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Originally posted by Smartypants
This logic
Do you have a job?
You must not know that the money generated for food stamps is cut out of the checks of the working, including mine.
That's why I'm worrying. Because it's affecting me.
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And you will continue to worry. Having food stamps and other forms of welfare are bigger steps to a more equal country. Not once have I complained about my hardworking money going to government aid for others. Because I realize not everyone has it easy. The poverty rate in America is astonishing.
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According to the 2007–2011 ACS, 42.7 million people or 14.3 percent of the U.S.population had income below the poverty level.
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http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr11-17.pdf
Not to mention minorities make up a significant proportion. And they happen to be in urban areas. The costs if living in urban areas is much more expensive than in suburbs and rural eras. Making food, housing, and other expenses very high. So less take away food stamps, how will those people survive? Or how about we lesson the aid, they will struggle to eat. If you can give up a tiny percent of your paycheck just to help your neighbor