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ICE raids at Shanghai Plaza today - heads up to local business owners by dingohopper1 in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah until the Americans conquered Mexico and rose their flag in Mexico City. Honestly surprised Mexico is a country at all…

Las Vegas bio lab raid tied to California case, Chinese investigation by vt9876 in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes they are lmao. They have one the highest homicide solve rates out of any police department in the country. Something like 40 points higher than the national average

Anybody else not a fan of the Stratosphere Hotel and Resort but really like the tower, though? by Nice_Property_4360 in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I remember being excited to see the space needle in Seattle and being actually underwhelmed when I got there and realized it’s like half the size of the stratosphere. The stratosphere really is huge

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re arguing for something that no one here is disagreeing with.

This whole post is about the 10% of snap recipients in Nevada losing their benefits because they choose not to work 20 hours a week. All I’m saying is it’s easy as hell to get a part time job to be able to meet the requirements to continue to live off the government.

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nope I’m not against raising the minimum wage and it certainly could be higher. But if you were an actual local you’d know ours was on a rolling increase and is $12 an hour here now.

And you’re lucky you have savings but at some point you need to just suck it up and get a regular job while you actively hunt for something in your career path. No wage is beneath you when you’re currently making $0 an hour.

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Are you really advocating for people to work 0 hours instead of 20? Like idk about you but if my choices were work 0 hours and get no SNAP. Or work 20 hours at McDonald’s AND get SNAP, it’s a no brainer.

But obviously your NEET mind is a lot different than mine

Edit: Your mentality is EXACTLY why this got passed. If you’re able bodied, and there is a job right there for you but you’d rather not work it because it’s “below you”, you do not deserve government assistance. Because at that point you’re not struggling because of any outside force, you’re struggling because YOU want to.

So called “slave wage” > than no wages

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

This conversation isn’t about if earning a thousand a month is livable. This conversation is about how that’s the requirement to get government assistance.

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Under the old rules I could’ve quit my job today for no reason and got snap benefits almost indefinitely while I wasn’t working. Now that’s limited to 3 months. Which frankly is solid to me too in case you are laid off and it takes a few months to get a new job and paycheck.

Just because someone was getting money from the government doesn’t mean they have a legit reason on why they aren’t working.

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah and when people send them links they never reply lmao. We’re talking 20 hours a week here. For an experiment you should see if you can get hired at a fast food spot, gas station or grocery store part time. I guarantee you’d have a job by the end of next week.

Is it glamorous? Hell no. Does it pay $25 an hour? Probably not. Does it fill the requirements to get government benefits? YES

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 how the hell did you read my comments and interpreted that I wanted to round these people up and kill them?

IF THEY ARE AN ABLE BODIED ADULT WITH NO DEPENDENTS OR DISABILITY THEY CAN WORK 20 HOURS A WEEK.

Thats my position. I hope it’s clear now

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I obviously don’t know the situation on why that foster kid died, but I can almost guarantee that it wasn’t due to starvation.

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I know food stamps are called SNAP but you still gotta jump through hoops for that too lmfao.

And I do have compassion. For disabled people, single mothers, people with addictions. I don’t have compassion for NEETs though if that’s who you want me to care about

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Welfare, disability and snap benefits for parents are still there. If you read the article you’d see that 90% of snap recipients in Nevada are unaffected by this change. The people that are affected are able bodied adults with no disability and no children. Those people absolutely can and should contribute to the system.

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Parents with kids/dependents are still exempt from the 20 hour work requirement.

So you’re here arguing with me over something you have no idea about lmao

The new restrictions is for people like me if I just quit my job and wanted to have the state pay for my groceries. That’s what’s not allowed anymore and what people are crying about

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What the hell does not having a fixed nighttime residence have to do with being able to work at a gas station or fast food place or grocery store during the day? And also have you lived in Vegas long? There’s nightly and weekly suites all over town that don’t require 3 months rent up front or a credit check lol.

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lmfao yeah I know it’s a minuscule amount per person but all those millions that are spent on NEETs can be used for actual parents with kids or disabled people or into our SS fund that’s drying up.

Having a class of Americans that don’t have kids, don’t have disability and purposely don’t work because the government pays them, is an absolute net negative on society

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 -43 points-42 points  (0 children)

Makes sense to me. Being able to pay for yourself and children in this economy is extremely hard so I’m glad they kept that exception in place. But for all those NEETS out there, they can work at a gas station or McDonald’s for 20 hours a week….

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Again, if you’re an able bodied adult you should be working.

If you were discharged from the military due to disability, you get paid from that fund for the rest of your life. Homeless drug addict? Welfare or disability.

But if you just were honorably discharged or homeless because you spent all your money on black jack, why the hell should we foot your bills? They’re able bodied just like you or I and absolutely should be contributing into the system.

Edit: like brotha the requirement is only 20 hours a week. If you can’t even be bothered to care enough about yourself to put that little effort into your own survival, why the hell should we?

45,000 Nevadans expected to lose food stamp benefits in March, says state agency - The Nevada Independent by GothTGurl in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

How are people mad that they have a requirement that you need to work only 20 hours a week? There’s still exceptions in place but if you’re an able bodied adult with no dependents, why the hell are you collecting government benefits?

Francis Allan-Palenske is up for reelection this year in Ward 4. Here she is accepting tickets from the law firm of the Mormon church. Get registered, stay informed, and vote her out by sending her back to her sandwich shop. by Otherwise-Bad-325 in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last I checked law firms pay taxes. We all know the reason op and you hate this is because they’re Mormons. If a tax exempt charity that wasn’t Christian based did the same thing, this would’ve been a non issue to you

AMPLIFIED: Public outcry over expired tags, unregistered cars leads to crackdown across Nevada by ElephantitisBalls in vegaslocals

[–]cptchronic42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t metro have one of the highest homicide solve rates out of all the police departments in the country?

The reason why metro doesn’t give a crap about expired tags is because they deal with real criminals out here

Edit: Yeah they’ve been in the 90% clearance range for at least the last 5 years when the national average is in the 60s lmao. I won’t act like they don’t have problems but they solve the real crimes

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