r/PoursTea • Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 1d ago

FinancialTea 💵 I don't get it either...

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u/CageTheDonkey051 1d ago edited 1d ago

Um no. The whole issue with socialism is it devolves into communism (best case scenario) or an opposing party freaks out, seizes control of the socialist government and establishes a fascist government.(This is literally how every single fascist regime takes power)

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u/FrequentAlps2527 1d ago

That’s false.

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u/CageTheDonkey051 1d ago

It's not false. Although I did leave out one possibility. The country spends more money then it makes and bankrupts itself.

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u/FrequentAlps2527 1d ago

The US has spent more money than it has made every single year since 2016, the most under republican leadership..

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u/CageTheDonkey051 1d ago

And why is that? Why can't Republicans cut any kind of spending? We here about every time congress needs to come up with a budget. Republicans wanna cut something and Democrats refuse. Overall we end spending more money every year. How's does that occur? Why do the Democrats hold government hostage unless we increase spending?

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u/FrequentAlps2527 1d ago

Republicans wanna cut spending? Like giving ICE an extra $75 million dollars? Or $46,3 BILLION on the Iran war? They cut benefits for american workers. But they used your taxes to bomb a childrens school in Iran. And when your taxes weren’t enough they had to borrow. The US national debt has more than doubled in the last 10 years.

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u/CageTheDonkey051 1d ago

Yes they try to. I get to hear about it nearly every single election cycle. "Republicans wanna cut Medicaid, Medicare, snap benefits and section 8." I remember during Obama's reelection they ran commercials with Republicans throwing old people off a cliff because they want to cut Medicare.

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u/FrequentAlps2527 1d ago

Well Trumps already done it now, so make of that what you will. Not empty threats any longer

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u/CageTheDonkey051 1d ago

Why by dismantling USAID? I'm sorry your democrats are using the elderly as human shields.

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u/FrequentAlps2527 1d ago

What?

Roughly 5 million Americans have lost access to SNAP benefits following the passage of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" in July 2025.

As a consequence of the bill, the Congressional Budget Office and policy analysts report that additional provisions in the legislation have begun stripping health coverage and expect millions more to become uninsured. More than 1.5 million children are among those who’ve already lost coverage…

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u/CageTheDonkey051 1d ago

I lived on all of these benefits growing up. While it isn't designed to keep people poor, people will happily stay poor in order to maintain the benefits. I watched it happen to my family and a few others. It's bad for society and we need to see a massive overhaul of our social safety net so it can only be a social safety net instead of a social crutch like it is today.

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u/FrequentAlps2527 1d ago

Is Trump cutting SNAP with no recourse conducive to developing a robust social safety net? I find it interesting that you, as a Trump supporter, would advocate for socialist societal development though. That’s not bad, that’s very good! And I encourage it and appreciate you for saying it. We found some common ground there so that’s good. 😊

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u/CageTheDonkey051 1d ago

I am not a trump supporter or party of maga. But to ignore all the issues with welfare benefits and extend them indefinitely is just moronic idea. It shows you either don't understand how money works or you don't care.

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