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castiron ([personal profile] castiron) wrote in [community profile] agonyaunt 2024-07-07 12:39 am (UTC)

At one point during the acute pandemic, the local food bank was handing out food boxes near our house, and Spouse went and picked up a box. I was livid. We had no problem affording food. Sure, the food bank wasn't checking whether people needed it or not, and sure, maybe they had so much stock to use that it could afford to give away extra, but if they didn't, then someone who really needed the food was turned away or got less. (I made an extra donation to the food bank that month.)

But SNAP? I'm going to assume that someone who receives it genuinely needs it, because there is an application process and explicit income and asset levels one has to meet to qualify. And I'm okay with a few people who have helpful wealthier relatives getting SNAP if it means that people with unhelpful wealthier relatives can also get it.

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