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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon't shame those working and on SNAP benefits:
Over 71 million Americans are paid less than a living wage, and are forced into social safety nets like SNAP.
— Melanie DâArrigo (@darrigomelanie.bsky.social) 2025-10-29T01:54:57.470Z
If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, donât shame them.
Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.
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				MIButterfly
(1,594 posts)You know, I grew up in Detroit in the 60s (OK Boomer).  Back then, a man could get in with the Big 3, join the union and he'd be set for life.  He could buy a house, a car, have the wife stay home and raise the kids (if she were so inclined), take a two-week vacation every year and retire with a pension.  There was no such thing as "working poor."  If you had a job, you could support yourself.  Bygone days.  Now, you need two incomes just to get by.  Pensions are pretty much a thing of the past.  The CEOs and shareholders keep making more and more while the workers make less and less. 
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Stacey Grove
(73 posts)ANYONE who is on ANY type of federal or state benefits and who voted for the Child Rapist is an asshole and needs their face rubbed in the shit.
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