. Their combined wealth rose from $1.6 trillion to $2.6 trillion, a staggering 62.5 percent increase in a single year."
www.wsws.org
That is money that has been taken, and is not being given back.
And it's more than enough to pay for SNAP.
The only Republican debate around this topic is whether you or Eberly care less.
Here's a link for the claim that SNAP generates more revenue than it costs:
There's a million links like this.
Not that you'll read this one.
You're too stubborn to want to remedy your own pitiful ignorance.
Texas may need to pay $826 million annually for SNAP due to One Big Beautiful Bill
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, helps one in 10 Texans, Feeding Texas CEO Celia Cole said during a Wednesday media briefing.
Its recipients are U.S. citizens or lawfully present residents who meet work requirements and have total assets under a certain threshold. The average Texas household gets $11 per day from SNAP and typically only on the program for a year, Cole said.
She noted that it also provides a revenue stream of nearly $7 billion to the Texas economy.
"Every federal dollar that is distributed through SNAP benefits goes directly back into the economy in the form of purchases at grocery stores ... that generates between $1.50 and $1.80 (per dollar) in total economic activity," Cole said. "So it's really about more than just purchasing power in the hands of millions and millions of Texans who are experiencing food insecurity."
www.bigcountryhomepage.com
Killing the middleclass wasn't a mistake, they all knew what would happen with NAFTA. Now most of our vibrant rust belt cites and the Midwest cities are slums with no opportunity.
#27 | Posted by lfthndthrds
NAFTA's Impact on U.S. Workers
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NATFA) was the door through which American workers were shoved into the neoliberal global labor market.
By establishing the principle that U.S. corporations could relocate production elsewhere and sell back into the United States, NAFTA undercut the bargaining power of American workers, which had driven the expansion of the middle class since the end of World War II. The result has been 20 years of stagnant wages and the upward redistribution of income, wealth and political power.
www.epi.org
You're an anti-union guy.
You should be happy about this.
Don't tell us now you're not happy that workers have less power and less money, and wealthy people have more power and more money.
You've been voting for that your entire life.
Do you not understand that fact about yourself?
I was there 47 years ago on the USS Midway. I've detested Iran and considered this unfinished business since. I guess I've been an "Israeli troll" since then.
#73 | Posted by rf4b
But just Imagine.
Imagine how different things would have been for you if you had been on the USS Liberty!
P.S. you still support Republicans even after Reagan sold arms to the Ayatollah. That shows you're not really clear on what's going on. But at least you acknowledge you didn't get here via a logical thought process. As you said, you were there 47 years ago, and it's still the emotions talking, 47 years later.