But have you considered that the economy is doing great? 
Surely the incumbent party won't get bit by this at the polls 
Anecdotally my org is set to give nearly 30% more food in 2024 than last year
Folks, the grapes of wrath. You know Steinbeck? They're growing so ripe under Biden. Under me they weren't growing at all they were like those fake grapes you get for photoshoots. You know the ones? And they look so great but you bite into one, and then it's rubber! We had the greatest looking grapes, and they were fake because everyone was happy. Believe me we did have them.With Kamala? Those are gonna be some real grapes, folks. They're gonna be so ripe, so heavy, you could probably feed your family with one bunch. I bet you could. And you know, you might need to.
Shout from crowd: Because of Biden's inflation!Uproarious jeering and applause
He's right. I didn't want to say it I thought it might be too mean. I wasn't gonna say it. But it's true. It's true folks. With the Democrats you're gonna need your grapes.
I scrolled by this like 3 times before the words "In key swing states" really sunk in
They only fucking care because of the election.
I help with a trans housing network and all the people offering free housing to trans people are basically completely full
The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit- and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains. And the smell of rot fills the country. Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.
There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
See these people are lining up at the food banks in record numbers because of vibes and because they don't understand how great the economy is. Surely it's not because they can't afford food, that definitely isn't it. They probably just don't realize how good the economy is! Vote blue!
In Michigan, Phil Knight, executive director of the Food Bank Council of Michigan, said he’s also seeing more regulars. In the past, most people he’d see coming to his food banks needed short-term assistance because of a health issue, a family emergency or a job loss. Now, he said, the food banks have become a routine necessity for households.
“It’s almost become a form of income replacement,” said Knight. “This is becoming a regular practice for lower-income families.”
Can we please make this a leftist dogwhistle?
“Another 20 billion”.
“Just one more 20 billion, bro”.
not specific enough, sent another 20 billion to the afghan national army
My parents have helped out at food shelf in the rural Midwest for a couple decades now, and the demand is way up, although not as high as it was during 2007-2008. The real unemployment rate is at record lows in that area, and wage growth is actually increasing, but not enough to keep up with ballooning grocery bills and rent hikes. So the families with lots of kids might have more income coming in from wage labor, but their costs are just out of control, and food aid is absolutely essential to keep the household afloat. I think what is not really appreciated is that there's a huge shortage of rentals that have 5+ bedrooms (renting a house is the only real option).
I think the really cynical calculus from the political establishment is that these people are mostly non-voters, and so actually trying to address these problems is a waste of political capital.
Meanwhile, the spectre of food insecurity is very effective for keeping the proles in line and make them put up with low pay and shitty conditions. The people who really matter to politicians, the donors, love this.
i've been thinking a lot recently about how much actual real revolution depends on food insecurity and hunger, at bottom. in my view pretty much no other material deprivation - lack of access to healthcare, for example - can drive people to the lengths necessary to attempt to overthrow the status quo. which essentially means that here in amerikkka we are a loooooong way from really entering The Cool Zone, because while most people are miserable, they are not hungry. realistically nobody's gonna start or join a revolution unless the alternative is literally starving to death
Death to America
wait, I have an idea for how the dems could gain favorability in key locations that could help them gain power that they can then use to enrich themselves, cement their legacies, and secure future elections instead of being deadlocked in arguments with single-mindedly cruel people.
What..? They don't give a fuck?
Woah there OP! I think we’re going to need you to NSFW that image.
