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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 4h

We can't be that lucky

Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 4h

Definite Panem vibe there

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 8h

Why do people buy pizza with EBT?

Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money.

It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.

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Alec the bread boy @alecisbaking.bsky.social · 17h

Reminder:

Food banks need money more than food!

They have access to buying things cheaper than you do, and they know what the community needs better than we do!

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 11h

Most of those guys were deported by Bill Clinton of all people.

There are maybe 10k left of 14 million (official stats) not enough to make quota

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22h

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 11h

Making SNAP a proto Social Credit/Basic Income is a very interesting idea

Tea’s so happy being Teddy Roosevelt @teaberryblue.net · 12h

Anyway, SNAP should be universal. Just like school lunches in NYC. Not everyone needs it to survive but everybody gets it, no means testing.

There should also be a lot fewer regulations on what you can buy with SNAP and discounts, not bans, on hot prepared foods.

Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 11h

All I can say is I have a lot of reading to do though I appreciate your patience.

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 11h

So do I.

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 11h

We all know why he's not doing his job. Its not going to blow over though.

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 23h

It's been 50 glorious episodes of nattering and squabbling and dramatic readings about all forms of the supernatural. Chris and Simon answer readers' questions about how they met, their favorite episodes, personal supernatural encounters, and why Simon hates Gef.
www.buzzsprout.com/1859647/epis...

Chicken-headed monster with wings and claws chases a child, covering its face with its hands, down the hall.

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Whitney Avalon @whitneyavalon.bsky.social · 19h

I’m not a doctor, but I play one in this NEW MUSIC VIDEO!!! 🎵 youtu.be/VyP9G9VeFto

I’m an MD… a Musical Distraction! 🎵 funny song | Whitney Avalon

YouTube video by Whitney Avalon

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 12h

A more Perfect Union with a video on the topic

youtu.be/HvW-RtTRm8w?...

Did Private Equity Worsen the LA Fires?

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 12h

Interestingly people on X in basically White areas were complaining about lack of trick or treaters, maybe being replaced with Trunk of Treat

They were lamenting cultural collapse too

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 12h

I got 12 with parents.
Its been this way in my heavily Hispanic neighborhood since 2021 at least. I think we just haven't had many kids born since 2007 so they are teens
I don't think it was anything Trump was doing here Everyone who showed up was Latino
Its just everyone is doing trunk or treat

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 12h

Fair enough I am not sure I know enough to nit pick every point and frankly MMT's validity still unresolved among economists who know more than I do.

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 12h

It will. If it happens and right now its a big if I'll celebrate. Maybe with poutine which is an under appreciated Canadian cultural export

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 13h

And its not working. US wages are half what they were and globally the fertility rate is below replacement everywhere

I can't prove that is a large cause but I hear people all the time saying they can afford kids.

That is from money printing at least in part

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 13h

Me too. That won't be easy though. There are so many elites that are like that m even the court systems go easy on repeat offenders in many parts of the US

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 16h

Would you care if took a good chunk of your leaders? Its an international thing after all

I'm fine with let the chips fall where they may.

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 16h

Even a nation as wealthy as the US has its limits. Social welfare requires immigration and isn't as much of a benefit as some might think
archive.nytimes.com/krugman.blog...
The author a noted liberal has also noted to some degree t Large scale immigration means no welfare state

Notes on Immigration

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 16h

I do understand it . Its basically unworkable but you can get away with it in a closed economy

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Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 1d

Its way above the "let them starve" attitude over there. Utterly intolerable ideology to me

Simon Acerton @simonace.bsky.social · 1d

Just needs to be convinced that a transition is needed or to have some consistency

Now if we had UBI, inflation linked and such odds are good we wouldn't need other transfer programs

This is why Hayek the Austrian economics guy grudgingly supported UBI . Simpler and cheaper