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   Qasim Rashid, Esq. (qasimrashid@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 10:22:33 JST Qasim Rashid, Esq.

   Annual cost of SNAP: $113B

   Annual revenue lost through billionaire tax evasion: $163B

   GOP: The only solution to our debt crisis is cutting $113B in food benefits. Also here’s $4T more in tax cuts for billionaires

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     Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 10:22:30 JST Nicole Parsons

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     • Ultra Verified

     @Ultraverified @QasimRashid

     Mainstream media does catch up with issues if there's enough interest.
     Public sentiment is malleable.

     MSM is in the business of "eyeballs on screens" but the lag time is increasing, yes.

     One thing that got people suddenly interested in Social Security cutbacks is realizing that care for dementia-plagued grandparents or palliative care parents devolves to them personally.

     Can you afford your suddenly indigent relatives moving in with you?
     https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolynrosenblatt/2012/03/24/a-startling-reality-your-aging-parent-runs-out-of-money/

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     Ultra Verified (ultraverified@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 10:22:31 JST Ultra Verified

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     • Nicole Parsons

     @Npars01 @QasimRashid

     Great viewpoint and reporting at Salon, but this will never ever been seen on any network, high volume print or internet 'news' outlet.

     Andre F Machado repeated this.
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     Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 10:22:32 JST Nicole Parsons

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     We need more news coverage with faces & names of those responsible for "better living for billionaires only" programs...

     McConnell & his donors in #KochNetwork
     https://www.salon.com/2020/07/29/senate-gop-rejects-pandemic-food-stamp-aid-while-calling-to-double-three-martini-lunch-deduction/

     https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/three-days-after-speaking-koch-summit-mcconnell-says-hes-little-guy/

     https://frac.org/news/leader-mcconnells-proposal-falls-woefully-short-of-investments-needed-to-address-food-and-economic-hardship

     https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/mcconnell-welfare-work/626586/

     https://childrenshealthwatch.org/millions-of-children-go-hungry-as-mitch-mcconnell-blocks-stimulus-bill/

     https://www.salon.com/2020/04/21/gop-leaders-tell-trump-food-stamp-aid-wont-be-included-in-latest-coronavirus-relief-bill-report/

     https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/mitch-mcconnell-benefits-from-corporate-cash-and-corporations-benefit-from-him/

     https://www.ontheissues.org/economic/Mitch_McConnell_Welfare_+_Poverty.htm