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PatSeg

(51,448 posts) Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:03 AM Oct 30

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"The failure of SNAP payments symbolizes a deeper national sickness: a society that has never fully committed to economic justice because it has never fully confronted the roots of inequality.

Feeding the poor is not charity—it is a test of civilization."

That last line sums it up perfectly.

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Saw this on Facebook [View all] PatSeg Oct 30 OP

Excellent quote for these times wendyb-NC Oct 30 #1

Yes PatSeg Oct 30 #2

On another DU thread.. Some 200,000 Little Free Libraries converting to food pantries.. halobeam Oct 31 #38

Lady Madonna BurnDoubt Oct 30 #3

Children at your feet, Haggard Celine Oct 30 #23

Shitheads. BurnDoubt Oct 30 #32

This quote assumes that SNAP payments have actually failed ... but they haven't failed FakeNoose Oct 30 #4

Every time the Government takes money out of circulation KS Toronado Oct 30 #6

With all due respect, my friend, it is NOT failure and negligence. dixiegrrrrl Oct 30 #8

Thank you for agreeing and supporting me FakeNoose Oct 30 #14

Yes, it is a lose-lose for pretty much everyone PatSeg Oct 30 #10

Also farmers who need that market for their product. tblue37 Oct 30 #28

Arguably a civilization* wouldn't have an eighth of it's citizens on food support. progressoid Oct 30 #29

Far too many christians in US shit on Matthew 25:40-43 Bernardo de La Paz Oct 30 #5

They ignore such passages PatSeg Oct 30 #11

And they point to Leviticus re homosexuality while they get their tattoos also forbidden by that book. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 30 #18

Yes, they take selective interpretation PatSeg Oct 30 #20

Right wingers really don't like that part of the Bible progressoid Oct 30 #30

Hope I always remember that last line KS Toronado Oct 30 #7

Yes, it is perfect PatSeg Oct 30 #12

Feeding the hungry is not charity, it is justice. rustbeltvoice Oct 30 #9

I agree PatSeg Oct 30 #13

"Denying people food is anti-life, and cruel, Haggard Celine Oct 30 #24

We have never rid ourselves of the royalists or the sycophants who love them. LT Barclay Oct 30 #15

That is true PatSeg Oct 30 #22

And those claiming to be followers of the One who said "Feed the hungry" won't do what he said to do. surfered Oct 30 #16

They rarely do PatSeg Oct 30 #25

A test of civilization, decency and humanity. liberalla Oct 30 #17

And now we're seeing the aftermath of that inequality PatSeg Oct 30 #26

Food Stamps (SNAP), developed during the depression, also worked as a price stabilizer ChicagoTeamster Oct 30 #19

I hadn't thought of that about PatSeg Oct 30 #27

Farm Aid started in 1985 and there's still one this year. It started with headliners like Willie Nelson and Neil Young ChicagoTeamster Oct 30 #35

"Feeding the poor is not charity--it is a test of civilization." cer7711 Oct 30 #21

King Dump says the SNAP program is full of fraud and corruption Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #31

That is so often his excuse PatSeg Oct 30 #33

Absolutely. It's so obviously projection. Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #34

It's so difficult LittleGirl Oct 31 #41

History will remember the U.S. as the wealthiest nation to fail the test RVN VET71 Oct 30 #36

Yes, though hopefully we'll be remembered PatSeg Oct 31 #39

A society is not judged on how well they keep their kings Farmer-Rick Oct 30 #37

Exactly PatSeg Oct 31 #40