Quote Originally Posted by Tradd View Post
As I’ve already posted earlier, many MAGA supporters lack empathy. They think if you need this sort of assistance, it’s your fault. Probably from the influence of the fake prosperity gospel stuff. They don’t care if it’s a senior or not. You should have saved enough for retirement. If you didn’t, it’s your fault. Just about 40% of SNAP recipients are kids, I just heard on the radio. The MAGA supporters are “too bad, so bad” the kids have parents who can’t feed them properly. Or don’t make enough. Something like 38% of SNAP recipients work. But we all know that a lot of working class folks are in a bad way. MAGA simply doesn’t care.
I have a MAGA FB friend (actually an acquaintance) who has been receiving SNAP benefits, along with her 2 adult daughters and their 5 small children (the whole clan is 10 people altogether, friend has 5 kids plus 5 grandkids). They were all living together in the family shelter system, although recently some of them have gotten out and found their own housing due to necessity (given deadlines that they could no longer stay in the shelter system after more than a year). Her outrage seems to focus on the idea that everything is being given to "illegals," so there are less resources available to deserving "American born and bred" folks like them. I actually have more sympathy for migrants who are often fleeing horrendous circumstances than "American born and bred" people who are in bad circumstances due to their own poor life choices. I do have sympathy for them too, since none of us make great decisions all of the time. Let's face it, luck can have a lot to do with it as well - mental illness, physical disabilities, the families we are born into, etc. She constantly knocks the state of MA, and doesn't seem to appreciate the generous benefits she and her family has received in MA, or realize that if the safety net is robust for her and hers, that it's going to be for others as well, even those she may perceive as less deserving. She and her husband and 2 youngest kids have just moved to SC, so I hope that suits them better.