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I wish more people knew that.

But the problem, again, I think is just the optics of it because you're always going to

be able to find cases of guys who, you know, who are like flaunting it or whatever.

You're always going to have the fact that ODB picked up a welfare

check and a limo and then people get mad about it. Dude, I almost sent you this last night. Have you seen the guy on TikTok who got deported and documented his whole vacation? He's back a week later? No, I didn't. I mean, and that's the problem is that, like, and it's a great video, but like, this guy's like, yeah, they kick, they, they kicked me out, and he's like sipping margaritas somewhere in Mexico and he's just on the train back. And I'm like, that's not most people, I promise. That one's funny, but I really hope that's not the one that my family sees. no for sure you know these stories are so powerful

and you know people have a hard time either thinking about aggregate or thinking about could this

be a problem across the board you know like i said you can money is money right so you can blow a paycheck

on some dumb stuff just as well as you could blow a benefit check

on some dumb stuff. It's also interesting which benefits we focus on. Obviously, most of the

cash benefits are going out to elderly people and disabled people through Social Security. And

no one's ever really all that curious about how they spend it. I don't even, if hardly ever

find a study on it.

They only like to look at things that are, you know, sort of targeted to the poor.

So that's another way in which you kind of escape that problem. Like in Alaska, which is a

conservative state, because everyone gets the check, it just seems like no one really seems to

care all that much about where anyone spends it because it's kind of like, well, you get it, I get it. It's all our money. Just do whatever you want. But if the cash is going to the poor, you're hoping in some way that it improves their situation or their life. With an elderly person, you're probably thinking, I don't know, their glory days are behind him, who cares? But with my money to this guy, like, I want him to have a better day-to-day experience.

And if he blows all the money at front, then I feel like the rest of his week is just the same as it was before we met. Possibly. You know, what's interesting about this guy, and I would love to know, because this comes up a lot with food stamps is did he was he how much was he

struggling to get food before i mean obviously he was alive so he was he was eating um like

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