My wife, the teacher, tells me there are people who think they should control what teachers spend their salaries on, because “it’s the taxpayers’ money”.
No, I’m not.
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uh okay. You would know best, not someone that lives here.
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Really, though, who cares? And how is this relevant to the thread topic?
JFC.
These are HIS words, not mine!
How incredibly lucky I was can’t be overstated.
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It’s relevant because when someone’s in the middle of a disaster, it’s even worse to snark on them for their choices like this. It would be bad enough under normal circumstances, but it’s kicking someone when they’re down.
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Notice what he said, and what you said. He said he was “incredibly lucky.” You said he was “unaffected.”
Those are not at all the same thing.
You saw my list earlier. I, too, was incredibly lucky. A close co-worker saw his entire house be washed downriver, and has been living in a hotel ever since the storm. Those of us who suffered only trivial damage to our belongings, and who didn’t lose loved ones, were incredibly lucky.
You also saw me say that it’s knocked me on my ass.
Both things are true. I’m not telling you your friend wasn’t lucky, I’m saying it’s impossible to live here and not be negatively affected by the disaster.
Why are you insisting he was unaffected?
Here’s an idea!
If you are a person in this thread that is triggered by the idea of a poor person buying a small culinary luxury - like caviar or ice cream……with your tax dollars……
I pay a LOT of dollars in taxes. Just pretend that the food treat is being purchased with MY tax dollars, and pretend that YOUR tax dollars are being spent on subsidizing a billionaire’s fantasy of space travel or on bombs to drop on children in hospitals overseas or deporting hardworking agricultural laborers or whatever you think constitutes a worthy use of YOUR tax dollars. Maybe that’ll help you sleep at night.
Seriously, the government does so much shitty stuff with our tax money, and the one that’s setting you off is decent food for people that couldn’t otherwise afford it?
We are all one, big interconnected species, so whatever happens to any one of us affects us all.
My view is that food stamp recipients should be able to buy whatever the hell they want, and it would be far more civilized to just include that support as part of their social assistance payments like most countries and jurisdictions do.
The food stamp mechanism appears to have two objectives, neither of which I think are ethical:
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Disallow the purchase of items that are regarded as enjoyable, luxurious, or convenient, even apparently disallowing basic things like takeout pizza, burgers, or ready-to-eat hot foods from supermarkets. These are ridiculous restrictions.
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Force the purchaser to advertise the fact that they’re poor and relying on welfare, the consequent humiliation being regarded as a fair quid pro quo for getting a free handout. This is in line with some politicians delighting in making any kind of social assistance as onerous, cruel, and degrading as possible.
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Good grief. Okay, dude.
Please, take this particular facet of the discussion to another thread.
And that is the key point. When you give someone money, it is now their money and not yours. If you object to how they spend it, don’t give them money a second time.
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off-topic also.
When financially independent Americans eat unhealthy food and/or make unhealthy lifestyle choices, it increases the cost of health care for all of us.
With whom should I speak about that?
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Neither does being able to buy a six pack of Mountain Dew rather than beer, which at least has some marginal nutritional value.
Regarded by who? Mrs Cad loves chicken breasts although they are more expensive than thighs. Why should someone be allowed to step in that food stamps are only allowed for thighs and breasts are luxury items.
And what about people that can’t/don’t cook. Yes you could make a pasta side that is healthier and cheaper and tastier than pasta roni. Because of that, should Pasta Roni be considered a convenience item because some people do.