“It’s broken and deviated from its original purpose, which is to temporarily help Americans in need,” Turner said. “HUD assistance is not supposed to be permanent.”
If you fuckers had kept the minimum wage in line with inflation, we wouldn’t have so many people on long-term assistance. Instead, you keep the minimum wage the same as it was 40(?) years ago, allow massive corporations to onboard people with the explicit instruction, “We’re not going to pay you enough, here’s how to apply for food stamps and other benefits”, then act surprised when people have to use public benefits to survive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States
In 2009, Congress increased it to $7.25 per hour with the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.
The US is self-destructing.
America is dying from a thousand cuts of self-harm
Aid: we have a “housing crisis” Mr. President. What if we limit how many homes an individual can own, vacation homes tend to be vacant 90% of the year and don’t contribute much to local communities.
Drumpf: Well I’m not selling any of my vacation homes. Hear me out, what if we squeeze out the poorest people from their homes and put them on the streets.
Aid: hahaha, oh wait… you’re serious
I cannot help but wonder how many of these people sat out the election or voted for Taco outright…
but this is exactly what Taco voters wanted. Run the country like a business, and make it more “efficient”. If it seems it has cruel outcomes, well, duh. How much care does a business have for poor people?
Is this Christianity?
It makes sense for housing assistance to be temporary. First, though, we need rent control and an appropriate minimum wage so that people don’t have to rely on government assistance indefinitely.
