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"Someone said to me...."
"I mean giving everyone everything they need is unrealistic and people are gonna abuse the hell out of it."
I am afraid many folks believe this. Many Liberals in fact.
But confuses me is that if folks aren't 'abusing it,' then folks are not using said systems.
Granted, social services in the USA are means test to hell and are design to keep folks off of those programs instead of being so inclusive that it actually benefits the folks that need those services. But "we can't have folks take advantage of 'MMMYYYY Tax paying dollars." Urg.
#capitalism#politics#anarchism#socialism#communism#Liberals#liberalism#benefits programs#social services
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#2023 playlist#2024 playlist#Affordable Connectivity Program#Aid for Families#album covers#Amazon Music#Amazon Prime Discount#Benefits Programs#California couture#chill vibes#coding music#Community Support Programs#cottage core#Disability Benefits#Discount Programs#diverse music#dynamic eGirl#Eat My Cake Records#EBT Cardholders#eclectic taste#Economic Assistance#eGirl#Federal Assistance Programs#Financial Assistance#follow Jade Ann Byrne#Food Stamps#fresh releases#futuristic design#Government Aid#Government Assistance
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#this is inspired by a dream i had that i found quite poignant when applied to the real world#and it's hostility and slowly creeping illegality of simply existing in public space#and was a very fun activity using paint.net's 3d pane tool which i had totally forgotten was literally a base program tool#i also feel pretty proud of the “Our City Safe” slogan with it's implied hostility by saying it's OUR city#and we're keeping it safe from YOU#you being poor/homeless/lower class/minorities/not actively benefitting from capitalism people#i think it says a lot in very little words#my art#my creation#hostile architecture#anticapitalism#third space#street sign
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#jim crow#black family strength myth#black history#white supremacy#brian donalds#black republicans#welfare programs#government assistance#racial injustice#homestead act#new deal#gi bill#white privilege#wealth disparity#racial hatred#black family oppression#white supremacist narratives#systemic racism#black family resilience#jim crow laws#black family strength#black republican lies#government welfare#oppression of black people#historical racism#welfare myths#black history distortion#economic disparities#homestead act benefits#new deal exclusions
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I refuse to call government assistance programs “welfare” or “benefits”.
I’ve been on government assistance programs my whole life. I have never lived above the poverty line.
It’s a system that doesn’t care about my wellbeing, they care about doing the bare minimum to keep people alive enough to function and work, and if you’re disabled and cannot work, they give significantly less of a fuck.
And benefits?? What benefits?
Food stamps that run out within two weeks because I am budgeting with 8$ a day with literally dozens of dietary restrictions? Or do you mean the housing voucher that I have to never even have a gift card, penny to my name, Sams club membership, phone bill, literally anything that could be “income” in order to qualify? That same housing voucher system that if I mess up even once with I not only lose all government aid for at least 5 years, it’s also mandatory PRISON time for 1 year?? “Oh but they would never do that, right?” Nope! I have several friends who are now felons for minor lease violations and unhoused as a result! Oh maybe you mean the state health insurance that doesn’t cover most treatments, specialists, and testing I need and if I tried to make a gofundme to cover, I would lose aforementioned housing? Oh and we can’t forget all the money I get for being disabled, which is exactly 0$. I’m still fighting for SSI and have been for 6 years! That’s over 6 years with absolutely zero income. ZERO. And guess what, whenever I *do* get on SSI, I will lose my housing voucher. And I won’t be able to afford my current apartment because even in subsidized low income housing it’s too expensive for the maximum SSI “benefit” amount. And on SSI you can’t have savings over 2000$. Oh and they do make housing for people who are low income where you pay 30% of your income but I can’t even be on the waitlist since I don’t have any income. And on top of all this, I can never get married because I’ll lose all of the programs.
I could keep going. That’s not even half of the programs I’m a part of.
• None of them give me cash in hand. Even for vouchers I have to provide receipts for everything.
• Food stamps just straight up won’t even cover ineligible items. Which includes hot foods.
• I genuinely don’t believe that there’s a way to “game the system” and why would you? You would gain literally nothing.
• It’s designed to keep people poor. Once you make over a certain amount, you lose all or almost all benefits. There’s no way to slowly transition out of the programs, if you’re someone who’s able to. It’s all in or all out.
• All of these barriers are made significantly worse while unhoused/homeless. I’ve been homeless for over half of my life and there’s so many fucked up rules. If I missed one night staying in the shelter, I lost my housing voucher because I no longer was “verified as homeless” even if I was sleeping outside still.
#ranting#poverty#public welfare#welfare programs#government aid#government benefits#state benefits#disability benefits#SSI#disability#poor#poverty line#assistance#assistance programs#goverment assistance#usa specific#usa politics#chronically couchbound#poor people#classism#food stamps#ebt#housing vouchers#medicaid#state insurance#healthcare#health insurance#systemic poverty#forced poverty#welfare queen
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#kirby#daily kirby#my art#digital#hal laboratory#nintendo#good news we found out which program my wife matched into#and it's the geographically closest one that my partner didn't outright refuse to move to 👍#so not only will she be easier to visit and have an easier time visiting us#(I can actually be driven out there instead of having to fly which would be Very Unsafe)#but we may not be living apart for the entire 4 years either#so that's nice :)#(she also likes the program for its own merits)#(these are just the benefits for me lol)
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When Spock met T'Claudia
+ this puppet performance that was giving tos vibes
#it really felt like a vulcan tv program when she started talking about the fringe#star trek#tos#mouse rambles#star trek meme folder#tiny trek adventures#there are benefits to working at festivals
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I say this every time I rewatch Stargate sg1 but calculating overtime must be a PAIN.
#the military is govt funded so benefits are good but its the US so i dont know what their rostering is like#is their an employee assistance program? theres gotta be therapists down there they live under a mountain and only see sun in combat
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If you saw me sending an email to one of the other colleges at the university asking for more information on how to do another MA, no you didn't.
#hilary for ts#school stuff#in uh my defense#at least it wasn't (another) phd?#(yet?)#anyway the tuition benefits we get as employees would pay for most/all of it and it's one of the best programs in the world for the subject#so you know while i'm here etc etc#yes i know i have made a terrible mistake
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Judd Legum at Popular Information:
In 2024, reliable access to high-speed internet is no longer a luxury; it is a basic necessity. From job applications to managing personal finances and completing school work, internet access is an essential part of daily life. Without an internet connection, individuals are effectively cut off from basic societal activities.
But the reality is that many people — particularly those living around the poverty line — can not afford internet access. Without internet access, the difficult task of working your way from the American economy's bottom rung becomes virtually impossible. On November 21, 2021, President Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The new law included the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provided up to $30 per month to individuals or families with income up to 200% of the federal poverty line to help pay for high-speed internet. (For a family of four, the poverty line is currently $31,200.) On Tribal lands, where internet access is generally more expensive, the ACP offers subsidies up to $75 per month. The concept started during the Trump administration. The last budget enacted by Trump included $3.2 billion to help families afford internet access. The FCC made the money available as a subsidy to low-income individuals and families through a program known as the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program. The legislation signed by Biden extended and formalized the program. It has been a smashing success.
Today, the ACP is "helping 23 million households – 1 in 6 households across America." The program has particularly benefited "rural communities, veterans, and older Americans where the lack of affordable, reliable high-speed internet contributes to significant economic, health and other disparities." According to an FCC survey, two-thirds of beneficiaries "reported they had inconsistent internet service or no internet service at all prior to ACP." These households report using their high-speed internet to "schedule or attend healthcare appointments (72%), apply for jobs or complete work (48%), do schoolwork (75% for ACP subscribers 18-24 years old)." Tomorrow, the program will abruptly end. In October 2023, the White House sent a supplemental budget request to Congress, which included $6 billion to extend the program through the end of 2024. There is also a bipartisan bill, the Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act, which would extend the program with $7 billion in funding. The benefits of the program have shown to be far greater than the costs. An academic study published in February 2024 found that "for every dollar spent on the ACP, the nation’s GDP increases by $3.89." The program will lapse tomorrow because Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) refuses to bring either the bill (or the supplemental funding request) to a vote. The Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act has 225 co-sponsors which means that, if Johnson held a vote, it would pass.
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The Republican attack on affordable internet
Why will Johnson not even allow a vote to extend the ACP? He is not commenting. But there are hints in the federal budget produced by the Republican Study Committee (RSC). The RSC is the "conservative caucus" of the House GOP, and counts 179 of the 217 Republicans in the House as members. Johnson served as the chair of the RSC in 2019 and 2020. He is currently a member of the group's executive committee. The RSC's latest budget says it "stands against" the ACP and labels it a "government handout[] that disincentivize[s] prosperity." The RSC claims the program is unnecessary because "80 percent" of beneficiaries had internet access before the program went into effect. For that statistic, the RSC cites a report from a right-wing think tank, the Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC), which opposes the ACP. EPIC, in turn, cites an FCC survey to support its contention that 80% of ACP beneficiaries already had internet access. The survey actually found that "over two-thirds of survey respondents (68%) reported they had inconsistent internet service or no internet service at all prior to ACP."
[...] The RSC also falsely claims that funding for the precursor to the ACP, the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB), "was signed into law at the end of President Biden’s first year in office." This is false. Former President Trump signed the funding into law in December 2020. The RSC's position is not popular. A December 2023 poll found that 79% of voters support "continuing the ACP, including 62% of Republicans, 78% of Independents, and 96% of Democrats."
In 2024, access to the internet is a necessity and not just a luxury, and the Republicans are set to end the Affordable Connectivity Program if no action is taken. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) provided subsidies to low-income people and families to obtain internet access.
#Internet#Internet Access#Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act#Affordable Connectivity Program#Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act#IIJA#Emergency Broadband Benefit Program#Republican Study Committee#Economic Policy Innovation Center
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The whole immigration field is in shambles rn
#we're scrambling to pump out applications for folks before the inauguration#and there's no guarantee *redacted* won't end up terminating all those immigration benefit programs anyway#i hate it hereeeee and now i have to host a union training literally no time to think
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One of the ways I've found to be kinder to myself is reminding myself I'm an animal and functionally I behave like one. It's easy to get caught up on things you did in the past, but you don't judge a wolf for killing a fawn, so it's just as not fair to judge yourself for shit you did when you were a kid. Yeah you did stupid shit as a teen, that's what teens do.
#bark bark bark#you were mean when you were insecure because that's a form of defense#i think it's important to go back and notice the cause and effect relationships of these kind of things as an attempt to prevent them from#happening again but at the end of the day the wolf can't stop itself any more than we can we just learn new stupider ways to fuck up#anyway i've become radically accepting about most things in my life and when you treat everything that happens as what it appears to be you#have a kind of animalistic realistic approach to things#i think a lot of dog trainers and people in general could benefit from an introduction of conditional logic because that's truly what i've#build my skills around since I was learning programing in dog training at the same time and it's kind of shaped my world view I think
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ngl dan feng brings to mind a variation on a classic rhyme, going "this old man, he had -
one (ONE) job and then he stomped all over duty and a sense of propriety to try and commit necromancy that didn't even work properly!!! it didn't work!!! or it worked too well but wrong!!!"
when you're gifted and talented and make the conscious decision to misapply those aspects
(what an icon lol, we stan a toxic king)
#dan feng#honkai star rail#hsr#text#this post is officially brought to you by the Preceptors#if he was going to choose corruption and crime that's fine#he's finally getting with the program!#but then he doesn't even do so to his species' benefit - in fact to their active detriment - and then dies#neatly escaping having to do any follow up or explaining of his priorities???#a bad century to be a Preceptor with dreams of grandeur
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#universal basic income#UBI#social welfare#unconditional transfer payment#means test#guaranteed minimum income#poverty line#full basic income#partial basic income#pilot projects#Mongolia#Iran#child benefit#pension#Bolsa Familia#Thamarat Program#economic crisis#COVID-19 pandemic#direct payments#Alaska Permanent Fund#negative income tax#NIT
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have 2 make a choice between a part-time job and a full-time job. and well. i hate making choices
#honestly it all comes down to which one would be the better balance with my masters program#also the part time job is more easy going and less emotionally demanding but the full time has benefits so…..#allana rants
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finally got around to setting up studying stuff and oh man. english teacher dorian. dorian, teacher of youths. im going to be the annoying teacher that only allows english to be spoken during lessons. im gonna make them read books several times. get grammar pop quizzed, child.
#that last part is a lie i hate impromptu quiz stuff. who benefits from that. it's a good marker but that's a lot of unnecessary stress for#a marker#''werent you going to study game design'' yes i was accepted into both programs#but teaching (while more boring) is ultimately better for the future. jobs n opportunities n shit ynow
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