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"what about the federal income, state income, property, and sales tax I pay?"
Those aren't outlays.
Depending on how your government spends your taxes, is when it multiplies, or doesn't.
There's a million economic papers supporting this.
How Government Payments to the Vulnerable can Multiply to Create Economic Growth for Everyone
unu.edu
"How much has that -------- cost the average American to treat?"
Less than obesity, less than alcohol, less than cigarettes. Less than Trump's tax cuts for the rich. Less than Trump's Iran War. The $300,000,000,000 Trump is gifting Iran would cover our cost of HIV spending for five or ten years.
But none of this is relevant.
Because SNAP puts more money into the economy than it takes out.
"The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) generates significant economic activity, with each dollar in federally funded benefits producing $1.79 in economic activity."
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Now go get your shine box.
#8 Trump really puts the "mark" in mark to market.