Billionaires are not the problem with poverty, there will always be inequality for various reasons. All functional economic systems have wealthy individuals. Whether or not you believe that billionaires pay their fair share of taxes, their money is always flowing to companies that hire people that pay taxes, assets that hire people that pay taxes, research, innovation, and even charities. The only thing I do not like about billionaires is the support of lobbyist and politically operative organizations.
Yes, the State's emergency fund should be used. And politically you would think the the governor would want to look good. I think the criteria for SNAP recipients needs to be tightened and the government does not need to encourage college students to apply for SNAP. Too many middle class college students will sit out summers on government assistance instead of doing some work. I also believe that SNAP needs to be restricted to real food items, somehow limit the crap that leads to obesity and diabetes. Without restrictions on SNAP items younger people purchasing "food" that has an overwhelming benefit to soft drink and junk food corporations.
It's certainly possible that SNAP, like most programs, could be tightened up, but cutting poor people off from food should be a nonpartisan concern. As you noted, a rainy day fund is specifically meant to help avert crises like this one.
The poorest in society are often poor in so many ways; 'real' food is great but it requires time and power to cook it - they are in short supply in the poorest houses. It's the greedy billionaires that need to pay a fairer share that's the problem. Same in the UK.
Billionaires are not the problem with poverty, there will always be inequality for various reasons. All functional economic systems have wealthy individuals. Whether or not you believe that billionaires pay their fair share of taxes, their money is always flowing to companies that hire people that pay taxes, assets that hire people that pay taxes, research, innovation, and even charities. The only thing I do not like about billionaires is the support of lobbyist and politically operative organizations.
So the State has a rainy day fund but the Governor makes no mention of using that to feed the 350,000 hungry and needy folk living in HIS state. Make it make sense. A true christian would ensure their people were fed.
Too bad we don’t have the tons of food that Republicans destroyed because of the DOGE cuts! In their War on the Poor!
Billionaires are not the problem with poverty, there will always be inequality for various reasons. All functional economic systems have wealthy individuals. Whether or not you believe that billionaires pay their fair share of taxes, their money is always flowing to companies that hire people that pay taxes, assets that hire people that pay taxes, research, innovation, and even charities. The only thing I do not like about billionaires is the support of lobbyist and politically operative organizations.
Yes, the State's emergency fund should be used. And politically you would think the the governor would want to look good. I think the criteria for SNAP recipients needs to be tightened and the government does not need to encourage college students to apply for SNAP. Too many middle class college students will sit out summers on government assistance instead of doing some work. I also believe that SNAP needs to be restricted to real food items, somehow limit the crap that leads to obesity and diabetes. Without restrictions on SNAP items younger people purchasing "food" that has an overwhelming benefit to soft drink and junk food corporations.
It's certainly possible that SNAP, like most programs, could be tightened up, but cutting poor people off from food should be a nonpartisan concern. As you noted, a rainy day fund is specifically meant to help avert crises like this one.
The poorest in society are often poor in so many ways; 'real' food is great but it requires time and power to cook it - they are in short supply in the poorest houses. It's the greedy billionaires that need to pay a fairer share that's the problem. Same in the UK.
Billionaires are not the problem with poverty, there will always be inequality for various reasons. All functional economic systems have wealthy individuals. Whether or not you believe that billionaires pay their fair share of taxes, their money is always flowing to companies that hire people that pay taxes, assets that hire people that pay taxes, research, innovation, and even charities. The only thing I do not like about billionaires is the support of lobbyist and politically operative organizations.
So the State has a rainy day fund but the Governor makes no mention of using that to feed the 350,000 hungry and needy folk living in HIS state. Make it make sense. A true christian would ensure their people were fed.