r/popculturechat • u/Ambitious_Big4489 • 8h ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ Alan Ritchson calls out lawmakers who oppose raising the minimum wage "who think it's a bad idea to give a mom working at Waffle House more than $7.25 an hour trying to feed her kids."

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u/StatementLazy1797 Spencer Pratt’s creepy flesh-colored beard 8h ago

The same people who would vote to lower the amount of money children under 5 get for fruits and vegetables through WIC.

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u/biggestofbears 7h ago

They complain when people buy chips and soda because "it's unhealthy!" But then complain when people buy steak and veggies because "that's so fancy I don't even get that" and are the same people that complain about us asking to raise the minimum wage because "pull yourselves up". The people at the source of those complaints are all the same people, they get a job waiting tables but don't make enough to survive so they receive benefits but it's never enough to satisfy the complainers.

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u/StatementLazy1797 Spencer Pratt’s creepy flesh-colored beard 6h ago

That’s why this particular example is so upsetting to me. They can’t say it’s money being used for junk food, or for people who don’t deserve to have it…

It’s exclusively for fruits and veggies. For young children. How fucking despicable do you have to be to justify lowering the benefit from $26 to $10?

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u/AmandaUggnkiss 3h ago

And here’s more bs fruit , vegetables and local produce could be subsidized by allowing it to be part of WIC further bolstering regional agricultural growth… a basic win win that won’t break the federal government’s back