• StaySquared@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Are these billionaires providing goods and services?

    Are the recipients of EBT/WIC programs providing anything to the market? Anything at all? Granted a sum of them get off the programs and do provide to the market.

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      5 months ago

      When I first started my business I had to rely on food stamps to stay afloat for a few months after my savings ran out, but it let me keep trying and now I’ve been gainfully in business for over 15 years. Just anecdotal, but I would have had to give up or starve without assistance.

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        5 months ago

        I agree there’s people who do not end up domesticated by government handouts, they just need assistance long enough to land their next job.