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the cruelty is the point (slrpnk.net)

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[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

And yet I know someone, and know people who know someone(s), who is on disabity that shouldn't be. Same for people who have been denied of jerked around for

Good people are struggling and suffering that don't want to but do need the extra help. How does that build a fair system? You try so hard to prevent anyone taking advantage but they will always slip through the cracks somehow. The solution should not be to punish everyone - and it impacts us all. We are one stroke of bad luck away from being unable to work for whatever reason.

[–] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

It makes more sense when you realize that half the lawmakers voting on these bills hate poor people. Like a lot.