I'm not trying to be lectured, I really want genuine answers if there are any.
Most people can't afford over 10 dollars for a pound of beef. If this deal brings down costs, even though it's temporary, why is it a bad thing? People with deeper pockets can still buy direct from ranchers. For clarity, me and my two adult disabled children are selling plasma to offset the price of groceries. Buying local isn't in the cards for us. Again, no lectures. I just want to understand.
How much of our taxes are going to foodstamps/Snap every year? It's about 96 billion dollars. So if you wonder why a bag of fruit is ten bucks, and not six like it was a few years ago... here's the reason. Grocery stores are going to price their food at the highest they can because they'll get their money from Snap. The working class gets screwed. We're not taking a government card out and 'paying' any price the store wants.
I understand that there are families that need it. I've never been on assistance, but I have two adult autistic sons. We've sold plasma just to buy food. The elderly, the handicapped, the new single moms that have to get on their feet. We paid into it and we should use it if we have to. But we're being fleeced by people who have never worked, and never will.
The total of all welfare programs in this country comes to about 1.5 trillion dollars a year.
That's more than social security. More than our entire military budget. More than our VA benefits. It's more than every other program in the country.
But all I hear from politicians is how we need to cut down social security and work up to death. Or cut VA benefits. Or cut the military budget. Not once, on the left, have they uttered a single word about cutting the largest cost to tax payers.
But, you know, tax Elon a little more and that'll fix it.