Posted on 07/23/2019 8:46:22 PM PDT by BeauBo
“We’re doling out billions every year (in the Middle East)... - but I never see Freepers complaining. It’s only social programs for low-income Americans, here at home, that Freepers want cut.”
We have a mix of folks here. Some have a stronger foreign policy folks, others might be more religiously or socially conservative, and yet others might be more focused on economic Conservatism. Some (in any crowd) however, will be butt-holes about things. Even good people have their bad moments.
A significant consideration about this change, is that it does not lower the financial thresholds for really needy people - it eliminates a commonly exploited loophole, that allows wealthier people from automatically receiving benefits, that they would not qualify for, under the actual thresholds for financial need.
Using this loophole, there have literally been people living in multi-million dollar homes, with fancy cars and even yachts that they owned outright, receiving EBT cards.
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