“”You people act like private charity doesn’t exist! The government taking money from you at gunpoint to buy someone else Pepsi and Cheez-Whiz is not charity, it’s theft and is immoral.””
You people? And immoral? Wow. I knew it was anti-Christian talk, but now it’s sounding even more like bigotry. Have you ever checked to see just how much taxpayer money (federal and state $$$) goes into other things... like, for instance... supporting drug addiction?
Compared to $$$ for food for poor people, it’s astounding how much of YOUR MONEY has been wasted and doled out for stuff you would never have wanted (See link below).
But getting back to taxpayer money squandered on drug addicts...
Case in point: Decades ago (I think it was around 1985 or so), there was a write-up in the Houston Chronicle about this 26-year old guy that had ‘fallen on hard times’ that was being subsidized, by taxpayers, in a really nice building that was formerly a Charlie Club converted from a motel (nicer than the house I lived in at the time, in fact).
This guy had flunked out of college, never had a job or actually worked for a living, was a drug addict from his teen years, and yet was getting about $972 a month from the government on which to live. Nice gig if you can get it. All he had to do was choose poorly.
Now mind you, back then... $972 a month was a lot of money ... at least to me and to people I knew. Especially when it was money for doing NOTHING and I was working my @ss off, 40 hours a week for not much more than that. So, it always chapped me that this guy, who made bad choices in his life, was given a very NICE free ride at taxpayer expense, and I/we had nothing to say about it.
So yes, I do know how you guys feel about your money being spent the way you do NOT want it spent. I get it.
What you’re not getting... is my point in all of this about the government over-reach and the slippery slope of applauding government restrictions. And quite frankly, I’m about over it re: trying to get anyone to understand what I’m saying. I give up.
Have a nice day.
https://www.facts-vs-fiction.com/blog/2024s-top-50-government-waste-examples
You improperly characterize banning candy and soda purchases with EBT as government overreach. In reality, the mere existence of the program is unconstitutional overreach. You should ponder that.