Why NOT to vote Republican

[iris lilies]

catherine…as noted above, I was expounding on IL post about purchasing a house. Obviously, it is not a prerequisite in life…. nor is college. But being very young and uneducated and having children has proven to be a more difficult or impossible endeavor (in today’s world especially) unless receiving government or family aid. With the recent republican recommendations of cutting food stamps and other child enrichment programs… it will only be more difficult. What jobs as a 17 year old do you know of that pay well (and your definition of paying well) and how many of them are available? And, catherine, you right in that there are no rules but why encourage hardship and possibly poverty … that was what I took from Alan’s previous post as being sick.

You mention chatter in Congress to cut food stamps, but you ignore the actual cutting of food stamps that went on in this White House administration. Now there are reasons for that, and I happen to agree with them, but in the interest of fairness I mention that food stamps have been actually cut in early 2023.

[frugal-one]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-po...proposed-cuts/

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0...-cuts-00086638

[catherine]

catherine…as noted above, I was expounding on IL post about purchasing a house. Obviously, it is not a prerequisite in life…. nor is college. But being very young and uneducated and having children has proven to be a more difficult or impossible endeavor (in today’s world especially) unless receiving government or family aid. With the recent republican recommendations of cutting food stamps and other child enrichment programs… it will only be more difficult. What jobs as a 17 year old do you know of that pay well (and your definition of paying well) and how many of them are available? And, catherine, you right in that there are no rules but why encourage hardship and possibly poverty … that was what I took from Alan’s previous post as being sick.

I didn't take it that Alan was encouraging parenthood for 17-year olds.

And, to be clear, I defiinitely don't support 17 year olds having babies if they had the babies because their state outlaws abortion. But I still maintain that the culture is way more sick than a tolerance for teenage motherhood.

[frugal-one]

I agree catherine… cutting SNAP and other aid for mothers is unconscionable too. I would imagine few 17 year olds purposefully get pregnant?

[iris lilies]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-po...proposed-cuts/

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0...-cuts-00086638

right, you already said this.

I am getting crickets from you about the cuts that recently took place.

[frugal-one]

crickets? So you already know why not to vote republican then.

[iris lilies]

crickets? So you already know why not to vote republican then.

To make it clear, what do you think of the cuts that took place recently on Joe Biden’s watch?

[frugal-one]

IL…you need to expound…

[iris lilies]

IL…you need to expound…

Mr. Google is your friend here.

[frugal-one]

Mr. Google is your friend here.

Google is your friend too…