• Evkob@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    “Who has time to give a fuck about starving children when trans people are still legally allowed to exist?”

    -Republicans, probably

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    5 months ago

    The states that declined to take part in 2024 are Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont and Wyoming.

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    5 months ago

    That’s because if they FEED STARVING AMERICAN CHILDREN they won’t have enough money to give to ELON MUSK or SUE PREGNANT CHILDREN!

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      5 months ago

      If kids aren’t hungry how will they be motivated to work?

      /s - but that’s literally the logic

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    This article is so baffling. It’s full of shit like-

    Nebraska Republican Governor Jim Pillen, without directly mentioning his party’s political opponents, cited a traditional GOP viewpoint that welfare should not be a cornerstone of income for families.

    “Nebraska is committed to helping kids and families in need. Our programs are focused on more than simply providing food. They offer a hand up, not a handout,” Pillen said in a statement last month.

    Nebraska already has its own food aid programs in place, including plans for women and infants as well as the Nebraska Commodity Food Supplemental Program. As of 2021, the child poverty rate in Nebraska is 12.1 percent, per the USDA.

    So they do have programs that simply provide food, which would be both a hand up and a handout.