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Hell yes Andrea! I'm reposting this.

Exactly. These thieves waste millions daily but God forbid a poor kid gets a bag of chips and a soda...as if they get enough to spend much on snacks. Then they have the unmitigated gall to call themselves Christians.🤨 How cruel can you cold hearted bastards get?

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Well said!

Donald’s budget cuts $1.4 billion from WIC *for fruits and vegetables* www.10news.com/politics/the...

I was thinking about this VERY thing as I worked in my lawn today! If WE all just stopped! Stopped producing, working, serving THEM…THEY WOULD not survive! We know how to struggle everyday…how do you PAY someone to struggle for you when EVERYONE HATES YOU???

Life is short- work is hard- nonessentials -loving hearing people drone on about whatever that is

Full concurrence. I believe Andrea may be referring to useless pendejos such as these: bsky.app/profile/otro...

Sounds like a plan 🙏🏼💫

What could be more inessential than a 150ft yacht?

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AFUCKINGMEN

Absofuknlutely! 💯

So the billionaire can have 12 houses and a yacht because they earned it, but a poor person takes their 4 year old out for ice cream and people protest that they're wasting their money on non essentials. That's not how it works.

Great idea.

It would be a good step if the rich just paid taxes on the profits.

Just shame the rich, period

Why would anyone who has more $ than they could spend in 100 lifetimes want to help or make life better for mere mortals? Lol. I have nothing against making $. But I also believe if you have been fortunate you should help others where you can. Rich elites just don’t give a shit about others!

Yes, and btw: bsky.app/profile/tran...

Wait until the air app is developed Just a few cents per breath. You’ll hardly notice your subscription fee. These things don’t come free. Globular progress comes at a price.

Rest assured, if there's joy to be had in anything, a Republican is sure to show up and put an end to it.

But anyway, shall we start by launching an investigation into "all corruption by top officials and politicians"?

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This bothers me, too. Who are we to judge?!

The rich know no shame, they might feign a little but they only got rich by exploiting the public.

Indeed. But back to buying things that may not be essential…it’s actually folks with more money than they need that corner the market on that one!

Indeed, you could likely teach them a thing or two on how to manage tight budgets.

You’re correct, Scott. A parent in poverty can feed a family of 4 for a week on $50.

I doubt many in the top 1% even know what the inside of a grocery store looks like.

The more they spend the better!

Well-said!

Or buying a mega yacht so big they tried to have a bridge dismantled in order to sail it.

Amen

Yessssssssssssssssssssss!

said no Republican ever.

I agree 💯

Healthcare

How about we don't shame anyone for buying things or making profit because both of these things are normal? How about we watch our own business?

Well said, it's about time we turn the conservative narrative they e being saying this for well over 40 years, I remember hearing it first here in the UK when Thatcher was PM , and just about every government in power since. It needs to stop now, people need stuff to live, not just survive.

When it comes to this very issue, Bernie has always been right and tenacious.

I don't think you can shame a rich person and, as their net value goes up, their capacity for being 'ashamed' of what they have goes down, to the point they say the most stupid, facile shit imaginable. We are talking a Marie Antoinette "Let them eat cake" kind of moment.

As someone who has been on SNAP Benefits, this is the only way to treat yourself. There is no money to go to a concert or a nice restaurant or even just go see a movie. Buying some chips and soda for a home movie night is not something anyone should get mad about.

I love this! Amen!

Good idea! And if you have a local food pantry (mine is a latched box by the road, put in cookie or muffin mixes as well as staples. Just because you are poor you shouldn't be denied sweetness in your life.

Everyone should have one home before the 1% have dozens.

That is my favourite post this year,

Hear, Hear.

Right? Trust me, the one thing the rich do NOT want is us looking at the non-essential shit THEY buy.

This post is 💯 percent right ✅️ 👏

Or shaming the rich for simply not paying their fair share, which would make almost NO difference to them, and would make an enormous positive impact on the other 90% of the US population: Medical care, food for children, education, infrastructure, support for elderly & disabled, science research...

the shaming gets outsourced to people who can't afford it. the people making profit off essentials don't get shamed—they get tax breaks, lobbying power, and board seats. the class performance is the point.

Amen

This.

Excellent plan!

Rich have shame? I've seen no evidence.

Control of essential services is the holy grail for Big Business. When you control access to the things people can't do without, you set whatever price you want.

Eat the rich.

Really burns my ass that ULINE, a full-on MAGA company, has a monopoly on every little piece of crap every business needs to run.

A good thought. How do we get corporate media to get on board

Like offshore accounts? Order them to onshore all offshore accounts and pay taxes or forfeit the investment and interest payments?

And driving inflation while not paying their fair share of taxes.

Totally!!!

And conspicuous consumption! I am so fucking tired of the 500 sq houses being built in this economy.

The easiest solution there is to just give everyone a chunk of money each month. A basic income, say around $1000 a month. And then each person can decide for themselves.

Like national forests? The only vacations my poor parents could take us on were to public lands where we could camp and cook for free. Now? Thanks to Greedy Old Pedophiles, a foreign company is gonna be able to mine the Boundary Waters...

The billionaire owner-class has no shame.

Yes, please!

THIS.

This is so very true. People have said that the poor should not have iPhones, or go to McDonalds instead of buying economy foods like rice and hotdogs. These are working people, mostly, and occasional luxuries keep the donkeys plodding along.

Even poor people deserve a treat every now and again. A box of Popsicles is asking too much?

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Great post BTW! 💕😊

Hi Andrea, Josh Rogin is saying someone shorted the oil market by hundreds of millions 20 min before Trump’s announcement. 3 times since the war began. That’s insider trading. If Congress won’t act. Can you help push for an investigation? You have the connections.

Who makes the decision what is or is not essential to the poor? Regardless of your financial situation,you are entitled to spend money you earned on what you want.Who tf are you to tell me I can't save money I worked for to buy a designer purse, because I deserve it? Tell the rich no more yachts.

How dare the poor wallow in pleasure of eating an avocado when they could be slaving away, sorry I meant productively working. Super yachts don't pay for themselves, this is a team effort!

While we are at it, how about shaming the rich for their pedophile brethren, and other deviant behavior the rich think they are entitled to.

Essentials should b free

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focus that on fox news and billionaire media - no one with an ounce of intelligence is for cutting snap benefits while nazi elon musk gets tax breaks. only the stupid people, gop voters, and propaganda outlets like @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy is pushing a blame the disenfranchised narrative

That'd be good!

Nothing to add, just 👏👏👏.

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.... be careful,, be aware of what you're listening to, or reading & on what site. #AUATHH #AUniverseAccordingToHipHop

YES

I don’t expect them to not make a profit, but they’re charging exorbitant prices for some of these products. Walmart & Pepsi involved here. www.forbes.com/sites/errols...

And IMO avocado toast satisfies me so much more than all the “stop spending your money” finance bro words ever could

AND start shaming the wealthy fir their particular excesses while not paying their fair share? "Did you really need that extra yacht?"

Ask yourselves this: "Are my 'leaders' just shoppers?

Such an important question and really the top economic question of our time. Let’s stop judging our fellow citizens and start judging the oligarchs of this country for the way we all are being used and abused by their control of our government!

Tax the rich, hard. They feel no shame.

YES

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While companies sell “ice cream” products that don’t melt even with a blow torch. But it’s the poor that cheat? Air in big old boxes that used to be heavier (shrinkflation). But it’s the poor that cheat?

I appreciate that but I have tried everything. The hardest thing for me is I have absolutely no transportation nor can I afford the $35 round trip taxi fare to go 3 miles where I live! It's all good until it isn't.

I want to add to that. A car that was given to me died in February of 2025 and I have no transportation to be able to get a job in this little town. There is one cabin they charge $35 round trip which sucks when most jobs here pay an average of $13 an hour! I wash my clothes in my kitchen sink!

Absolutely. People say they are okay with providing for the poor and then resent the fact that they get something off of some supposed approved list. iphones are the biggest complaint. A phone to someone in need is their lifeline. Privileged assholes, FUCK OFF.

THIS!!!

Exactly!

I only buy lobster with my food stamps, and then give it away. ...if it helps just one rich person, i have done my part.

My friend used to offer to buy the local unhoused a beer on his entry into the local store, and then give me a cigarette on the way out. I was so shocked, and I asked him why he would do so. He let me know that when you're in that position, the smallest joys bring the biggest change.

Eat the rich.

Amen!!!!!!!

Quite so!

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They are governing our economic chances at themselves. We do not get our fair chances. This is not "capitalism". It is about us, not the rich!

And it's okay when they have 10 luxury yachts?

PREACH!!!

I think when you haven't got alot of money you can't do swanky expensive activities, so buy little treats instead to cheer yourself up. Thats what I've done in the past, think I'll go to the pub and have a drink with my mates, and eat beans on toast tomorrow.

YES, PLEASE!

Right. Poor people deserve nice things, too.

Amen

No matter what they buy, the rich get richer so they should shut up about judging.

The wealthy need to be shamed simply for their wealth, which is always & only a means to deprive others of future capacity to control their own lives.

You’ve got something there !

Who is selling these things you don’t want them to have?

Spot on!

Until media ownership is taken out of the hands of billionaires that narrative will remain