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tecelote

(5,156 posts)
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 07:23 AM Nov 2025

About SNAP. How about stopping the takers from stealing our tax dollars! (yes - clickbait title)

Many full-time Walmart employees often need SNAP assistance.

SNAP allows Walmart to pay below a living wage, forcing its employees to apply for SNAP. The money saved by not paying a fair wage goes directly to Walmart's bottom line.

Our tax dollars pay for SNAP. Therefore, our tax dollars are Walmart’s profits.

Walmart is the real taker—the corporate welfare recipient.

And, of course, they are not the only ones. Corporate welfare, subsidized by our tax dollars, is rampant.

The solution: Raise the minimum wage to a living wage. It will improve workers' lives and may reduce our taxes.

The problem: Republicans

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About SNAP. How about stopping the takers from stealing our tax dollars! (yes - clickbait title) (Original Post) tecelote Nov 2025 OP
Also how about making education more affordable? Irish_Dem Nov 2025 #1

Irish_Dem

(81,242 posts)
1. Also how about making education more affordable?
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 07:36 AM
Nov 2025

Well paying jobs require some education which many people cannot afford.

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