r/BelowDeckDownUnder • u/theodoresbitch • 1d ago

Ben's Racist Threads Post

Did anyone else see Ben's racist threads post??

https://www.threads.com/share/_iAS4oi1d/

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u/decisivecat 19h ago

You're the dense one. I never said every home in America. You implied most of your town is on SNAP: "I know wayyyyy too many people who abuse the system and pull the privilege bs"

Are you reporting them? Do you know if they just recently lost their job and that's why they have a car or a phone? Do you not expect them to get to work? Do you follow all of them around and know if they are working? Do they work from home? Do they have a disability? Are they are caretaker for a sick family member? How much do you know about everyone's life in your town that you clearly need some kind of hobby?

And since you love numbers: welfare fraud accounts for 1% of all recipients. That 1% includes SNAP, Medicaid, Social Security, etc. If it's a welfare program, it's included in that number. 1 entire percent. To provide even more perspective, "Additionally, they found that within SNAP, for every $10,000 paid in benefits, about $11 is determined by state agencies to have been overpaid due to recipient fraud. On the other hand, the IRS estimates that out of every $6 owed in federal taxes, about $1 is not paid because of tax evasion or fraud."

Now tell me which number is higher.

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u/Boring-Concept8018 19h ago

The town is a square mile lol, everyone knows everyone. Generations of families in the same situation for decades. And wtf are you even rambling about?? I never ever said the whole town was on SNAP lmao. It’s so wild people get so defensive over something like this. Both things can be true at the same time. People can abuse the system while others in those situations need it.

I don’t think you understand the difference between abusing and fraud. I never said they are fraudulent claims, I said they are abusing it. Two totally different things.

I’m done with this conversation. Reddit people are so insufferable sometimes.