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It’s hard for me to feel bad when everything possible is in front of you and you still make a poor life decision. You can be poor and still be willfully unhealthy, same as the rich.


How many cancer treatments poor life decisions are you away from homelessness?


I think that is a specious argument that is unrelated to the larger point - in 2022 SNAP benefits provide poor people with enough free food to eat healthy, if they choose to.


sure, if they have papers, can navigate application, and can absorb the various stigma associated with it.

but hey, you're only a debilitating illness away from SNAP benefits!




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