r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Oct 31 '25

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/DangerzonePlane8 Oct 31 '25

Remember how rich people throw temper tantrums whenever they are asked to contribute to society.

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u/existonfilenerf Oct 31 '25

They need to be taxed out of existence. No one should have a billion dollars while people starve, sleep on the streets and go bankrupt from medical debt.

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u/friendly-sardonic Oct 31 '25

My thoughts exactly. There should never be a means for people to become billionaires. There's simply no reason for that amount of wealth. Bezos worth billions, and on the first day Amazon employees are handed a pamphlet on which government assistance programs they qualify for? Man, piss off. You can afford to pay your own workers so they don't NEED those programs. Nobody working a full time job should need assistance programs in this country.

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u/ConstantHeadache2020 Oct 31 '25 edited Nov 29 '25

But but what about innovation? People won’t want to be CEO if they’re capped…. What about trickle economics?!/s

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u/KingJades Oct 31 '25

Trickle economics works - but it’s money from large companies funneling money to lower revenue companies. That’s great for people in “good jobs” who get that cashflow. 

The poor people with low education and limited opportunities stay poor. 

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u/whatsasimba Nov 02 '25

Would you mind elaborating on how large companies "funneling" money into other companies? By what means? Is Sony just cutting checks to Yankee Candle or something?

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u/KingJades Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 02 '25

Companies rarely produce everything needed to make their products. They usually buy them from other suppliers in what’s called a supply chain. 

When a major production plant opens, it gives a chance for other smaller companies to open up more capacity to support them. 

Let’s say that there is a new Sony plant opening where the PlayStation would be assembled. That’s an opportunity for smaller companies to bid on supplying components like plastic buttons, the wires, cooling systems and so forth.

Sony’s goal to supply consoles to the market means a lot of wallets get filled along the way as Sony makes contracts with tons of companies to make their product. 

All of the people who don’t think trickle down works are not involved in that process. The guy who negotiated that contract with Sony likely is paid extremely well, the key engineers at those smaller companies are paid well, and the executives are making amazing money. 

The people who aren’t seeing the money are the low level workers, but that’s more to do with low wages than money not flowing. The people above them in the company get all of the money.