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by JumpCrisscross 1062 days ago
> I find it acceptable to subsidize the food of those who are struggling, but I do not have any desire to subsidize the food of those who keep my pay low.

Doesn't the means-testing bureaucracy frequently outweigh any potential savings? Food is cheap. Bureaucrats are not.
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brightlancer 1062 days ago
> Doesn't the means-testing bureaucracy frequently outweigh any potential savings?

Maybe. Don't assume yes.

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JumpCrisscross 1062 days ago
> Maybe. Don't assume yes.

I'm not. I'm positing yes based on the cheapness of food.

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ericd 1062 days ago
The rich are going to be paying the majority of the taxes that fund this. Is it unacceptable that their children be allowed to get a small fraction of the food their parents paid for?
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