“Chip”

This is part of why everything is so fucking fucked up in our culture. This idea that if we set up any kind of mechanism for social good, it’ll be spoiled by people abusing it. The Reagan era introduced the phrase “welfare queens” into the collective lexicon, and it has achieved it’s intended purpose of poisoning everyone against any kind of welfare for the needy.

What a crock of shit. Does it happen? I’m sure it does. Is it common? No, but even if it was…who gives a shit!? Isn’t it better to have a baseline level of human dignity in this country, and accept that a few soulless assholes might exploit it, than to have thousands upon thousands of living, breathing human beings no different to you or I malnourished and starving in a nation that throws out literal tons of perfectly good food every day?

How is this something that exists in the mind of a functioning human adult? “Oh, this would help people, but it might help some who don’t need it, so we better not do it.” Should we just not have medical clinics because hypochondriacs exist? Should we shut down all public schools because some kids don’t get good grades? What are you TALKING about you mindless fucking slugs!?!

It drives me batty. It’s the line the rich and powerful have fed you to keep you at odds with your neighbors and blaming the wrong people for everything. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.