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LittleGirl

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41. It's so difficult

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #31)

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 10:47 AM

Yesterday

To receive any government assistance. They take it away Willy nilly and the farmers suffer too…I just can’t anymore.

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Excellent quote for these times wendyb-NC Thursday #1

Yes PatSeg Thursday #2

On another DU thread.. Some 200,000 Little Free Libraries converting to food pantries.. halobeam Yesterday #38

Lady Madonna BurnDoubt Thursday #3

Children at your feet, Haggard Celine Thursday #23

Shitheads. BurnDoubt Thursday #32

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Every time the Government takes money out of circulation KS Toronado Thursday #6

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Thank you for agreeing and supporting me FakeNoose Thursday #14

Yes, it is a lose-lose for pretty much everyone PatSeg Thursday #10

Also farmers who need that market for their product. tblue37 Thursday #28

Arguably a civilization* wouldn't have an eighth of it's citizens on food support. progressoid Thursday #29

Far too many christians in US shit on Matthew 25:40-43 Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #5

They ignore such passages PatSeg Thursday #11

And they point to Leviticus re homosexuality while they get their tattoos also forbidden by that book. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #18

Yes, they take selective interpretation PatSeg Thursday #20

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Hope I always remember that last line KS Toronado Thursday #7

Yes, it is perfect PatSeg Thursday #12

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I agree PatSeg Thursday #13

"Denying people food is anti-life, and cruel, Haggard Celine Thursday #24

We have never rid ourselves of the royalists or the sycophants who love them. LT Barclay Thursday #15

That is true PatSeg Thursday #22

And those claiming to be followers of the One who said "Feed the hungry" won't do what he said to do. surfered Thursday #16

They rarely do PatSeg Thursday #25

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And now we're seeing the aftermath of that inequality PatSeg Thursday #26

Food Stamps (SNAP), developed during the depression, also worked as a price stabilizer ChicagoTeamster Thursday #19

I hadn't thought of that about PatSeg Thursday #27

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"Feeding the poor is not charity--it is a test of civilization." cer7711 Thursday #21

King Dump says the SNAP program is full of fraud and corruption Diamond_Dog Thursday #31

That is so often his excuse PatSeg Thursday #33

Absolutely. It's so obviously projection. Diamond_Dog Thursday #34

It's so difficult LittleGirl Yesterday #41

History will remember the U.S. as the wealthiest nation to fail the test RVN VET71 Thursday #36

Yes, though hopefully we'll be remembered PatSeg Yesterday #39

A society is not judged on how well they keep their kings Farmer-Rick Thursday #37

Exactly PatSeg Yesterday #40