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bucolic_frolic

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2. or they were at one time paying

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 10:41 AM

Oct 31

There are different legal, financial, economic rules, laws in various eras for dividing the pie. Being compensated to keep quiet is one such. The peasantry in other countries/centuries might like to weigh in.

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So, if SNAP benefits are necessary because the minimum wage hasn't kept up with inflation... [View all] Baitball Blogger Oct 31 OP

And groceries cost too much, and the rent is too much leftstreet Oct 31 #1

and ss and ssi not keeping up. AllaN01Bear Oct 31 #7

or they were at one time paying bucolic_frolic Oct 31 #2

Yes! You are exactly correct! maspaha Oct 31 #3

Not only that but about 25% of all SNAP benefits are Farmer-Rick Oct 31 #6

Corporatism MaineBlueBear Oct 31 #4

Of course. Taxpayers have subsidized corporate payrolls for decades Orrex Oct 31 #5