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#SNAPBenifits
Thomas Brown

When reading these posts, I see such a wide variety of opinions concerning SNAP. People need to work, quit relying on the government, quit aiding illegals, the list of reasons that people suppose others are on SNAP is quite incredible honestly. I have a bachelors degree in engineering, and have worked hard all of my life . I do not have much to show for my hard work, and have suffered a lot under our system. I have attached a graph of where the money goes . If you watch the green/blue line (that is us) the middle class was created at the end of World War 2. And that wave or bubble continued until 1970. From 1970 on working Americans started to experience struggle. Why is that? There are several reasons honestly for this division of wealth to relapse as it has. Part of it you can blame on Nixon and legislation that he put in place. Part of it was OPEC demands( these are the oil folks). Part of it was a disastrous trade war with Japan that our companies just simply were not prepared for. A fair days pay for a fair days work! This would be wonderful if it were true here. Since 1970s , this has been impossible. Essentially this is my entire working life and I have always been underpaid for the work I have done. One question to ask yourself is this: what is profit? What does that actually even mean? If you take a careful look at wealth distribution and how it occurs, you quickly realize that capitalism in the United States has gone out of control. They do not follow the works of Adam Smith, “ I make money, you make money “. In the USA, it is “I make money and you do not .” I am not going to go into a whole expose of this horrible, horrible system designed to squeeze every last ounce of blood from the citizenry, but offer an observation of SNAP. The people that can work that receive SNAP do work. These claims that so many are just kicking back and receiving benefits is false. Thank you #WhenSNAPStops #SNAPInterrupted #SNAPLife #SNAPBenifits #GovernmentShutdown

AntiFederalist

Government control over the people.

Quotes: "James Madison, the father of the Constitution, didn’t believe “objects of benevolence” were a proper use of “money from constituents.” It wasn’t provided for under the constitution. Benjamin Franklin felt the same way but relied more on his personal experience. He said, “In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer.” Prior to the 1930s, the US Government did not provide safety nets as this was not the provence of the Constitutional Government. This is why the Salvation Army was created (1876 in England, 1880 in the US) and other charitable groups. Soup Kitchens populated cities in the Hoover depression of the late 1920s. My wife & I are on a fixed income (SS) & do not qualify for SNAP despite receiving less than $2500/month, yet we are not starving. We buy sensible food items, skipping junk food & many premade frozen foods. We also go to our local food bank when needed. Too many people are chained to the Government due to "Safety Net" Programs as the government has not tried to resolve the true problem of our economy, which "Safety Net" programs adds to the problem. #WhenSNAPStops #SNAPInterrupted #SNAPLife #SNAPBenifits #GovernmentShutdown

Government control over the people.