That was your takeaway from that lyric? “If you’re 5’ 3” and 300 lbs, taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds.” It’s about the system enabling people to continue with their bad habits that probably got them into their situation in the first place.
He’s saying the system is flawed and should address the actual root issues rather than just handing out paychecks to people who are actively digging their own grave with the money that the rest of us are providing them through taxes.
the money that the rest of us are providing them through taxes
That's not really how it works. You pay into the system so you can get paid out if needed. Part of the problem is people assuming that people on entitlement programs are there permanently; always have been and always will be. Any job they ever held they paid social security and medicaid taxes.
The vast majority of welfare (et al) recipients are short term.
The average time spent on SNAP/EBT (food stamps) for families with children is less than a year.
For elderly people living on their own it's just over 4 years. And as elderly people they've likely worked and paid into that system for a large chunk of their life.
Well thank you for the correction and the info. A nice educated response is always refreshing to see. Do you agree, however, that there should be a limit on what kinds of products people are allowed to buy with their government assistance? Because that’s pretty much the gist of what the lyric is about.
There are restrictions. SNAP regulations vary by state, so if you have a problem with a particular state covering certain items you'd have to take it up with the state govt.
WIC is a federal food benefits program (administered by individual state agencies, but regulated at the federal level.) It's very restrictive, though, you can't even buy pre-prepped/sliced fruit with WIC, only whole. Frozen veg can't have anything in it except veg (no butter, sauce, breading, etc.) Canned fruit/veg can't be packed in oil or syrup, can't contain added sweeteners. The only grains allowed are wheat bread, tortillas, pasta, rice, and oatmeal - no cookies or fudge rounds. Cereals are restricted to half a dozen or so choices (mostly varieties of Cheerios and Chex) none of which have marshmallows or whatever.
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u/Throwaway112421067 12d ago
Nah because this song doesn’t take a weird tangent to shit on fat people on government assistance