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Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

Why Are There 42 Million Americans On Food Stamps?

Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

The First Digital Inc.

News, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Politics

4.9593 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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This is not a sign of a healthy nation. How can we reverse the trend of more people relying on the government dole and return to the way God wants us to help each other? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to politics by faith. Thanks for being here. Forty-two million Americans on food stamps.

0:09.2

That's not a sign of a strong, healthy country. We talked earlier today about creeds. AOC gave a speech where she talked about how there's

0:25.0

countless creeds in America, the immigrants and people who speak hundreds of different languages.

0:29.7

And I'm like, that's not good. The crowd was cheering. There was a Zohan rally. And they're like,

0:34.1

oh, it's amazing. A hundred different languages. And I'm like, hmm, that sounds like the Tower of Babel.

0:38.5

Yay, we can't communicate with each other.

0:41.0

Yay, none of us believe the same thing about important principles of life and governance.

0:46.0

Yay, I think.

0:48.1

That doesn't sound good.

0:50.5

So then we read from this thing called the American ethos.

0:54.1

There was about 100 years ago. This person says, the American ethos. It was about 100 years ago.

0:56.2

This person says, the American ethos, I do not choose, excuse me, the American creed,

1:00.3

I do not choose to be a common man.

1:03.0

It is my right to be uncommon if I can.

1:05.4

I seek opportunity, not security.

1:07.8

I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.

1:13.8

I want to take the calculated risk to build and to dream, to fail, and to succeed. I refuse to

1:20.3

barter incentive for a dull. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence, the thrill

1:26.4

of fulfillment to the stale calm of

1:28.7

utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence, nor my dignity for a handout. I will never

1:35.7

cower before any master nor bend any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and

1:40.7

unafraid, to think and act for myself, to enjoy the benefit of my creations, and to face

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