The bigger question: Why should I pay for any of your groceries? I would make anyone who gets ANY gov’t transfer payment (welfare, SNAP, Medicaid, rent subsidies, etc.) show up for a gov’t job at 8AM and work until 5PM. They might clean toilets in federal buildings, wash windows, clean streets, whatever. They show up or no benefits. At least taxpayers would be getting something for their money and I wonder how many would start looking for a better job since they have to work anyway.
A lot of people think socialism is about paying people to do nothing, when in Communist countries it was the opposite. They all had “Anti-Parasite” Laws, that allowed the authorities to arrest people who were not working, and force them to get a job.
Yeah, I think there’s a mindset with the folks that I’ve never even contemplated. When I was a kid, our family went through a really rough time. Dad had to declare personal bankruptcy because of a business obligation that had his name on it, and unfortunately, the other signors had some legal way to get out of their portion of the business. So Dad took on the whole financial responsibility himself. We moved so he could start over. He was 40 with 6 kids, only one in college.
Dad worked 4 jobs to keep all of us fed and clothed. (Mom had a hospitalization with pneumonia at the time, and then recovery at home was months long). Food stamps might’ve been a thing back then, but I don’t know. What I do know is my Dad would rather work 4 jobs than take a government handout.
So this idea of SNAP just has me puzzled why people so willingly take it, and then get used to letting someone else have that kind of control over you. It tells the person that you’re not capable of doing this on your own. So instead of it being a safety net, the handouts become a hammock.