Economics - working and eating and stuff

"It is time America, to awaken from this slumber. Get back to work. Do something honorable by participating. If you can work - then work. If you can't work for medical or age reasons, that is okay. We have programs for folks like that. But we need to bring back our old adage from yesteryear - 'Hungry? Want to eat? Then get a job.' It really is as simple as that."     

Saw an interesting article on the news yesterday (no, it was not Fox - it was one of the alphabet stations). It seems the nearness of the BBB (Big Beautiful Bill) has brought out the panic merchants in full display. This article I watched was on how "cutting" SNAP benefits would gut many county budgets. But because this article was on a Trump hating alphabet station, you needed to read between the lines to get to the truth.

Are SNAP benefits going to be cut? To a degree, but mostly some of the SNAP responsibility will be transferred from the federal to the state and county level. Why? The closer money gets to the end user or the end payers, the less chances of fraud, waste and abuse. Moneys spend at the federal level are like a cherry tree of goodies. Nobody is watching the store. But will some lose benefits? Yes - those who can work but won't work. Those who are not supposed to be in this country (illegal aliens).

After seeing this article, I started to ponder our current existence. Like, why is it when I go to any store on any day of the week, it is always like Saturdays of old. In other words, why are there so many people out and about, who are working age, and not working? Where do they get the money to survive? Is it the sugar teat of the federal government, which has now been trained to feed all no matter what their circumstances are?

Here is the truth of the matter. Besides still having millions of illegals in the country right now, we have millions of work age, healthy men, who are not working. Our workplace participation rate is still in the low sixty percentage range. If you are not working, how do you live? How do you eat? Pay your bills? Afford your I Phone and internet? I mean, if you can eat, live and play without working, who wants to work? Let Uncle Sugar pay for everything! The only problem is Uncle Sugar is broke and deeply in debt. But who cares? Let our kids and grandies figure it out some day.

We are a capitalist country, not a socialist country. Hear that, Zohran Mamdani? WE ARE NOT SOCIALISTS AND SHOULD STOP ACTING AS SUCH! Our country has thrived on people living the Great American Dream. Build a better mousetrap and make a fortune. Getting rid of fraud, waste and abuse is a noble venture. Kicking illegals out of this country, and on the way out, show them the legal way to come back into this country - is also noble. 

It is time America, to awaken from this slumber. Get back to work. Do something honorable by participating. If you can work - then work. If you can't work for medical or age reasons, that is okay. We have programs for folks like that. But we need to bring back our old adage from yesteryear - "Hungry? Want to eat? Then get a job." It really is as simple as that.