I’m am trying to think about this statement and it’s hurting my brain….
From a supply and demand point of view, sure, having less demand creates more supply and prices should drop… but…
But… this only lasts for so long. Because next year the farmers (etc) will produce less because their inputs dictate a certain price for their product at any quantity…. Sooooo
I have to disagree on the whole with this statement.
This is one of those categories where there’s a balance needed.
_goblinette_ on
Wait and see what happens to prices when grocery stores are trying to make the same amount of money with 42 million fewer customers.
Boomtown626 on
Wealth trickles up.
YOSHIMIvPROBOTS on
If ppl were paid a living wage, prices wouldn’t go down.
GadreelsSword on
#OR IT COULD BE THE NEVER ENDING GREED OF BILLIONAIRES CAUSES THEM TO NOT PAY A LIVABLE WAGE TO MANY AMERICANS! EXTREME GREED & WEALTH IS A MENTAL ILLNESS.
zenos_dog on
Farmers literally can’t sell their soybeans. Maybe we could get these two groups together?
baby_budda on
There was a Trumper that said those same words verbatim on another reddit.
yourfriendlysavior on
7 day old account posting some dumb bullshit trying to get people to agree to being anti SNAP.
Yeah no fuck off.
mebegebo on
So weird that the number of poor people and billionaires always rise at the same time…
Vortep1 on
These people want others to starve? What the fuck is wrong with them?
BlazinLeo on
More SNAP dependent counties generally voted for Trump. Practice what you preach, nerds.
racoongirl0 on
“Free”??? Do they think food stamps are like free government vouchers?
turquoise_amethyst on
Grocery stores will charge more due to lost profits. That’s 12% of the US, and it’s more concentrated in some areas than others.
We will *all* be paying for this.
Sitting_Duk on
He loves the uneducated and diddling children!
HLOFRND on
It doesn’t even work on its face.
This logic only works if stores gave food away to SNAP recipients for nothing and they had to make up the difference by raising prices.
That’s not true at all. Stores get paid no matter what. It doesn’t change the price for other consumers.
Their argument doesn’t even make it out of the gate.
Competitive_Fee_5829 on
I pay taxes, I dont get snap and I dont mind if my money goes to people who need help affording food.
Hour-Ride-9640 on
The government buys the food with social programs so no one is buying the food for “free”. The reason food is going up is the deportation of the people working and transporting the food along with rising inflation and corporate greed. None of those factors are poor or immigrants fault
TrogadorDaBurninator on
What absolute buffoinish idiocy of epic proportions.
People on food stamps do infact work.
And regardless of whatever someone’s grand pappy did or what someone is doing now in terms of working 2 or 3 jobs. I respect those that have that hustle or simply have to. Just arguing it shouldn’t be needed in the richest country on earth.
This is the result of the greed of our highest earners and corrupt political actors.
HotDonnaC on
First, everything is because of trans people. Then, it was immigrants. Now SNAP recipients are the reason the country’s in the shitter?
LordNemissary on
Once again for the people who don’t get it yet, poverty is not a moral failing when plutocrats have spent years intentionally suppressing wages in order to have a threat to use against the working class. If minimum wage kept up with inflation it would be around $52 an hour, not $7.25. Median earners would be making six figures. And that’s just if it kept up with inflation, not productivity. Everything you’ve ever made has been stolen from you and you’ve been told it’s your fault.
Ambitious_Count9552 on
Yeah, Lisa would never say that shit lol, she’s literally a tree hugger, or COURSE she would know the actual economic implications of SNAP benefits: it’s an amazing tool to alleviate poverty, prevent hunger, and it’s a great source of reliable revenue for businesses that accept SNAP. Endless “win-wins”.
un_theist on
WON’T ANYONE THINK OF THE POOR BILLIONAIRES?
HOWEVER WILL THEY LIVE WITHOUT THAT 13TH VACATION HOME AND 13TH LUXURY YACHT?
If Trump cut/eliminated a bunch of government programs that are paid for by our taxes, SHOULDN’T EVERY TAXPAYER BE GETTING TAX MONEY BACK?
PutAutomatic2581 on
Money doesn’t mean shit to people in power. The whole thing is a joke.
bunkscudda on
“The poor people took all the money!!”
too_real_4_TV on
It ‘s estimated that between 30 and 40 percent of all food produced in the US is thrown away. There isn’t any sort of food scarcity here. We produce plenty but they would rather watch people starve than to do the right thing.
Poetry_movement on
the absolute saddest thing about this
1) poor people don’t starve if they get food
2) farmers don’t become poor people if there are programs they can provide food for
3) what happens to farmers in this scenario : see #1
Ok_Bluejay_8568 on
Why does Reddit allow troll farms at all? Can’t they identify and shut down accounts that are in Russia or China that exist only to troll?
elibutton on
No. It’s expensive primarily due to capitalism and greed. HEB’s Top Dog makes $10.7M as they raised prices 4x more on avg per year since Covid. Greed.
Independent-Sir-1535 on
I mean – 41 million isn’t really that big of a number either way – and most don’t get that much money off stamps to begin with
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I’m am trying to think about this statement and it’s hurting my brain….
From a supply and demand point of view, sure, having less demand creates more supply and prices should drop… but…
But… this only lasts for so long. Because next year the farmers (etc) will produce less because their inputs dictate a certain price for their product at any quantity…. Sooooo
I have to disagree on the whole with this statement.
This is one of those categories where there’s a balance needed.
Wait and see what happens to prices when grocery stores are trying to make the same amount of money with 42 million fewer customers.
Wealth trickles up.
If ppl were paid a living wage, prices wouldn’t go down.
#OR IT COULD BE THE NEVER ENDING GREED OF BILLIONAIRES CAUSES THEM TO NOT PAY A LIVABLE WAGE TO MANY AMERICANS! EXTREME GREED & WEALTH IS A MENTAL ILLNESS.
Farmers literally can’t sell their soybeans. Maybe we could get these two groups together?
There was a Trumper that said those same words verbatim on another reddit.
7 day old account posting some dumb bullshit trying to get people to agree to being anti SNAP.
Yeah no fuck off.
So weird that the number of poor people and billionaires always rise at the same time…
These people want others to starve? What the fuck is wrong with them?
More SNAP dependent counties generally voted for Trump. Practice what you preach, nerds.
“Free”??? Do they think food stamps are like free government vouchers?
Grocery stores will charge more due to lost profits. That’s 12% of the US, and it’s more concentrated in some areas than others.
We will *all* be paying for this.
He loves the uneducated and diddling children!
It doesn’t even work on its face.
This logic only works if stores gave food away to SNAP recipients for nothing and they had to make up the difference by raising prices.
That’s not true at all. Stores get paid no matter what. It doesn’t change the price for other consumers.
Their argument doesn’t even make it out of the gate.
I pay taxes, I dont get snap and I dont mind if my money goes to people who need help affording food.
The government buys the food with social programs so no one is buying the food for “free”. The reason food is going up is the deportation of the people working and transporting the food along with rising inflation and corporate greed. None of those factors are poor or immigrants fault
What absolute buffoinish idiocy of epic proportions.
People on food stamps do infact work.
And regardless of whatever someone’s grand pappy did or what someone is doing now in terms of working 2 or 3 jobs. I respect those that have that hustle or simply have to. Just arguing it shouldn’t be needed in the richest country on earth.
This is the result of the greed of our highest earners and corrupt political actors.
First, everything is because of trans people. Then, it was immigrants. Now SNAP recipients are the reason the country’s in the shitter?
Once again for the people who don’t get it yet, poverty is not a moral failing when plutocrats have spent years intentionally suppressing wages in order to have a threat to use against the working class. If minimum wage kept up with inflation it would be around $52 an hour, not $7.25. Median earners would be making six figures. And that’s just if it kept up with inflation, not productivity. Everything you’ve ever made has been stolen from you and you’ve been told it’s your fault.
Yeah, Lisa would never say that shit lol, she’s literally a tree hugger, or COURSE she would know the actual economic implications of SNAP benefits: it’s an amazing tool to alleviate poverty, prevent hunger, and it’s a great source of reliable revenue for businesses that accept SNAP. Endless “win-wins”.
WON’T ANYONE THINK OF THE POOR BILLIONAIRES?
HOWEVER WILL THEY LIVE WITHOUT THAT 13TH VACATION HOME AND 13TH LUXURY YACHT?
If Trump cut/eliminated a bunch of government programs that are paid for by our taxes, SHOULDN’T EVERY TAXPAYER BE GETTING TAX MONEY BACK?
Money doesn’t mean shit to people in power. The whole thing is a joke.
“The poor people took all the money!!”
It ‘s estimated that between 30 and 40 percent of all food produced in the US is thrown away. There isn’t any sort of food scarcity here. We produce plenty but they would rather watch people starve than to do the right thing.
the absolute saddest thing about this
1) poor people don’t starve if they get food
2) farmers don’t become poor people if there are programs they can provide food for
3) what happens to farmers in this scenario : see #1
Why does Reddit allow troll farms at all? Can’t they identify and shut down accounts that are in Russia or China that exist only to troll?
No. It’s expensive primarily due to capitalism and greed. HEB’s Top Dog makes $10.7M as they raised prices 4x more on avg per year since Covid. Greed.
I mean – 41 million isn’t really that big of a number either way – and most don’t get that much money off stamps to begin with