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[–]AskMeIfISupportTrumpFL 214ポイント215ポイント  (8子コメント)

Wew Lad

[–]FreakinApplePie2579 5ポイント6ポイント  (3子コメント)

Do you support Trump?

[–]Sheepdog-46 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

No! Hes a racists just look at him! LOOK AT HIM!!

[–]rp_valiantUK 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

he's FUCKING A WHITE MAAAAAAAAAALE

[–]UpvoteRocketsForAllFL 153ポイント154ポイント  (14子コメント)

It would be cheaper for them to buy a tank of gas and drive south to Mexico.

[–]TheWackyMemeMan 29ポイント30ポイント  (4子コメント)

They would never actually go to Mexico. Its dangerous there, with all the Mexicans and what not.

[–]SikhAndDestroy 10ポイント11ポイント  (3子コメント)

Parts of Mexico are absolutely based, but all the college-aged crowd would know is Cancun.

It's like they have a two-dimensional view of a massive and complex country with its own internal issues. Like ever wonder why it's the Mexican navy that leads the fight against the narcos and not the army?

[–]The_cynical_panther 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm assuming the same reason the coast guard handles drug trafficking.

[–]ElodrianCAN 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Is the Navy fighting the Army for control of the drug trade or something?

[–]SikhAndDestroy 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Nope. The Mexican army's been thoroughly infiltrated, and there's a deep distrust of the US after our little war a long time ago. The navy is younger and doesn't hold that baggage.

[–]GreatmambojamboUSA[S] 137ポイント138ポイント  (3子コメント)

Logic

Liberal

Pick one

[–]BlueAndOrange92FL 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

You know damn well where they're gonna go. Germany

[–]NoStumpingTrumpMD 59ポイント60ポイント  (16子コメント)

What is ebt?

[–]alanthemanofchicagoIL 64ポイント65ポイント  (0子コメント)

Electronic benefits / "food stamps", although they're often given on state-run debit cards now (hence the electronic part)

[–]DopplerOctopusMD 27ポイント28ポイント  (3子コメント)

The ones in Maryland are called "Independence Cards"

Which is ironic on so many levels.

[–]DrunkPython 16ポイント17ポイント  (1子コメント)

I'm so independent that the government gives ME money.

[–]CoatSecurityFL 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Nah, it wasn't lying. They're in dependence on the government, just missing a space there...

[–]ubertommAL 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Because they're "in dependence."

[–]_rearxt_ 53ポイント54ポイント  (4子コメント)

NEET bux

[–]melancholiclabs 9ポイント10ポイント  (2子コメント)

Isn't NEETbux ssi, not ebt?

[–]SECAggieGuy14TX 19ポイント20ポイント  (1子コメント)

Not it's GBP

[–]klethraMN 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Good Boy Points in case anyone isn't familiar with the term. Frequently exchanged for tendies.

[–]DrunkPython 96ポイント97ポイント  (94子コメント)

Sad story, today when i was buying an energy drink at the gas station the woman in front of me was trying to by a 12 pack of beer with ebt... She was screaming at the cashier about how he has to execpt it and that it's non of his business what she buys. Plus she had two small children with her and this happened at 7am...

[–]alanthemanofchicagoIL 70ポイント71ポイント  (67子コメント)

I saw that all the time when I worked at a grocery store in high school. The amount of people trying to buy liquor or smokes with EBT was too damn high.

[–]5andcastle 43ポイント44ポイント  (29子コメント)

NO DRUGS, NO SMOKING AND ALCOHOL IN MODERATION, KIDS!

[–]redditinflamesMI 24ポイント25ポイント  (15子コメント)

Guess what happens when we build a wall? Where do these people THINK heroine, cocaine and meth are coming from? CANADA???

Hey, look, one of Mexico's national exports is METH!

Shocking they don't want that wall, ain't it?

[–]Goygonewild 14ポイント15ポイント  (9子コメント)

I concur. The amount of drugs that are coming out of Mexico is insane. The only thing coming out Canada on the other hand is cuckoldry and dank kush

[–]ElodrianCAN 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

The Wall will be a boon to America's domestic artisanal Meth industry.

[–]SikhAndDestroy 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

There's a lot of common ground here, I don't think the average Mexican is proud of that. Even if we legalized all the drugs, the coyotes and narcos aren't going away.

[–]who-are-yu 8ポイント9ポイント  (12子コメント)

What the hell? You are aware alcohol is (by definition, effect, etc) a drug, and actually much worse for you than most drugs right?

[–]BlueAndOrange92FL 6ポイント7ポイント  (7子コメント)

Yes we all understand that, but you can't just outright tell kids not to drink alcohol. Everyone includes alcohol differently when talking about this stuff.

Trump understands better than anyone the dangers of alcohol. Alcoholism killed his brother, that's why he doesn't smoke drink or do drugs.

[–]BonzalezGA 4ポイント5ポイント  (6子コメント)

But we can outright tell kids to not do drugs and expect positive results? I think it's about time we stop treating alcohol likes its special. Its just a more socially acceptable drug.

[–]ElodrianCAN 1ポイント2ポイント  (4子コメント)

Right. It's a socially acceptable drug. Our society deems it acceptable. It is special in that regard. It has a place in Western culture which cocaine does not. If we were citizens of Islamastan we would have a very different opinion of alcohol while enjoying our opium. But we are Westerners and these are our cultural mores. We need neither explain nor apologize for them.

[–]BonzalezGA 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

That's just being willfully ignorant. If a social more is unjust or misguided then we have a responsibility to at least point it out and talk about it. Otherwise we'd still have slaves and women couldn't vote.

[–]DeletedCommentAboveVA 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm completely against any sort of "just say no" approach to anything, probably because I went through D.A.R.E and saw how ridiculous it all was. I think the best approach obviously starts at the familial level, but that's another story all together, so as far as public/society level campaigns, we should simply teach kids about drugs and their effects, but leave out the hyperbole and fake horror stories.

I think the best approach is to just give them real-world, grounded examples that they might actually care about. Take cigarettes for example; Everyone knows the image of the black lungs of a smoker, and the commercials of people talking through holes in their neck, etc... but does that really deter people? That's one of those things people chalk up to, "yeah, that that may or may not happen, years down the line".

Kids should simply know how cigarettes are going to affect them now. They won't be able to run as far, they won't be able to skate as hard, they won't be able to swim as fast, their breath is going to stink, they're going to smell like an ashtray, their vision won't be as good, they're going to waste a bunch of money, they're going to turn away members of the opposite sex. Stuff like that.

[–]UrsusMontaniUSA 14ポイント15ポイント  (17子コメント)

I worked at a grocery store in high school as well. The amount of people buying food on an EBT card and pulling out a stack of cash to buy cartons of cigarettes and lottery tickets was astounding.

[–]Zealyfree 22ポイント23ポイント  (14子コメント)

This is why basic income would be horrific. These people CANNOT be trusted to handle their expenses properly.

[–]xkj222 18ポイント19ポイント  (3子コメント)

Don't get me wrong, self-reliance is an incredibly important belief of mine and I think everyone should work to support themselves. But I do tend to prefer a basic income setup over a welfare state, because then there's no incentive to have extra kids or do other things to manipulate the system.

[–]turdovski 16ポイント17ポイント  (0子コメント)

And it saves hundreds of millions on the bureaucracy itself that simply administers the welfare payments and pays for all the govt workers. This then helps the economy because people who actually want to get an education wont have to work 3 low wage jobs to pay for it. The single moms/dads would have time to raise kids instead of working dead end low wage jobs. The sacks of shit welfare leeches won't change, but for the upstanding citizens it would do good.

[–]Pendulous_balls 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

But they deserve free money from those that do! /s

[–]nanowerxGA 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

That is literally the Reddit mindset on the issue.

"Only a very few people abuse the system, we shouldnt overhaul it because poor kids will starve. Do you want kids to starve? Typical Republican!"

[–]HighEnergyTrumpstarGA 4ポイント5ポイント  (6子コメント)

Uh. You know it has been tried and worked out pretty well, right?

A final report was never issued, but Manitoban economist Evelyn Forget (/fɔːrˈʒeɪ/) conducted an analysis of the program in 2009 which was published in 2011.[5][6] She found that only new mothers and teenagers worked substantially less. Mothers with newborns stopped working because they wanted to stay at home longer with their babies, and teenagers worked less because they weren't under as much pressure to support their families, which resulted in more teenagers graduating. In addition, those who continued to work were given more opportunities to choose what type of work they did. Forget found that in the period that Mincome was administered, hospital visits dropped 8.5 percent, with fewer incidents of work-related injuries, and fewer emergency room visits from accidents and injuries.[7] Additionally, the period saw a reduction in rates of psychiatric hospitalization, and in the number of mental illness-related consultations with health professionals.[8][9]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincome

Trump's platform doesn't have anything about welfare or foodstamps. And that's one reason I support him. It is a non-issue, not a substantial portion of federal spending, and pointlessly divisive.

[–]ricky_retardo 9ポイント10ポイント  (2子コメント)

1970's low population density, less elderly, mostly-White Manitoba.

Can't argue more for "special case" than that, amigo.

[–]HighEnergyTrumpstarGA 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Population density and an alleged lack of old people (actually as much elderly as the national average)...lol.

Just come out and say it: you dont think black people will work if they get basic income. Even if true, they're a not a significant portion of the overall population. Why do we have to make all our policies around black people? Seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

[–]BlueAndOrange92FL 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

Dauphin Manitoba had a population of 8000 at the time. 80% white 19% aboriginal 1% other minorities. Pushed by Justin tradeaus daddy (a literal cuck. Literally cucked by ted Kennedy and multiple other men. His wife handled more meat than a butcher shop).

An extremely small population that is mostly homogeneous rural

HUGE difference there.

If you want to look at a larger scale of what it'd actually be like under a basic income look at the black.community before welfare reform in the 90s. You had multiple generations living off the checks. It was stagnant and the community fell into drugs and crime.

Edit: also entitlement spending is literally the largest portion of the budget, by a mile. It's almost double the second largest portion, defense spending. It's the reason our debt is skyrocketing.

[–]HighEnergyTrumpstarGA 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I got it, I got it. The concern is black people.

also entitlement spending is literally the largest portion of the budget, by a mile.

That is from SS/Medicare/Medicaid.

TANF: 6.8 Billion (27% white, 31% black)

SNAP: 77 Billion (40% white, 25% black)

Section 8: 36 Billion (40% white, 40% black)

Those are the federal handouts we give. Feel free to call out any I missed. States administer the General Assistance program, and only half the states have one.

If 100% of black usage was waste that would be 36B. I don't want people thinking our debt is exploding because of black people on welfare; we fixed that in the 90s, and yes, it was not good. On the other hand they are a small percentage of the population and it doesn't make sense to make all our policies around them. If a policy would be good for White and Asian America should we really say "fuck it" because of black people?

[–]jemosley1984 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Are you talking about Canada's black communities?

[–]mysticrudnin 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Having them work for the money isn't much better

[–]plus1zeroUSA 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

In college I worked at a mom and pop video store and a couple came in trying to rent their movies with EBT

[–]klethraMN 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

To be fair, these people keep their life savings (I.e. last paycheck) in their wallet, so they can feel cool in front of their friends. When I worked in a kitchen, half the cooks didn't have checking accounts. These guys could have literally walked 50 feet on payday to open an account, but it was "too much work" compared to walking into the restaurant on their off day and carpooling to Walmart to cash their checks in an hour-long line.

[–]mrmdprofNY 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

They don't know how to make it work. I lived in the 'bad parts' growing up. Its normally 0.50 cents for 1 EBT dollar. So people will come up to you and offer to buy 100 dollars in EBT groceries for 50 dollars cash.

Very common.

[–]themountaineer95WV 12ポイント13ポイント  (1子コメント)

The best was when they had a cart full of groceries paid for with EBT, then paid for a case of beer, a fifth and a carton of smokes with cash.

[–]jemosley1984 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Uhm, EBT supplements incomes, doesn't replace them.

[–]redditinflamesMI 4ポイント5ポイント  (13子コメント)

bu-bu-bu-bu drug testing welfare is wrong and costs more than it fixes! Ignore the professionals who say it is likely hugely cutting down on drug users in the places where properly implemented.

Not like we couldn't outsource the drug-testing to a third-party private company market and allow businesses to compete for the cheapest, most effective drug testing methods available to the tax payer, noooo. Lets wrap it up in tens of millions of dollars of bureaucracy, point to it and go, "SEE IT DOESN'T WURK GUIS!"

[–]HighEnergyTrumpstarGA 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ignore the professionals who say it is likely hugely cutting down on drug users in the places where properly implemented.

Link?

[–]viriconium_daysMO 1ポイント2ポイント  (10子コメント)

Drug testing could be done randomly. Get samples from everybody, but only test random ones.

[–]NADSAQ_Trader 0ポイント1ポイント  (9子コメント)

The two most commonly abused drugs are tobacco and alcohol.

[–]wendysNO1wcheesePA 0ポイント1ポイント  (8子コメント)

Which are legal. Also you forgot caffeine, jackass.

[–]NADSAQ_Trader 0ポイント1ポイント  (7子コメント)

People aren't abusing EBT to buy lattes, ultra jackass.

[–]wendysNO1wcheesePA 1ポイント2ポイント  (6子コメント)

Um, caffeine is in soda you stuuuuupid fucking jackass.

[–]cwheintz 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

A standard Massachusetts Medicaid reimbursement for a drug screen is ~$40 in 2016 for our 12 panel FDA approved immunoassay test. A standard "pay yourself" is $150 for the test. We take a hit on the Medicaid reimbursement and make up the cost/profit with the standard pay (Medicaid accounts for about 80% of our labs testing).

If this were to take place (and I agree we should have it) the medicaid reimbursement would need to be raised to about ~$75 per test for private labs to take on the workload. Ultimately I believe it would be a cost savings for the tax payers in the long run. The test is relatively cheap when compared to the cost of employing competent scientists, cost of supplies (a lot!), capital equipment, and overhead.

The cost would be a drop in the bucket compared to the money saved for taxpayers by those scamming these entitlement programs.

Source: Lab Supervisor in third party drug-testing lab. I see the patients who use these programs everyday. Trust me it is a real problem.

[–]wendysNO1wcheesePA 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I worked at a grocery store when I was younger as well and 99% of people used their Access cards. Half were stolen because the person would be there forever trying to put a number in, holding up the line, until I told them to get the fuck out and the other half bought the most ridiculous, unhealthy shit. There were a few families that would come through though and I’d always skip items when checking them out, to help out a little. I’m not even sure they noticed. I hated that fucking place though. Also had weekly meetings about what to do when robbed. So worth the minimum wage. It’s job like that though that make you appreciate other ones you have when you’re older.

[–]CoyoteCSCA 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

There's been a few medical marijuana dispensaries I've visited that accepted EBT. Absolutely disgusting.

[–]whosthat1guyLA 16ポイント17ポイント  (3子コメント)

In Louisiana I see people all the time with Louis Vuitton purses using EBT. Disgusting.

[–]human_uber 20ポイント21ポイント  (0子コメント)

They're probably fake lol

[–]lastshotiguessIN 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hell, i've seen people use EBT to buy groceries, pull out the wad of cash for booze and they went out and got into a 2014 bmw 3 series.

If you need to use EBT you shouldn't be driving a freaking bmw. Sell it, get a cheap car and feed your family.

[–]FlytapeTN 34ポイント35ポイント  (14子コメント)

Be waiting in line.

Dude buys 2 massive monster drinks, 1 for each kid (about 4-5 years old) and a bag of Doritos for each as well as a candy bar for each... Uses EBT card.

Then pulls out a roll of cash to buy cigs, beer and lottery tickets.

The kids complexions looked like they had been slathered in lard and left out in the sun too long. Perfectly round faces with splotches of red and white. Little Alfred Hitchcock bodies with monster energy drinks instead of blood flowing through their veins.

Those kids are fucked before they even start.

[–]Sweden4TrumpSWE 25ポイント26ポイント  (7子コメント)

The 1% are the ones responsible. /s

[–]DrobUWPWI 13ポイント14ポイント  (6子コメント)

Can't afford to feed my kids. Literally starving /s

[–]SikhAndDestroy 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

They're legitimately probably going through malnutrition if they're missing their micronutrients. And here's the kicker, as an immigrant from the working class, I grew up eating a lot of traditional foods that were plant-heavy.

Healthcare data backs that up. You don't see a ton of sick young Latino, Asian, or Desi migrants with conditions associated with malnutrition. Americans can't compete with immigrants (legal and illegal) because we don't eat like we want to be competitive.

Fuck, we should just import a ton of old Mexican abuelas and have them cook for our poor. Would probably save our healthcare system fucktons of money. I'm going on record as proposing a special visa just for this initiative.

[–]rossiFan 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Mexican abuelas

So, I pulled myself up by my bootstraps, but I had a good friend growing up who was Hispanic (I'm white). Because of, let's just say, parental fscked-uppedness, I went over to his house a lot. His mom and his abuela cooked and cleaned all the time. It was a wonderful atmosphere that contributed a great deal to who I am today. So, I fully support and highly recommend your Mexican abuela movement.

MAGA

[–]no_coatsSC 7ポイント8ポイント  (4子コメント)

EBT is a little too lax for me.

[–]ricky_retardo 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

It was much more strict. But, entitlement...

[–]nanowerxGA 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Blows me away there is no system similar to WIC for food stamps. WIC provides you with a list of healthy things you can get, that fill all the checkboxes for nutritional needs. The guidelines are already set up and you can't use it for candy and snacks, but for real food that is fulfilling nutritional wise.

If I see one more woman at a store getting energy drinks and candy bars for their kids with EBT then whip out $60 and buy a carton of Marlboros...I am going to snap!

Makes no sense that food stamps end up being almost an unlimited 'get whatever the fuck you want' ticket.

[–]no_coatsSC 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

WIC is outstanding. Really took the edge off while my parents were working hard, studying, and moving up in the world. I respect the hell out of anyone that uses benefits just long enough to find that foothold.

EBT is a fucking joke. When I was a cashier I witnessed shocking and fanciful expenditures. If you're poor you can eat like a king, if you're a little less poor it's ramen every night.

[–]redditinflamesMI 23ポイント24ポイント  (1子コメント)

I was at a wal mart the other day with people using EBT to buy soda and chips for their children. Both women were extremely obese. One continued to say, 'fuck' repeatedly at a 7-year old boy that wanted candy or something, and smack him in the face for grumbling back to her in public and I mean I was 15 feet way I didn't hear a word this little kid said but I heard her stupid ass.

Fucking sad. No wonder they grow up so fucking violent.

[–]qa2PA 15ポイント16ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's stories like this that make me feel abortion is a good thing. Not a slight on the kids, that person should not be a parent.

[–]ricky_retardo 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

Coincidentally, I witnessed something similar at a national chain drug store this morning with a woman arguing with the manager who was behind the register. She told him she was going to a different store. He laughed at her and wished her good luck. Amazingly, the whole conversation was in English...

Not surprising, however, is that both of our witnessed antagonists were women.

[–]CraftZ49MA 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Can safely say that as a cashier the worst customers I get are those on EBT, we don't even take it. Some people ask first and I give them props but fuck people who put 1/3 of the store on the counter and just walk out when I say we don't take EBT.

[–]Ung-Tik 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

Did a tour in downtown Pontiac in retail. After 4 years people trying to get beer/smokes with ebt didn't even surprise me anymore.

[–]PM_ME_TRUMP_HATE 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

There's a local around here with a flat brimmed cap, air jordans and a chromed up Chrysler 300 with tinted windows. I see him when I'm making my morning caffeine run, and every time -- candy and soda on EBT.

[–]leabilityCA 49ポイント50ポイント  (5子コメント)

My Filipino friend told me today that he's gonna move to the Philippines if trump wins. I was like Lol OK have fun, I'll just be here enjoying my non polluted oceans, nice job, and food that has really high standards and won't give me diarrhea.

[–]SomeWashingtonDudeCA 26ポイント27ポイント  (4子コメント)

The fuck? Why would he move back to the Philippines? The Philippines is pretty much on the onset of electing Jejomar Binay, which is the worst presidential candidate I have ever seen. Not to mention that the Philippines is more corrupt than America.

SAD!

[–]Lt-SwagMcGeeCA 22ポイント23ポイント  (1子コメント)

implying libtards have common sense

[–]MajinDrew09PHL 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

The Philippines is pretty much on the onset of electing Jejomar Binay, which is the worst presidential candidate I have ever seen.

Truly he is but falling at the polls at the moment. My entire family is voting Duterte and is currently surging. I can't wait until they send me footage of the First Philippine Hunger Games - but with criminals instead of kids.

EDIT: Also, the Philippine Hunger Games has no winners - just "executed criminals".

[–]SomeWashingtonDudeCA 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm also hoping that Duterte would win as well. He and Donald Trump would make a great team.

[–]spoobysrus 39ポイント40ポイント  (5子コメント)

This guy is a public figure.. but whatever.

[–]-DirtNJ 6ポイント7ポイント  (4子コメント)

Around here we follow rules with the same enthusiasm we wish some people would follow laws.

[–]spoobysrus 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

I understand the rules, I just figured this guy was a big enough deal celebrity wise to display his name :)

[–]Infinitopolis 13ポイント14ポイント  (1子コメント)

Frontier probably does...

[–]leifashley27TX 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

This made me laugh, take your upcoat!

[–]MaxBoivinCAN 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

One thing that crack me up when I see report that number of google search on procedure to immigrate to Canada from the USA increased since Trump will be the next president is why those people just don't walk across the border?

Is it because it is illegal?

Is it because it would be disrespectful for Canadians?

Or is it because if Canada catch them they'll send them back?

[–]UrsusMontaniUSA 26ポイント27ポイント  (8子コメント)

Can we trade our low energy cucks for high energy foreign centipedes?

[–]SenorWorkmanVA 16ポイント17ポイント  (6子コメント)

At this rate I want Europe to keep them they need them far more than we do. I am seriously so horrified at the future of Europe, the right is slowly gaining momentum but just not fast enough.

[–]returnofthecityboyDEU 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

Sad, so much low energy here.

[–]CrashedonMarsIRL 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

you can say you're a commie here in Ireland and expect not to be shamed and mocked for it. Disgusting.

[–]xkj222 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

The Reconquista took 700 years. It was pretty bleak for a while there but no matter how bad it gets now I'll have faith in the continent making a recovery eventually.

[–]lnternationalNLD 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

:(

[–]SenorWorkmanVA 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I love you guys, you have some of the richest history and culture anywhere on the world, but it just being run over by your leaders and the massive amounts of un-vetted migrants coming in.

[–]SikhAndDestroy 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Immigrant here. I'll admit, we've lived on assistance. It's a shitty lifestyle, it's there as subsistence, a stipend to extend your runway because hiring cycles aren't uniform year-round for all industries.

In addition, I highly encourage all centipedes to look at what your local job center provides as services, there's coaching and resume services, in addition to money. Put yourself in their shoes and see if it's a well-run accelerator. If you couldn't make a job offer happen with just that (take away your smartphone, laptop, high-speed internet, library card), then someone less well off probably couldn't either--and you should voice your concerns with your local policy makers. We've committed a lot of infrastructure to getting people jobs so they can get off EBTs.

tl;dr We tied up a lot of money into essentially startup incubators that anyone can use to find a job. There's no excuse to be living on EBTs and not taking full advantage of these taxpayer-funded resources.

[–]redditinflamesMI 11ポイント12ポイント  (1子コメント)

That burn was so bad I can feel the heat from here. Had to step back. My god I am glad I am on this side of the fence. You fuckers are mean as hell.

[–]GlassSmithOfTheStars 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

You fuckers are mean as hell.

Maybe, but we are not the ones organizing violent "protests" because someone disagrees with our opinions.

[–]SenguraUSA 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

What's EBT?

[–]leifashley27TX 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's a payment card for welfare.

[–]trailbreak74CA 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

Amiri King AMA coming soon?

[–]ion9aUSA 10ポイント11ポイント  (6子コメント)

I'd honestly be completely willing to pay a one time large tax to just get rid of everyone that constantly threatens to go to Canada.

If your idea of democracy is 'either I win or I leave', then just leave.

[–]who-are-yu 8ポイント9ポイント  (4子コメント)

Noooooo noooo us Canadian's don't want em. Got enough dumb liberals and dumb conservatives around here. "keep marijuana illegal cant have kids smokin the stuff" "Booze? Nah thats not a drug" "i want free stuff" "isn our pm hot?" "Look how dumb trump and americans are .... lol" Just fuck off already. Maybe we can just send dumb people to the moon?

[–]hotsavoryaujusCA 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

I don't think these jerkoffs realized how difficult it is to immigrate to Canada in the first place.

[–]who-are-yu 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yup. Even for Americans its decently hard. You basically have to be rich, and rich people live well everywhere.

[–]KaribouLouDiedCA 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Australia, m8. Enjoy the inflation Libs, because that's exactly what would happen with a bernie cuck in office.

[–]boomchakaboomNY 21ポイント22ポイント  (3子コメント)

When Trump is President, people dependent on EBT, if they are willing to work, will do the jobs that illegals are doing now.

They will live better and regain their self-respect, or starve.

[–]HighEnergyTrumpstarGA 17ポイント18ポイント  (2子コメント)

According to Trump's website there is nothing indicating he is doing anything to EBT or welfare.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/432124/donald-trump-republican-nomination-say-goodbye-welfare-reform

To which I say GOOD. Spending on these programs is minuscule and actually has a decent ROI. It always made Republicans look like policy-daft antiwonks when they started carping about it. He knows how to unify people, and part of it is trashing the divisive parts of the Republican platform. Let us focus on jobs, trade, immigration, and states rights not the crumbs poor people are wasting; It makes the right look petty and myopic. Thank goodness we have someone with vision like Donald.

[–]boomchakaboomNY 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

I'm fine with this. EBT and other general welfare will naturally shrink as the job picture improves.

Also, the states individually administer welfare programs, with federal financial grants. So Scott Walker, John Kasich, and any other Republican governor are better placed to truly reform welfare than the President, if they and the people of their state truly want to do so. Scott Walker deserves credit for governing over a reduction of Wisconsin property taxes by 3% over the last decade, but it is not the type of thing that gets you elected President.

[–]CrazyCapitalist 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Unfortunately, once a government gets its hands on a money stream, it won't let go so easily. I expect you'll see things like what happened in California in the 1990's. They'll simply raise the state poverty line and reissue. How else are they supposed to bribe poor, desperate people?

[–]JamUpWA 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's funny that they threaten to leave to country, but make no effort to leave their state for a state with laws they find favorable to them.

[–]magaman3 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think Frontier does though

[–]NimbleTrumpigatorFL 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

RIGHT IN THE CUCK

[–]CraftZ49MA 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

TIPPITTIE TOP KEK

[–]jam-a-szenis 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

choices are limited too. you can either go to australia and die the first night there due to some crazy ass beetle, you can go to canada and pay out the ass for anything computer/technology related (plus quebecois), or you can go to the UK (wales, ireland, scotland, england, take your pic) and pay out the ass for EVERYTHING. the only pros of going to any of those is scotland has irn bru and munchy boxes.

pretty much anywhere you go, expect to lose a lot of quality of life. not that any countries are relatively worse than the US in that regard, but when ezmode US living is all you've known it's going to be rough.

[–]SikhAndDestroy 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I want to push back on that, if you're not living in a major city, cost of living is more reasonable. Every country has high costs for some class of goods (like in the US, it'd comparatively be pharma).

[–]JDMJulesTX 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

ABSOLUTELY SAVAGE

[–]HereToOffendIdiotsTX 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I like how these people just assume that any country on earth would be happy to have them and just hand over a green card.

It doesn't work that way. Immigrating to another country is extremely expensive and tedious, IF they even allow you to immigrate.

[–]dckless4mikechiklis 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

What kind of trash flies Delta?

[–]randomshoeFL 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Roasted and toasted

[–]DJ_GiantMidget 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Could we set up a twitter bot that finds these people and blasts their feeds until they leave

[–]iidankTN 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

They don't have ID to vote but have ID to board a plane? What a bunch of sad people

[–]not_an_agentUSA 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

WEW pɐן
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[–]ChristianCuberMI 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

BASED

lol Love it!

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[–]MikeA11bTN 0ポイント1ポイント  (5子コメント)

Amiri King. love this dude

[–]GreatmambojamboUSA[S] 7ポイント8ポイント  (4子コメント)

Are we allowed now to show twitter names?

I thought this was falling under the "no doxxing rule"?

[–]lnternationalNLD[M] 10ポイント11ポイント  (2子コメント)

You are when someone is considered a public figure, just report when doubtful :)
Edit: guess he is.

[–]GreatmambojamboUSA[S] 10ポイント11ポイント  (1子コメント)

Will do, thx for clarifying.

PS: You guys are doing a terrific job

[–]MarvinMcNut 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

We have the best mods! Aren't our mods great everyone!

[–]cumjunky 2ポイント3ポイント  (6子コメント)

Can someone explain the Delta thing to me? Like they're going to be taking Delta Airlines to leave the country or what?

[–]leifashley27TX 4ポイント5ポイント  (3子コメント)

The tweet is saying that "you're not leaving because you won't be able to pay for a ticket with a welfare card" meaning the people saying this don't have the money to leave.

[–]HighEnergyTrumpstarGA 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Which is kind of silly because white liberals (the people threatening to move to Canada) have a high SES and are in favor of immigration/section 8 because they never have to deal with the messes they create.

[–]I_eat_satans_ass 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Fuck section 8, you make those stupid apartments and now you wonder why you can't find reasonable housing? Because you can either make a place that's nice as shit and charge out the ass to rich people for it, or a shit place for section 8, put in 0 work and get a nice government rent check. For average places you gotta put in the work to maintain it but it's not as much income as the ritzy places. Furthermore, building luxury apartments is a way around section 8 requirements, because of course nobody wants to live in an apartment that rents section 8.

But hey, libtards wanted the poor people to have housing too. Because homeless shelters just don't provide enough for people so everyone needs to pay to put a roof over their head.

[–]AntisocialDarwinistGA 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

Delta is just the most popular airline in America, I believe, and they operate out of Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, which is the world's most busiest airport.

We call them "Delivering Everyone Late To Atlanta" for a reason :P

[–]lnternationalNLD 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thats pretty clever, I might have to start using that one.

[–]Jackamalio626 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

The libs should have already left the country. Canada is as liberal as you could possibly want, and soon you'll be surrounded by all the progressive and peaceful "refugees" as well!

[–]BlindManBaldwin 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

cheeky post

straya and Trump would approve

[–]DragofireheartNH 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

SAVAGE RAVAGING

[–]Fastfalkie 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Shots fired.

[–]cowboysfan88VA 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

CUCKS BTFO

[–]dr_sweatpants 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

If Trump DOESN'T become president, I'm leaving the country ... because it will be irreversibly fucked.

[–]stormer14789SWE 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

I don't understand what is Delta and what is EBT?

[–]C4CypherFL 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Delta: As in Delta Airlines

EBT: Electronic government charity card that replaced "food stamps"

[–]stormer14789SWE 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Okay, thanks. Sick burn

[–]RithyH 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

What's delta in this context ?

[–]coltsrule87 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah but southwest probably does

[–]MisterMagoriumOH[🍰] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The savagery is high in this one.

[–]7thAccountDontDelete 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Why are you censoring Amiri King? Dude is a legend on social media

[–]tomorrowsanewday45 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Why block his name? He's more like a public figure at this point.

[–]LordShitticus 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Serious question, does the conservative right look down on people utilizing government assistance(other than the obvious when people misuse it)? Would you rather it not exist?

Having used EBT before, as I believe it was intended, I'm just curious.

[–]s0cketNC 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Maybe they can be "undocumented workers" in Canada... we'll see how that works out.

[–]neonmako 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I get very excited when I see the 'moving to Canada' bit come across my facebook. I thoroughly enjoy explaining you have to immigrate there legally, just like Donald wants the rest of the world to do in America. Oh, but that's racists. Those racists Canadians hahaha.

[–]OH-IO_ProudAmericanOH 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Lol typical liberals! Dont let the door hit ya!