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Stop means-testing the poor to death
From Make America Dream Again — the ethos under the house. One human's voice. No lying.
We means-test everything for the people with nothing and max-test nothing for the people with everything. A guy on SSDI re-proves he's poor enough, sick enough, desperate enough — in triplicate, on hold — while a billionaire gets a carve-out with a phone call. Flip it. If anybody gets put through the wringer to qualify, make it the yacht, not the food stamp. Dignity shouldn't have an income cap. Give people the floor and stop making them grovel for it.
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