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Food Stamps (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by xfreed@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

No money for food stamps, but we've always got another billion for more police.

Maybe unemployed guy should just become a cop and spend his time beating on other unemployed people. Then rich guy would love him

[–] whereisk@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Easy: commit a petty crime in front of police.

The government seems to have unlimited money to house, feed, provide 24 hours oversight and free healthcare when they imprison you.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

American Prisons are barely more than concentration camps in their modern incarnation. No A/C when temperatures soar north of 100⁰. The food is inedible. The water is toxic. Prison staff largely exist to abuse inmates, while gang membership is required to have any kind of safety behind bars.

And that's before the pandemic. Mortality rates in American prisons doubled under COVID. It's a major reason why states like Texas can't keep their prisons full. Too many inmates are dying while incarcerated.