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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Carpian   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Trumps Anti-Robin Hood Tax...
Date: 11/19/25 7:38 PM
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If you are going to play those games, then from those alleged SNAP "benefits" you wish to conjure up, you then have to substract the huge cost to society and the economy of all the SNAP kids who grow up to be drug dealers, murderers, muggers, and felons. That would include the imputed and actual cost of all the damage they cause to the rest of society.

As opposed to what? The felon in the White House who grew up with millions?

When all is said and done, the costs of all the SNAP recipients who grow up to be bad actors will pale in comparison to the costs--monetary and otherwise--that are being generated by our corrupt Divider-In-Chief. His endless lying and fraud, sanctioning of political violence, lack of adherence to the historic norms of human decency and governing that have enabled our country to become great and occupy the position of respected world leader, disruption of world order, engendering a lack of trust among our allies, damage to our educational and health systems, lack of environmental concern, the list is virtually endless...is biting us in many ways and will continue to do so for a long time, even after he is gone.

Of course, if he didn't have supporters, he'd be just another schmuck of a reality TV star, which is where he belongs.
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