2026-05-04 16:57 UTC
@AutisticInnovator Horrible... yet completely unsurprising behaviour from retailers, all of whom totally don't need the extra money.
Also - futzing with food assistance programs... _dick move_.
And yes, _of course_ people on food assistance go for the ultra-processed - its cheapest / calorie. Want to save money long term? throw money into state grocers who provide non-processed alternatives for $affordables$.
Aw, but then we don't get to blame the poors, which is what we're really after.
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@AutisticInnovator@autistics.life 2026-05-04 17:02
@tezoatlipoca It’s more that Walmart could have charged these prices the whole time, but chose not to. Single people with no kids cant get SNAP for more than 3 months in a 2 year period, so all those people, including myself, were left literally starving because food is too expensive. Walmart makes billions from SNAP purchases. People on SNAP who only get $80 a month, their SNAP money could have gone a heck of a lot farther all this time.