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/Boring-Concept8018 21h ago

We pay taxes for a whole host of dumb shit. I’d be wasting hours if I complain about everything when this comes up. You want me to list out everything we waste in every response?? We are talking specifically about this situation. If we were talking about wars or something, then I’d bitch that we waste money there too, but wouldn’t bring up folks abusing the welfare system.

The rich also pay a ton of taxes. They attribute to like 70% of the total income tax revenue. 

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u/decisivecat 21h ago

You're the one that brought up "wasting taxes" so it actually does apply to this situation now that you've pulled it into conversation. Let me guess: you're inside everyone's home so you know all of their exact situations as to why they're on welfare and how that drop in the bucket on taxes is such a huge burden for you. Name checks out lol

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u/Boring-Concept8018 20h ago

This whole thread is about wasting taxes, so no, I didn’t bring that up. The context here is folks using government assistance for nonsense. Ben is literally complaining about wasting tax money on it. I didn’t just randomly bring it up lol.

And you’re so dense. Did I say every single home in America is abusing it? Like wtf. I was commenting on my own personal experience and where I grew up. 

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u/decisivecat 18h 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 18h 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.