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1. There is a difference between me forcing a cactus up your ass, vs me forbidding you from doing it to yourself.
2. It's government money they are shoving down their gullet, and government gets to choose where it's money goes
3. Poors don't deserve rights. If they want rights they should get a fucking job and stop being drags on society.
All the brave truckers who protested government overreach in the noble trucker protests of 2021 should march once more for the You're Not In The Land Of The Free When You're Hungryprotest.
 
For people who are struggling financially (especially families), those benefits can be the only way they feed their families and themselves.
Disingenuous bleeding heart bullshit! Single mothers qualify for WIC and in any case, there is enough free food in this country for anyone who bothers to take it even with no government assistance at all.
You can fuck right off with your "10 photos that will make you say fuck having borders and laws and shit" garbage.
Take your psyops elsewhere.
 
So apparently there are three separate men all of whom are gay that were deported in that last round-up that were suspected of having gang ties that the libs are bitching about today. My two liberal coworkers were bitching about how this is just the new secret police with how they're "disappearing" people with no due process. I've looked around but the only articles I could find were from lefty rags. Do these asylum seekers have to have court appearances to be deported regardless of whether Trump invoked the enemy aliens act or whatever it's called? I guess that's what the judge was calling for. I'm a little confused with this one.
No one is entitled to court hearings under The Alien Enemies Act. This act allows unilateral and indefinite detention and deportation of anyone, even U.S. citizens, without legal proceedings based solely on the persons country of birth. The grey area that people are complaining about is the legality of the invocation of the act. The act has only been enacted 3 times in history, the War of 1812 and World Wars 1 & 2. The argument against the act applying now is that the USA is not under any "declared war", verbiage used in the act itself, and the act has only ever been used at these times. The argument for the act applying is that "invasion/predatory incursion" are also listed as times the act can be used, which Trump has applied to immigrant crossing between the US and Mexico.

I believe the courts will have to clarify to what degree "invasion/predatory incursion" are legitimate precursors to the act.
I disagree. It's a known fact that sugary drinks like soda fatten you up. While it's one thing to tell people you can't buy it period, we're talking about the government telling you what you can do with the government's (your) money; which in this case is poisoning yourself with soda and similar sugary shit.
What about the sugar tax? Just make it cost twice as much and if retards want to waste all their money on it anyways, boo for them.
 
why do the VP and Def Sec have to talk about war plans on a messaging app that people without military clearances are on and can easily be brought into by accident or on purpose?

we are the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, can they not get a private messaging app that's designed to only connect the very top people in the administration and that's it? fucking Walmart has an app that only connects other Walmart employees, why doesn't the fucking government?
 
Your piddling tax dollars are chump change compared to what Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nabisco, General Mills, and Tyson will pay directly to congresspeople and right-wing "influencer" shills. I said from the beginning, it's pure hopium to think that you can micromanage the foods that EBT recipients are allowed to buy, because the lobbyists will outbid you every time.

The best way to cut EBT spending is to root out fraud, particularly among vendors. It takes two to commit EBT fraud, the one with the card and the one who redeems it. There's no big-money lobby protecting bodegas and mini-marts. The big-box retailers would probably be willing to pay some nice lobbying bux to put them all out of business.
I hate the idea that because something is difficult or may cause people to be sad it shouldn't be done. Getting rid of fraud is one part of this, but limiting SNAP benefits to necessary items is the other and if the huge multinational corporations are also a part of this spiral of people living off of taxpayer funds then they should also adapt or die.

Once again, I am not for taking away SNAP in full as of now no matter what hyperbolic shitposts I may make, but it does need to be reorganized to do away with the amount of obvious misuse and just pure destruction that the poor do to themselves through taxpayer funds. Reorganizing SNAP to be more like WIC is something that we should try and I believe it would be beneficial to both the recipient and the taxpayer.
 
All the brave truckers who protested government overreach in the noble trucker protests of 2021 should march once more for the You're Not In The Land Of The Free When You're Hungryprotest.
But they are free, free to starve. They can buy as much food and soda as their diabetes ridden hearts desire, but for their own money. No free rides nigger
 
Your solution to welfare fraud is to go after small businesses. Somehow this will put a big enough dent in welfare fraud for it to not be an issue. Okay man.
If the small business' model relies entirely on graft, then yes. There are plenty of other small businesses that don't rely on EBT fraud to get by, and they'd probably be happy to get more business after the fraudulent businesses close down. How is a small legitimate grocery store supposed to compete with a bodega down the street that enables people to buy cigarettes, beer, and lotto tickets with EBT at 50 cents on the dollar? They can't. So the small grocery store goes under, and another bodega opens in its place.

ANY business that relies on graft as its business model should be closed, how is this even a point of discussion?
 
I think it's fucked up that America is dictating to the lower class what they can and cannot put in their bodies. This is no different from when they were enforcing the vaccine on everyone, where are the truckers out protesting this appalling overreach of authority? Let's get out there and call on Congress to Dew it Right™
When daddy-gov is paying for your meals daddy-gov get to decide what you can eat.

And daddy-gov thinks you are wayyyyy to fat.
 
We always talk about middle class white kids, we never consider lower class white trash or non-white kids into the equation because that would be racist
hey, I'm white trailer trash and I'm just as racist as the rest of ya

wait....

Also can't quote @The Noise but idk if it came off like I disagree with anything you said, I literally have the same opinion except sodies should not be available. I say as a kid that grew up on food stamps and really enjoyed Hawaiian punch and RC cola.
 
What about the sugar tax? Just make it cost twice as much and if retards want to waste all their money on it anyways, boo for them
That would interfere with people using their own money and would open up the door for shit like red meat taxes or saturated fat taxes due to WEF vegan agenda bullshit.
Restricting processed food and drink for snap, with explicitly no restriction on whole food ingredients, does no such thing because people can just buy their junk themselves with their own money.
Just like what you can get covered by tax funded Healthcare is much more restrictive than simply paying out of pocket. This isn't hard to understand.
 
Disingenuous bleeding heart bullshit! Single mothers qualify for WIC and in any case, there is enough free food in this country for anyone who bothers to take it even with no government assistance at all.
You can fuck right off with your "10 photos that will make you say fuck having borders and laws and shit" garbage.
Take your psyops elsewhere.
Calm down 2025 regdate, I'm literally on your side.
 
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why do the VP and Def Sec have to talk about war plans on a messaging app that people without military clearances are on and can easily be brought into by accident or on purpose?
the most unbelievable part about this is that boomer government officials were using a messaging app that deletes texts automagically and not constantly boomering it. If you had told me that one of them accidentally added his mistress (or gay lover) to the group chat I might believe you, but a journo? A journo at a hostile "news" organization no less? Come on now.
 
In your suggested example, they literally are an enemy. The State should not permit children mutilations. Anyone who advocates that the State has no role in this is an enemy, for they are advocating for the destruction of your civilization.
I feel like decades of propaganda disguised as entertainment a lack of concrete moral education has made most of the world fucking retarded and scared to stand by principles or call out moral rot.

It’s why I hate Libertarians the most.
 
I think it's fucked up that America is dictating to the lower class what they can and cannot put in their bodies. This is no different from when they were enforcing the vaccine on everyone, where are the truckers out protesting this appalling overreach of authority? Let's get out there and call on Congress to Dew it Right™
Party on, grocerygoblin.
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I hate the idea that because something is difficult or may cause people to be sad it shouldn't be done. Getting rid of fraud is one part of this, but limiting SNAP benefits to necessary items is the other and if the huge multinational corporations are also a part of this spiral of people living off of taxpayer funds then they should also adapt or die.

Once again, I am not for taking away SNAP in full as of now no matter what hyperbolic shitposts I may make, but it does need to be reorganized to do away with the amount of obvious misuse and just pure destruction that the poor do to themselves through taxpayer funds. Reorganizing SNAP to be more like WIC is something that we should try and I believe it would be beneficial to both the recipient and the taxpayer.
You mean something like requiring 90% of funds be used in group one where things like produce, dairy, grains, etc are and the other 10% allowed for group two where soda, candy, etc are?
That would interfere with people using their own money and would open up the door for shit like red meat taxes or saturated fat taxes due to WEF vegan agenda bullshit.
Restricting processed food and drink for snap, with explicitly no restriction on whole food ingredients, does no such thing because people can just buy their junk themselves with their own money.
Just like what you can get covered by tax funded Healthcare is much more restrictive than simply paying out of pocket. This isn't hard to understand.
Well I think all Americans are fat as hell and could do with buying a little less soda, but I also think you should have the freedom to kill yourself in whatever stupid way you want. I could see something like the above being a decent compromise.
 
And Israel did take actions on their own. The ceasefire in Gaza fell apart soon after that conversation, the Houthis attacked Israel in retaliation, and the US was forced to immediately attack the Houthis. Exactly what Hegseth predicted would happen if their plans got leaked.

The journo and the guy who invited him to the chat are likely Israeli informants.
Israeli informants!? In the US government!? *pretends to be shocked*

That Pete Hegseth is quite the prognosticator. Where does he get such insights?
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“DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH: When I was doing a series for Fox Nation I did an interview while getting tattooed by the only tattoo artist in Bethlehem.

I got Yehweh -- Jesus in Hebrew.

Also on my forearm I have a Benjamin Franklin, effectively, political cartoon from the 1760s. It's the Join or Die snake.

I've got Deus Vult -- God Wills It -- which was the cry of the Crusaders on my bicep.

I have a big flag with the AR-15 I carried in Iraq on my bicep.

Then on my shoulder I have my unit crest of who I served with in Iraq.

My entire pec is a Jerusalem cross. Israel, Christianity and my faith are things I care deeply about.”
 
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