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"why are those people buying cake with their food stamps, it's a waste of (public) money!"
i think both kinds of questions are petty, the sums in question negligible in the larger scheme of things, & the focus completely misdirected.
Social Security's health does not rest on whether "mega-rich" people collect it -- which they always have, for the last 70 years. The health of Social Security rests on the state of working people -- do they have jobs, do the jobs pay decently -- and also on the public's support for the concept of Social Security.
I just think the question is petty & diverts from the real issues involved in recent attacks on the social safety net.
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