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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1307519
It’s just disgusting.
For the life of me, I can’t understand how someone rationalizes voting Reactionary.
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And this ‘paltry’ effort is a surprise? To anyone? So long as Republicans have held sway, this is standard operating procedure and has been for as long as I can remember.
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Since our federal government is too busy propping up rich people, supporting organizations that step in during these situations is key.
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When you can’t even provide red meat for your NeoNazi followers, it’s time to realize you are not and never were the Second Coming of God.
I wonder if Trump knows what happens to false prophets in the Bible? Probably not. He doesn’t read anything. And those that read to him have to make sure it’s only good news.
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Well, yeah, but the list of Trump’s “unforgivable” crimes and sins is already pretty fucking long.
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Trace the path of the money from SNAP. It doesn’t end up anywhere but corporate coffers.
They’re shooting their own economy in the foot.
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To your point
“Since our federal government is too busy propping up rich people,”
" Graham threatened that unemployment benefits for those impacted by the coronavirus crisis would only be extended “over our dead bodies.”
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This is disgusting. Trump Inc. does EVERYTHING it can to screw the working man. People need to EAT and yet Donnie and Jared will insist they are stockpiling supplies for the ‘Fed’ and states need to feed their own. Then they’ll make up some BS about not funding ‘sanctuary states’ because if they ain’t AMERICANS they deserve to starve. Horrible, rotten people.
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And they have the audacity to wrap themselves in the cloak of religion…
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Please consider helpIng food assistance charities if you can.
Nationally, World Central Kitchen is partnering with local restaurants (and soon, local farms) to provide food to those needing assistance - the poor, elderly, first responders and healthcare workers. See wck.org for more info.
An example of a local charity:
My church is holding weekly drive-up collections of shelf-stable food items to keep our charitable food pantry stocked, and we’re accepting cash donations on-line too. And our assistance is not limited to our parishioners - anyone in the area we service can request assistance.
I support WCK because of their good work, good management, and their ‘reach’, and I support my church’s efforts because we’re not in a major population center and our area tends to have less resources available for the food insecure.
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I really can’t wrap my head around someone like Graham. So in the face of record unemployment, mind blowing unemployment, that isn’t going to just disappear on July 1st because a bunch of greedy money changers say so, he wants to get rid of that $15 an hour that is helping to cushion people and families during this nightmare.
To what purpose? To keep some black folk or Puerto Rican folk from getting some extra unemployment benefits that they just end up spending at the stores anyway? It makes no sense except that people like him are pitiful excuses for human beings, filled with hate and fear. $600 a week, that’s $31,200 a year, but the program isn’t going to last anywhere close to that.
How much does Graham make a week? Graham gets $3,346 a week just from his salary. Just from his $174,000 a year salary. And he’s willing to die over $600 a week? Like it’s his money. Which it isn’t. Wouldn’t surprise me if not one penny is coming out of his sanctimonious ass.
Man, I gotta give Jaime Harrison some love!!
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Lindsey’s comments remind me of this scene in Men in Black:
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I just read this at NYT. As usual, Democrats are suggesting some positive fixes, Rs say nah, it’s covered.
Nearly a fifth of young children are not getting enough to eat, according to surveys of their mothers by the Brookings Institution, a rate three times higher than in 2008 at the worst of the Great Recession
When food runs short, parents often skip meals to keep children fed. But a survey of households with children 12 and under by Lauren Bauer, a Brookings fellow in economic studies, found that 17.4 percent reported the children themselves not eating enough, compared to 5.7 percent in the Great Recession. Inadequate nutrition can leave young children with permanent developmental damage.
“This is alarming,” she said. “These are households cutting back on portion sizes, having kids skip meals. The numbers are much higher than I expected.”
Ms. Bauer said disruptions in school meal programs may be part of the problem, with some families unable to reach distribution sites and older siblings at home competing for limited food.
Ms. Bauer has been collecting data for the Hamilton Project’s Future of the Middle Class Initiative Survey of Mothers with Young Children. Analyzing a separate nationally representative sample, the Covid Impact Survey, Ms. Bauer found nearly 23 percent of households said they lacked money to get enough food, compared to about 16 percent at the worst of the Great Recession. Among households with children, the share without enough food was nearly 35 percent, up from about 21 percent in the previous downturn.
The findings come as Democrats and Republicans are at odds over proposals to raise food stamp benefits. Democrats want to increase benefits by 15 percent for the duration of the economic downturn, arguing that a similar move in 2009 reduced hunger in the Great Recession. Congress has enacted a short-term increase for about 60 percent of the caseload, but the increase omits the poorest recipients. Citing large expansions of other safety-net programs, Republicans say that is sufficient to meet rising needs.
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I’m going to do a brief humble brag. I gave a big chunk of my $1200. stim check to my local food SF Marin Food Bank, and for years they’ve been taking a monthly deduction via my debit card. On the same day I brought them my check, I also dropped off two bags of groceries, fresh fruit, canned goods and more. It’s the least I can do for my neighbors
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Good for you! You are setting a great example!
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I hear you. We did that too. We also cleaned our shelves and took stuff to the food kitchen because they use it all to feed the hungry.
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I’ve stopped telling people that we’re doing fine. We are, but that’s not the point. Talking about having run through the “cheap wine” and having to drink the “good stuff” just isn’t funny, or even snarky. I’m increasing my contributions, and unless the federal government really crashes, I will indeed be fine financially. But all around us is devastation and it’s going to get worse. Hopefully we’ll do better than “return to normal” when this ends, whenever that is. We should just be grateful for what we have, and try to do more to help others. That’s all.
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Trump’s thinking?
You will be my people, and I will be your God. I the Lord, have spoken.
Contemporary English version.
Right now our society is somewhat stable. Stressed to some degree but overall things aren’t in a state of total chaos.
If we don’t maintain an adequate food supply things could go off the rails in short order.
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