Just yesterday, I completed an application for snap benefits. That’s all I wanted and needed assistance with. Because I’m a part-time worker, my finances at times get strapped because I’m paying off a loan from a bank and it makes my working budgets feel a little compressed. I need some breathing room here.
I hope I get them but I never intend to be on it forever, I just need some financial security and resource assurance. I’ve always tried being a person who looked to things like this and only go to them when I needed them, not because I wanted them and mooch off from them.
Billions of dollars given to corporations and the 1% and they don’t feel guilty about it. Don’t blame yourself, just do what you have to.
The programs are there for a reason. Don’t listen to idiots with an IQ lower than the number of M&Ms that come in a Halloween serving.
I think guilt tripping is part of it in the US. Here (Europe) we just apply for the stuff that were eligible for.
In the UK, too. The whole process seems designed to be as intrusive, dehumanising, and shaming as possible.
As The Clash say in “Know Your Rights”:
You have the right to food money
Provided of course
You don’t mind a little
Investigation
Humiliation
And if you cross your fingers
RehabilitationBecause it is.
Can confirm.
Oooo thank you, “I, Daniel Blake” is next up on my list of movies to watch!
Bingo. They save money when people don’t apply for benefits they deserve or have “earned” in the US.
You paid your tax benefits before and you’ll pay them for the rest of your life. Get what you paid for.
Rich people have their hands out 24/7.
Look at all the government money Musk took.
Ronald Reagan got rich by making sure he was always the poorest guy in the room. He sucked up to his bosses at General Electric [then one of the biggest companies in the USA] and got to invest in sweetheart deals.
George W. Bush was given a US major league baseball team.
Take every penny your qualify for.
Do you feel guilty when you are paid for your work?
No. You are an employee and you work and you are entitled to payment for your work.
Same goes for government assistance. You are a citizen and you are entitled to that assistance. It’s literally no different. Our democracy set that assistance aside for you. It’s yours, and until Congress changes the rules, you are entitled to it.
No one should.
Think about how much you’ve paid in taxes in your life. What could possibly be wrong with trying to get some of that money back?
Not only that, it prevents them from spending it turning little brown children into skeletons in various ways.
People that consistently and intently vote against government assistance should consider some reflection though. Maybe it’ll get though to them that others should be assisted in times of need…
That’s a common feeling. Frequently people are too proud to ask for help when needed. That’s one more way UBI is superior to qualified welfare programs.
I will say, as a tax payer, if you are eligible for them, FUCKING TAKE THEM! Take every ¢ you can make reasonable use of!
I pay into the pool to provide a safety net to everyone. I’ve bounced off it myself, when I was younger. I want to know that it is doing its job for those that need it.
Proviso, I’m based in the UK. I’m quite sure a lot of tax payers, world wide, feel the same and would also give you “permission”.
You exist, therefore you’re worthy.
No. I pay taxes while using none of those programs and those programs are there to give people a hand up who are struggling. You deserve a roof over your head, a warm & safe place to sleep, clean water to drink and bathe, and decent food to eat. You are human and trying to meet your basic needs. People who have more can support those who have less. Simple.
Please, do not feel guilty.
There are endless wealthy people and big businesses that take advantage of every tax break and loophole imaginable.
Also, its one of the places your tax dollars go. You paid for these services
That’s what your tax dollars are for.
Take your entitlements - you’re entitled to them.
That’s just the capitalist brainwashing we’re all subjected to. Do you think that the pedo parasite class feels bad when they get billions in taxpayer funded subsidies kickbacks and tax breaks to build up their corporate empires while they privatize all the profits, get rid of labor laws, regulations and social safety nets so they can leech even more taxpayer money at our expense?
Nope. I got laid off over a year ago, then diagnosed with cancer. I feel guilty for being detered by how complicated some of them are and for not taking full advantage of the programs while I’m at a point where I really do need them and qualify for them. I’m on the mend now, and as soon as I can find a job again, I’ll be glad to be paying back into those programs.
Glad to hear you’re on the mend! Don’t feel guilty, feel angry they make vital programs so complicated and difficult to apply and get approved for
