General Discussion

My point is simple, we must not make people accept such harm without discerning a willingness within them to take that on. I do not hear anyone exhorting SNAP recipients to make a sacrifice for the greater good. There are no campaigns, no rallies, no real outreach that could connect the average person on SNAP to how their sacrifice matters. Too many of my respondents are nearly colonial in their perspective of knowing what's best for them and they would not understand. And, frankly, I do not see what could be won beyond the point where Trump et. al were happy to let people starve.

Statistics are people with the tears wiped from their faces. The people receiving SNAP are more than their numbers on assistance rolls, they are people. People who's agency must be respected if you are asking them to watch their family be hungry for the cause. If we treat them so poorly now, how can we expect them to support us in any election, as opposed to them saying a vote does not matter because both sides treat me the same.