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| Republicans are playing games. |
The debt ceiling debacle creeps. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns that Congress must raise the debt ceiling or the United States defaults and it could trigger a global recession.
It is a hardline House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) refusing to pass a debt ceiling increase. In this so called debt ceiling increase, the Republican controlled House of Representatives passed a budget that included unilateral spending cuts to domestic programs. In their budget which is limited with details, it mainly is a culture war package.
The Senate declaring any legislation that affects the middle class is not going to pass and President Joe Biden stated that any attempts to pass a debt ceiling increase with spending cuts is going to be vetoed.
Republicans are still trying to paint this as the fault of the president and senate Democrats.
Biden had to cut his G7 Summit appearance to head to Washington to meet with McCarthy in last minute talks. The Republicans vow to oppose any bills that the president or senate present.
When I lost my job in 2022, I applied for unemployment. It was very frustrating to collect a week's worth of money. In Ohio, you must be actively looking for employment opportunities to receive unemployment. So if you lost a $60,000 a year job and now are working a $35,000 a year job, then you can get a measly $400 unemployment check.
That check will be used to pay for child care, electric bills, cable, phone bill, mortgage, water bills, rent, car payments, food and waste removal. So what you end up with nothing.
Most Americans work their asses to earn benefits. SNAP, Social security, Medicare and Medicaid are the safety net. It saves Americans for anarchy. They also want to end funding for Ukraine. They don't want to cut defense spending or funding to Israel.
These so called lawmakers who want government out of the way are demanding changes to the safety net. These changes include major cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, the SNAP program and the student debt program.
Mind you that community block grants, child care credits, Energy Star, public housing, public broadcasting and disaster relief are also on the chopping block as well.
It seems like meddling in your personal business or your refrigerator is Republican business. They want smaller government when it comes to polluting the water and air. Now they want to keep the poor and needy hungry by passing laws or modifying legislation to require the unable to work so they can earn food stamps.
Blame the poor and needy for the economy. See the Republicans have love for the wealthy. They refuse to raise taxes on the rich. They refuse to increase Supplemental Nutrient Assistance Program to those who have no options.
The middle and lower class needs the safety net. It prevents them from robbing and looting stores.
Cause if you have to steal to keep food on the table, you probably would. Trust me, if the opportunities were given, the poor would steal from a grocery store if they couldn't have access to the safety nets. Believe me, you never know what happens until you become one of them!
When you're a felon in certain states, it's nearly impossible to get a job in the United States. Let alone you're a sexual offender and you're trying to find a job.
People on food stamps didn't cause an economic recession. The economy went under because of the auto, financial, housing and banking industry collapsing.
Companies are still trying to hire employees. With the average wages stagnant, many are not looking forward to returning to a job that pays dirt wages. Many who worked in the retail, restaurant and low end service industry are not willing to take a job for less than $10 an hour. Matter of fact, no one can survive on $15 an hour.
Republicans don't see the bigger picture itself. They rather continue to believe in conspiracies about people collecting the safety net and not going back to work.
Give them a liveable wage and maybe things might improve in the job market.
We can't always assume that folks are lazy. People are literally dying from being exposed to the coronavirus and folks are tired of the status quo of their jobs.
Many single mothers are having trouble trying to find quality daycare or family members to watch children. On top of that, some have lost family members due to the pandemic. A homemaker may have lost their spouse. Some may have no choice but to watch their children or loved ones due to the aftermath of the pandemic.
Folks are still trying to rebound from medical bills, late rent payments, owing taxes and college loans.
The safety net: It's this thing that helps the middle class and lower class. The safety net prevents Americans from rioting and/or looting. The safety net stops people from shoplifting from stores to feed their families.
The safety net prevents a person from robbing you of your luxuries.
The safety net is only 10% of the federal spending. The way some people put it, 50% of the federal spending goes to food stamps and welfare. Some people believe that the safety net is making people lazy. And this is the stuff I've heard from people who think that it will never happen to them. They get their arousal over a person using an EBT card to pay for name brand items or expensive food.
Without a safety net, these people will rob and kill those who have the luxuries of having food in the refrigerator or in the pantry. They would steal fuel, water, bread and meat to keep feeding their families. And yet, these Republicans and their conservative allies are thinking the poor are the reasons for the economic recession.
Perhaps those who complain about the poor, should walk a day in that person's shoes!
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