Republicans BAN Poor People From Buying Steak | The Kyle Kulinski Show

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"The first time I ever really listened to Kyle Kulinski’s show was in the back of a cab last summer. The driver had his phone hooked up through the stereo and was pumping out an episode through the car speakers - loudly, as if looking to convert a captive audience.
“Do you like Kyle Kulinski?”
The driver, Ahmed, was a recent immigrant and apparently a die-hard fan of Secular Talk, the political talk show that Kulinski broadcasts on KZbin. I told him, yes, in fact. I do like Kulinski, had come across his show several years ago, and, all things considered, he seemed pretty good.
“He understands what we’re up against,” Ahmed said. “Like Bernie.”
But I was surprised to hear Kulinski’s name mentioned in the same breath as Bernie Sanders, particularly with such adoration. Because what I did remember about Kulinski’s show struck me as mostly capital-P “progressive” takes on the news - the left wing of the Netroots crowd more than the democratic socialism Sanders has popularized.
It’s an impression that wasn’t entirely incorrect.
“I have no time for philosophical, airy bullshit,” Kulinski tells me from his home in Westchester, New York. “I don’t want to hear about Lenin. I don’t want to hear about Marx. I just want a super plainspoken, straightforward agenda with a straightforward way of selling it.”
With over 800,000 subscribers and nearly 670 million total views on KZbin, selling a progressive agenda is clearly something Kulinski knows how to do - even Democracy Now, the long-standing flagship of progressive media, cannot match his reach on the platform. Chapo Trap House can certainly boast a wildly devoted fan base (and a not insignificant degree of media influence), but their audience is roughly half the size of Kulinski’s.
While Secular Talk might be more likely to be looped in with the progressive networks around Air America and Pacifica alums like Sam Seder than the more resolutely socialist world, Kulinski’s fiery rhetoric, razor-sharp class instincts, and knack for withering takedowns sets him apart from his peers. Judging by his rhetoric alone, he’s closer to a Eugene Debs than a Chris Hayes.
But unlike Hayes, Amy Goodman, or his friend Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks - who began airing Secular Talk on his web network seven years ago - the thirty-two-year-old Kulinski is virtually invisible in the mainstream media. Despite his enormous fan base, his show has never once been mentioned in the obligatory trend pieces on “the Millennial Left” pumped out by the prestige media. Nor has Kulinski’s name ever popped up at all in the New York Times, Vox, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, or the Washington Post, despite his leading role in cofounding Justice Democrats, the organization widely credited with sweeping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the rest of “the Squad” to power.
Just last week, his Wikipedia page was deleted. The reason? “There is very simply no [reliable source] coverage of this person,” according to one moderator. In new media, he’s king - the Sean Hannity of the Berniecrat left. In old media, he’s nobody.
I suspect there are a few reasons for that. There is nothing “cool” about Kulinski’s show. (As a friend put it, “‘Welcome to Secular Talk’ sounds like something you’d hear on Egyptian radio.”) His no-nonsense social-democratic politics won’t get him much cred with the Full Communism crowd. He records his show not in Brooklyn or Los Angeles, but in a studio he built himself in his modest Westchester home. His hair is too groomed and his taste in clothes too preppy to qualify as “Dirtbag Left.” Nor has he ever attended an n+1 release party. “Not only have I not attended one,” he says, “I have no idea what that means.”
And yet he’s astonishingly plugged-in for a young man in the suburbs. Wondering how Sanders ended up on the Joe Rogan Experience? Kulinski, a frequent guest on Rogan’s wildly popular show, introduced them. “You make the most sense to me,” Rogan told Kulinski on a recent episode. “You’re a normal person.”
Much like Sanders himself, Kulinski’s show has a massive audience that just doesn’t compute with our media’s understanding of “what the kids want” or even “what the left-wing kids want.”
It’s probably for the best - the very woke and very WASP-ish decorum haunting much of the media world is nowhere to be found in Secular Talk. “Corporate Democrats over-focus on identity as a trick to divert you from the issues that unite us all - class issues,” he said on a recent episode. “That Raytheon decided they don’t hate gays or trans people - frankly, I don’t really give a shit what their take on that is..."
#KyleKulinski #SecularTalk

[@52flyingbicycles]

Republicans: “liberals are trying to take your steaks!” Republicans: literally take your steaks away

[@cptmiller132]

Not even steaks but literally all meat except canned fish it's just insane

[@markzuckergecko621]

If someone else gave you your money, they can tell you how to spend it, or even take it away all together.

[@pseudonayme7717]

@@markzuckergecko621 That's not how money works. Your boss wants to tell you what you can buy, what do you say?

[@52flyingbicycles]

@@markzuckergecko621 uh, no. I get a paycheck from my job every 2 weeks and they have zero zilch nada say over how I spend my money. Once that money is in my bank account, the HR department loses all power over it

[@markzuckergecko621]

@@pseudonayme7717 your boss doesn't give you money, you earn money working for him. The fact that you don't understand the difference is strengthening my point.

[@WilliamBrowning]

The billionaires pay the millionaires to convince the middle class that everything is the fault of the poor.

[@JoeTony1995]

Brilliant way to put it! It's a hierarchy of deception top-to-bottom

[@cl8804]

truly, you love to see it

[@mystman7722]

Rutger Bregman on Tucker Carlson in (obviously) unaired FOX news segment in 2019: "You’re millionaires paid by billionaires". Tucker went OFF on him and started insulting him. Rutger hit him right in his ego's bullseye. Look it up! It's priceless!

[@austinhernandez2716]

Perfect, I'm stealing it

[@aynrandfan7454]

stop class baiting, start investing in real estate and stocks

[@AlexanderSkinnerVids]

Who else remembers Mike Pence saying that the left was trying to prevent how much red meat you could consume? 😂 The GOP has gone full circle.

[@BlueBeetle1939]

Every accusation is an admission from these people

[@mora5090]

@@BlueBeetle1939 that's true about untrustworthy people.

[@theodorebear6714]

*YEA WTF?!* They pointed their finger at me and I'm like "Ron Swanson was right about only one thing and that was his stance on eating steak.".

[@theodorebear6714]

@@BlueBeetle1939 I'm afraid you're right and what's creepy is the laundry list of accusations the right has made.

[@Julez60]

@@mora5090 that's why it applies to ALL conservatives

[@applecatnyango]

The same party that accused AOC of wanting to take away their hamburgers/steaks through the green new deal, I recall.

[@ActionGamerAaron]

It was a projection the whole time. No surprise.

[@nil981]

People literally voted for those clowns. I'm convinced that the American people are just too stupid to have democracy.

[@RafaelSwit]

Yep… that same party that lied about what’s in the Green New Deal

[@millennialsecularandauthri3338]

I oppose this bill because in Iowa lots of Whites rely on food stamps and many of them need good child nutrition. This offends my NatSoc principles.

[@mycelia_ow]

@@ActionGamerAaron That's what the P stands for in GOP

[@SpoonLady]

Gimme a break. We love kids so much we're literally taking the food out of their mouths.

[@kents.2866]

Right? Same with "We love and honor our Veterans" OK can we help the homeless vets and the ones who were poisoned by toxic burn pits, etc. NOPE. Your music is great by the way Abby.

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

You can buy a much larger quantity of cheaper meat for what it costs to buy a steak. People using government assistance to buy steak are either negligently bad at budgeting money, or buying toys for themselves while their children suffer.

[@BlackStar-hy1iy]

@They wouldn't have to censor me if I wasn't right Let them have it. The only reason why you wouldn't do it is because you get off on suffering. There is no question about it.

[@makeitthrough_]

@@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231 Nice strawman there Rush Limbaugh

[@SighNaps]

@@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231 That's not true. Meat prices fluctuate greatly and environmental factors heavily affect them. For example, right now boneless chicken breast in local markets here is about $4.79/lb (prices differ slightly between markets). Sirloin steaks are currently $4.39/lb. The reason for this is because the most recent bout of avian flu that made it's way through the domestic chicken population was particularly destructive. With everything else going on, it wasn't heavily covered in the media, but that is the reason chicken and egg prices have been so high as of late. I was responsible for the purchase of ingredients for a popular restaurant for years. I've seen pork out price beef, beef out price game, chicken out price lamb etc. It all depends what is going on in that particular industry at any given time.

[@ericz.1270]

The unspoken motto of the Republican Party: The cruelty is the point.

[@rickdeckard4735]

Pretty sure it's the wanting to keep your own earned money that's the point.

[@lukekottemann2546]

@@rickdeckard4735 that's what they say what they want you to think. It's corporate propaganda. Actions speak louder than words

[@feartheghus]

@@lukekottemann2546 dude trumps tax cuts helped my middle class family, they barely helped working class because working class doesn’t pay any income tax, and often already get credits for refunds. The reason tax cuts help the rich so much is that only the rich pay 90% of our taxes.

[@lukekottemann2546]

@@feartheghus good for you? The tax cuts helped my family slightly but I don't give af about that. I would gladly pay more in taxes for a functional society. The existence of billionaires while anyone is going hungry or homeless is inexcusable, grotesque, and a moral failure. No I don't believe the rich pay 90%, but even if they did they should pay more. The power of a billionaire is absurd: they can build spaceships, buy politicians, buy and manipulate our media. No one elected them, yet people still believe we live in a democracy? Complete bullshit and lies. It is past time to tax these greedy selfish idiots out of existence.

[@lukekottemann2546]

@tommy2tone954 if you've ever spoken to socialists you'll know that most don't like Democrats either. Democrats are also bought out by billionaires and corporations. The problem is we allow unelected rich people to bribe our politicians on both sides of the aisle. Lobbying needs to be illegal and politicians should not be allowed to profit from insider stock trading. Difference is Democrats at least pretend that they care, while Republicans have gone full mask off

[@carycunningham9510]

This is what class warfare looks like.

[@stormwelch4770]

As someone who works in a grocery store this makes literally no sense. the cost of a can of refried beans versus a can of plain beans is almost exactly the same and if you think about it technically the refried beans are a better value because the entire can is full all the way up with bean matter versus the can of plain beans which contains water that you have to drain out the same can be said for seasoned beans because then you don't also have to buy seasoning and the liquid in the can is at least like a seasoned slurry verses useless water. Also buying fresh versus canned meat can be the same way if you also account for what kind of sale that store has going on that particular day. I have literally seen an entire small chicken for sale at $0.99 a pound and its like 5ish pounds so like $4.98 for an entire chicken....OR you could get a 12.5 oz can of Swanson chicken breast for around $3.69 literally almost the same money for more food to buy a literal whole fresh chicken. I think the people who are trying to impose these restrictions just haven't set foot in a grocery store for literal decades.

[@highlow6671]

Hey now, Tucker Carlson needs to get PAID!!!! (He's a Swanson heir)

[@gwhitty12]

Aldi refried Beans are .06 a oz and Pinto Beans are .055 a oz(had to use per oz because Aldi only seels 30oz cans of whole beans) so that is a big spending 1/100 cents and any poor folk should not be eating fancy refried bean.

[@yourmother2739]

@@gwhitty12 Everyone should have the right to eat refried beans.

[@HeiressEllie]

obviously, they dont cook nor do they pick up their own groceries; they think steak is fancy as if its not just a slab of overpriced meat with salt on it. not to mention every single republican I know IRL doesnt know how to cook a steak to temp or even what medium rare steak is supposed to look like.

[@DavidRichardson153]

Well, how else would they know about crudite?

[@jaidev777]

What they'll _never_ do is tax the rich. Ever.

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

Didn’t Elon Musk pay $11 billion last year?

[@Avalanche616]

@@MicahFoxxMusic 11 billion wouldn't be enough.

[@Andrew-cs1td]

@@MicahFoxxMusic only bc his poor business decisions forced him to liquidate stocks. He still paid a lower rate than W2 wage earners.

[@HeiressEllie]

@@MicahFoxxMusic one year he paid 11 billion every other year: 0

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

@@HeiressEllie oh ok. I thought the op said “they’ll never tax the rich ever”

[@permiebird937]

I find it interesting that soda pop is not on this no buy list. It proves health has nothing to do with this list. Allowing people to buy beans, but not refried beans looks extremely anti Latino.

[@Lord_Bibulous]

Puerto Ricans don't use refried beans. But yeah this is typical Republican douchebaggery.

[@dudeman5303]

I mean steak isn't a health food. Steak is horrible for you, but your point still stands to a certain degree.

[@maxxidle]

The policy would make the approved foods only what is already approved by WIC. And from experience, soda is 100% not on that list. It would have to be, 100% juice, no sugar added, 150% vitamin C. That and milk. That's it. WIC is insanely restrictive. Down to the package size restrictive.

[@hawkeye-sh3wx]

I live in Iowa they want to make it so you can only buy what is approved by the WIC program and soda is not approved.

[@permiebird937]

@@maxxidle I am familiar wth the restrictions on WIC, the segment did not emphasize that it was the WIC rules now being imposed on SNAP by Iowa. The way Kyle explained it looked like it was just random restrictions on food stamps, without explaining that food stamps in Iowa now only cover WIC approved foods. The whole situation is insane and harmful.

[@franksir5528]

That 1900 railroad tycoon quoted 'we can always hire one half of the poor to kill the other half'. That said it all

[@myhaikaratesmellstillrocks6823]

As an Iowa native who's lived in the state for most of my life, I can definitely attest to the fact that Iowa does not care to provide any social support programs. The most minor things like unemployment compensation and disability compensation are nearly impossible to get. Not because you're not supposed to; simply because every state office is a joke full of overpaid people who don't give a single f*ck.

[@minervablake7573]

"They want the lower and middle classes fighting with each other so that they, the rich, can run off with all the money." - George Carlin

[@kingjbird92]

Living in Iowa, I’m livid that the GOP is putting these kind of restrictions on our SNAP programs. I don’t need the SNAP program but this king of behavior is disgusting. You’re gonna ban people from eating fresh meat?!?! WTF is wrong with you people!?!?!

[@robertpresley1503]

Can't buy AMERICAN cheese? Weren't these the people that kept saying "America first"? What happened to that?

[@randomperson6454]

My grandmother is disabled because of auto immune and physical disorders, she's not able to work period. She has to use SNAP in order to get food and last month she went from $100 down to $30 and now we're going to have to worry about this. It starts in Iowa then next thing you know, all these other red states start trying to do it.

[@alexthefae]

Yep republicans are so hatefully moronic they just vote these people in because there cult of hate is all they care about.

[@barbaraibiel]

Why isn't your grandmother retired? Why is she supposed to work?

[@goldilox369]

That's the whole point of food stamps! You can get the canned & dry stuff at the food bank. You use the snap to supplement with the meat, dairy and fresh vegetables. It's already hard enough to try to get good nutrition into my kids. This is just sick. 😡

[@scifirealism5943]

Exactly.

[@barbaraibiel]

Meat and dairy is good nutrition? You don't know anything nutrition!

[@goldilox369]

@@barbaraibieldifferent strokes for different folks. I'm not vegan. Sorry.

[@Graywylfen]

First: The canned meats they are allowing cost more than fresh meat. Two: Having grown up there, the beans which are not allowed, is meant to punish Hispanics by not allowing chili or refried beans. They are that deep into their cartoon stereotypes of "others"

[@tylerhackner9731]

And they’re still trying to rebrand themselves as the party of the working class lol

[@beastalchemistVA]

A tactic that only works on morons

[@itsaaronlolz]

if you have a job you probably don’t qualify for anything. i had a single mother raising 3 kids and we didn’t even qualify for free school lunch.

[@DaveCM]

@@itsaaronlolz I went back to college late in life. I was struggling to get by. I looked into it, and I would have to literally let what I had go before I would qualify for it even though I met the income level. I owned too much stuff according to the program. Which is stupid. I owned my home and my car.

[@Odinsday]

They desperately want to look like the counter culture when everything they do protects the status quo lol

[@DaveCM]

@@deez3913 Yep. You've got that one right.

[@georgeorwell4509]

The poor are there to scare the shit out of the middle class. - George Carlin Watch that whole bit. Sounds like Kyle did.

[@Lord_Bibulous]

Carlin's material from years ago describes everything that is happening now.

[@georgeorwell4509]

@@Lord_Bibulous 👍

[@MarleneAngel09]

I'm so glad I don't live in Iowa because foodshare benefits have kept my family going for the last nearly 3 years after the pandemic totally crippled our finances. The one bit of joy we can count on every month is good food. I pray they don't take it away from all of us. I really don't know what we'd do.

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

You would t know what to do without steak, kidney beans, white bread and white rice? The same bill gives beneficiaries double fresh fruit and other benefits.

[@HeiressEllie]

@@MicahFoxxMusic those are literally staple foods beans, rice, and meat.

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

@@HeiressEllie where does it say beans rice and meat? It was much more specific than that and did not ban those forms of food. I’m sure you are in favor of all the “positives” the same bill provides like giving “bogo” on fresh fruit and providing funding for other supplemental programs.

[@MattB90]

@@MicahFoxxMusic The same argument you're making you could easily make in reverse and it wouldnt sound nearly as fucking stupid

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

@@MattB90 your comment was censored, Matt!

[@sensible1163]

I can understand not letting people buy alcohol with food stamps but they should be allowed to buy whatever food they want.

[@JMo-uh5cd]

Doritos? Cheetos? Moon pies? Nah.

[@joncoda365]

Yeah, it’s food. It’s almost like they don’t want people to eat.

[@francisharris7790]

@Vote Blue for Democracy I’m voting 💙

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

@@JMo-uh5cdthe WIC program is very strict as to what you can buy w the funds. It’s free food; they are right to regulate it. EBT is much less strict and allows for pretty much anything including the “food-stuff” you mentioned. It’s bs.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I’m glad they let you use food stamps at Whole Foods. Imagine if they didn’t let you buy organic or vegan food.

[@ktlam195512]

Some of the foods they are allowing people to buy with food stamps are healthier and cost more than what they are not allowed to buy. The unhealthy foods tend to be cheaper. This is going to add an additional burden to poor people.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

It's also worth noting that a steak a week isn't really particularly extravagant. I work at a grocery store and most days there are small steaks available for sale either on sale or on markdown for under $5. It's not uncommon for me to see little steaks under $3 on markdown. It's a serving of protein and if you know how to prepare it, it can taste great as a little indulgence.

[@eragon78]

@@SmallSpoonBrigade Not to mention, meat can be highly nutritious and full of protein. These people may be lacking a severe amount of protein if they are eating very cheaply. So a small cheap steak once in a while can be good for them too. These republicans are acting like theyre going out and buying $30 steaks or some shit. Thats how out of touch these people are, they have no idea how much actual food people buy costs since they probably eat out a lot at restaurants and have no real framework for the price of actual budget foods.

[@NissanSkylineVR30]

My dad has this thinking. Because he's middle class and works hard, and can't afford to eat a fancy steak that means the poor person can't either. Instead of thinking "Hey. Both him and the poor person can't afford steak. Lets try to team up and get a pay raise."

[@jmh4ggg]

If you're middle class, you can afford a $15 steak.

[@nathanhaines1721]

So true

[@snaaaake59]

This is the most comically evil thing I've heard of in years.

[@TheTeaNinja]

Video starts at 2:55

[@JoshFrayer]

Back when I was on SNAP, I often would use it in a manner that middle class Republicans would despise. Because I was working so much, I mostly lived off of fast food dollar menus, so when I did cook at home, we had a little extra on the SNAP card, so we would have a tad nicer meal.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I was not allowed to use SNAP on cooked food.

[@JoshFrayer]

@@nuclearcatbaby1131 correct, SNAP is not allowed on warm, cooked food. I was paying for fast food out of my income thus allowing for extra SNAP benefits the times I was able to cook at home.

[@HeiressEllie]

@@nuclearcatbaby1131 he was saying he worked but because in America they pay you no money you can also get foodstamps because you're below the poverty line and so he would use his cash for hot food and his stamps for snacks that republican's politicians enjoy without doing any labor.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

@@HeiressEllie I don’t believe I ever got cash? Just food stamps

[@pattyspanker8955]

@user-pg4jw2qd3h You from Canada, huh? At least our court Justices don't dress like that.

[@jArgonauticon]

So the Pentagon can't account for $35 trillion of our dollars.. yet we are gonna tell someone getting food assistance they can't buy sliced cheese? I think maybe our outrage is pointed in the wrong direction.

[@BaronBacon]

Rich CEO: "Look over there! Poor people are eating cubed cheese! What has this country come to!?"

[@soulife8383]

"You're poor, eat like it" is the vibe I get from this. Their argument was money, but they didn't adjust their money, they regulated what that same money is allowed to buy. Someone saw the welfare lobster video and popped a fuse, it's that simple. Bigoted and privileged people at the top calling the shots for something they have ZERO experience, knowledge, or meaningful insight on.

[@moonrakerone]

Take it from me, a former homeless person. Staying alive while poor is much harder than working. Now that I have a middle class job, I put in far less work than when I was poor.

[@rrubens3026]

Imagine being on the think tank or person in the administration responsible for that list.

[@RobertSmith-gx3mi]

During these times of high inflation I've been pretty much living off New York strip roast. I've been buying them at anywhere from $4.99 a pound down to $3.49 a pound and I despise the Republican Party

[@jmh4ggg]

@Roger McMillan Ah you're talking about the "Managers special" at food lion. I've never thought about tracking the dates, i'm definatly gonna try that.

[@barbaraibiel]

And who is going to pay for your heart attack? I bet you also want free healthcare!

[@RobertSmith-gx3mi]

@@barbaraibiel I assume the health insurance premiums I've been paying for the last 30 years would trigger my health insurance to pick up a portion of my medical bills once my deductible was met. Thankfully having a six month emergency savings I would be able to meet my deductible, assuming the hospital bill for my heart attack was over $3,000 Want to hear about the retirement saving I've been doing since 1991 Just to smash another one of those stereotypes that might be clanking around in your head about me?

[@barbaraibiel]

@@RobertSmith-gx3mi Yeah, but health insurance premiums keep going up because of unhealthy behaviors like yours. I think that people, who smoke and eat unhealthy foods, should pay higher premiums. Why should health conscious people be punished for the reckless behavior of others? I am way ahead of you. I have a Health Saving Account, which I have had since they came into existence, and I was putting away small amounts tax-free. Now my account has about 13K, way more than I need to cover my deductible. I also have a 401K, which is looking pretty good (well, since Biden took office, it is looking less well).

[@jmh4ggg]

@@barbaraibiel 13k? 😂😂😂😂 thats enough to get you some "hospital asprin" and a bed for a few days. You shouldn't be mad at the original poster. Be mad at me. I have no health insurance and 2 kids 😌.

[@jasourwnjl]

Iowa's social safety net is fairly good from bluer days. Our Governor is trying to dismantle the whole thing. Plenty of disabled Republicans and seniors are on SNAP, this effects people's everyday lives. Frankly I don't think it will pass given the reaction.

[@manicpopeify]

Really odd proposal considering don't we(Iowans) have a double snap dollars program if spent at farmers markets for fresh fruits and vegetables that would now be unavailable....

[@jasourwnjl]

@@manicpopeifyPretty sad as we have a decent setup. I'm sure the Republican CEO'S of Des Moines based Kum & Go and Casey's will have a fit about this given the money they make from SNAP so some hope there.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

As long as it “owns the libz” they’ll throw they’re own mother into the incinerator.

[@firefly9838]

@@jasourwnjl I love Kum and Go's every time I'm up that way!

[@LeonardGreenpaw]

worse yet, they are getting rid of many of the economical options. sliced ameerican cheese tends to be cheaper than block real cheese, white bread tends to be cheaper than whole grain bread, canned tuna is probably more expensive than fresh chicken (not apples to apples ok), and beans even cooked varieties are super cheap compared to pretty much any other processed canned foods or snack goods

[@JorgenPakieto]

Lucky they forced pro-life on people before making even more compromises to the lifestyles of working class Americans.

[@DisProveMeWrong]

The banning of cheese is the most confusing part, considering the US has a several billion pound cheese surplus.

[@robertparker51]

I live in Iowa, the conservatives are also sending tax dollars to private schools.

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

What’s wrong with that, in your view

[@robertparker51]

@@MicahFoxxMusic if you have to ask.....

[@jasourwnjl]

@@MicahFoxxMusic Something like 70 of our 99 counties don't have a private school for one, and only the urban counties have more than one.

[@maxallen8039]

@@MicahFoxxMusic why should public tax dollars go towards an independently funded school?

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

@@maxallen8039 I would think it has to do with school choice. I’m not sending my child to government school, so my dollars shouldn’t be funding them.

[@yourmother2739]

Basic universal income. We need it now. Has been a huge success whenever practiced.

[@helene420]

The thing is this doesn't save tax dollars, they still get a certain amount based on their income. So this doesn't make any sense other than to control what people can eat.

[@scifirealism5943]

Republicans are willing to pay MORE as long as they get to see people they don't like suffer: which are mostly minorities and the poor.

[@scifirealism5943]

The minimum wage and poverty have nothing to do with the economics to Republicans, it has everything to do with morals. Republicans believe in just world fallacy: thus they believe all rich people are good / morally superior and all poor people are evil / morally bankrupt. They oppose raising the minimum wage and restructuring welfare because they see poor people as undeserving of becoming middle class.

[@nickthompson1812]

Controlling supply and demand of those products specifically.

[@cageybee7221]

bringing back sumptuary laws, the republicans are really beyond parody now.

[@bradjbourgeois73]

The beef industry ain't gonna be happy about this!

[@RissOfRivia]

I’m working 2 jobs with one day a week off (and even I don’t usually get that day off because that’s the one day I can book clients and practice hair). I bring home about $3000 a month. My biweekly paycheck for 1 job is about $1100-1250 and my biweekly for the other is about $343. My half of rent until March is $1075 than it’ll drop somewhere in the $775 range. Even with all the “money”, food is the most expensive things. Just yesterday we spent about $133 on what looks like nothing. I would kill to be on SNAP. Because than I could actually afford the things I need such as good tools for my trade. My point is, I work my ass off and I could still use the government assistance just like the rest of the hardworking people.

[@scifirealism5943]

That makes my heart ache reading that. I would tax corporations three to six times the amount their employees used in welfare benefits. I'd give them a choice between that and a $15 minimum wage.

[@ConsciusVeritasVids]

I live in Iowa and a friend is on SNAP benefits plus disability. With the recent cost of living increases she got more money to pay for the rise in bills, but they also reduced the amount of money she gets for food down to $100/mo because her disability money went up to pay utilities and rent, because that makes sense apparently.

[@genghisdingus]

White rice often costs less than brown rice. Chilli and refried beans cost about the same as black, red, and pinto beans. This bill isnt about forcing SNAP recipients to be frugal. They just want their food to taste worse.

[@user-vx9zi6bx9k]

As a ward of the State from the perspective of being homeless multiple times in my life... The only thing that was actually consistently available for us unhoused people was actually the multiple books of food stamps & then, ultimately, EBT cards.. THESE offered at least one window of dignity, in the form of cold comfort of a full belly on a cold night despite being unsure of what my options were for sleep etc. health was better for it. *Note* we would often times just roam for the night for safety and find bushes and dumpster to lie behind in the morning till we get harassed by the better off who weren't happy to see us. I was 14 when this happened till I turned 17 Then once again at age 19-21 I can't imagine how to deal with dried goods that requires cooking as my option with the EBT program but like some have been saying accurately here - Cruelty isn't a bug It's the FEATURE

[@NobleWolf]

Im poor and I buy a steak once in awhile, and it costs alot just to have one. I eat mostly produce, which is fruit and veggies and its hard living on 160$ a month on food snaps. I have to go to food banks often

[@goojay6696]

Time to eat the rich,bro! Unless they make a plant-based meal that tastes like steak.

[@herecomedatboi1260]

@Crickett bro is mad that people want to eat 💀💀

[@cptmiller132]

@Crickett they banned chicken pork and ground beef as well dip stick

[@NobleWolf]

@Crickett They do and often cost the same in most stores now

[@NobleWolf]

@@cptmiller132 They cost about the same in most stores

[@slappinpumpkins]

Fresh meat provides essential nutrients for growing babies. My baby is iron deficient- red meat provides what he needs.

[@nickthompson1812]

Eat more vegetables.

[@artdaugherty8499]

It always boggled me that MaltOMeal was allowed, but Chocolate MaltOMeal wasn't. Same price, same size, same nutrition.

[@thepepper191]

Malice is the only reasonable explanation here

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

Yeah, Michael Malice is reasonable

[@BlackStar-hy1iy]

@@MicahFoxxMusic No, no it is not.

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

@@BlackStar-hy1iy it?

[@nickthompson1812]

Supply and demand? Artificially decreasing the demand?

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Because nothing says Freedom like someone else telling you what you can & can't buy with your Food Stamps.

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

That’s how it’s always been. Freedom entails not paying taxes which disables food stamps entirely.

[@JMo-uh5cd]

Super reductionist argument there. It's a governmental program that should be made as efficiently as possible. Shouldnt be able to buy Ho Hos and Redbull on Snap

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

Nothing says freedom like forcing taxpayers to buy food for people who make bad decisions.

[@treasuretreereynolds1764]

@@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231 So children and the elderly make poor decisions? You get my point, right?

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

@@treasuretreereynolds1764 the parents of children who need assistance make poor decisions. And elderly people who make good decisions have money set aside for retirement, social security is just a supplement, that they paid into their entire lives.

[@tconnolly1tc]

So glad Kyle shouted out RM Brown. He's one of the best on the platform.

[@215jmo]

I can't imagine doing this other than to be petty, vindictive and callous assholes. Jesus.

[@nickthompson1812]

At some point if we’re going to try to give everyone gov’t healthcare we’re going to have to try to mitigate the causes of disease, poor health, and obesity. That’s just the fact of the matter. Republicans just getting a head start for us

[@PatBrennan24]

Excited that you’re going back on JRE! Each time you do it’s a really great episode imo. Joe needs a little left push back

[@RK-ej1to]

I’m surprised that he is, I stoped watching rogan since he switched to almost exclusively right wing commentators. Really want to see Parkman on there. I’m pretty sure since he said he was going to have more diverse guests he only had Gupta on there and just so he could bitch about cnn saying he took horse medicine

[@roach5952]

It's a moral failing of everyone who's rich

[@scifirealism5943]

Poverty is a policy choice, like giving women the right to vote.

[@nobody971]

hey Kyle, your videos have been in my recommendations and auto-play instead of CNN, MSNBC or late night 😀 congrats

[@theunholinesswithin3601]

Well, come on Kyle, people should have at least two jobs as soon as they're born! America is not a country for lazy people! THEY MUST WORK *HARD*! (Sarcasm, for the slow people)

[@jiggerypokery2962]

If you get a steak on $200 a month you deserve that steak

[@lynns4426]

I was just reading about the Greenwood food blockade. I see they're up to their old tricks. Using food as a weapon is disgusting.

[@jaialser]

Yes!!! I work 65 hours a week, can't qualify for food stamps/snap, so I have to go to a food pantry, life is just 2 expensive (ny) it sucks because I should be able to afford my family's food with the amount of money I make and the hours I put up with every week.

[@foebok]

No more corporate welfare for companies that profit from fossil fuels, or pay their CEOs salaries greater than 7x their lowest paid employee, or pay their employees so little that they need SNAP programs to feed their families.

[@scifirealism5943]

I'll add onto that. We are going to tax corporations 3 to 6 times the amount their employees use in welfare benefits. This would be in addition to all of the other taxes they already have to pay. So Walmart would have to pay 6 * 6 or $36 billion in additional taxes every year. I'm going to tack on another 4 billion dollars for pain and suffering.

[@I.m-Me]

PSA: This is extremely bad on even more levels! For example, there are people with dietary constraints who have to have white rice instead of brown. There are people with physical ailments/difficulties who cannot shred or slice their own cheese, even with a machine. There are people who can't flavor their own beans, for reasons that could be anything from time, ability, lack of kitchen, people who can't afford or store spices... It is unbelievably classist and ableist!

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

The government should solve everyone’s problems!

[@granddefectus4602]

@@deez3913 Being allergic to what I consider an essential food group, I qualify this as a disability.

[@I.m-Me]

@@deez3913 Devoid of nutrients or not, my actual friend has MCAS and has extreme gastrointestinal reactions to the hulls, plus a bunch of other things you'd clearly disbelieve. That is not the only condition like that. Please leave room for the thought that you don't actually know everything.

[@Avalanche616]

@@MicahFoxxMusic based

[@BlackStar-hy1iy]

@@MicahFoxxMusic The government should outlaw billionaires. Redistribute the wealth allowing Americans to escape The Great Depression part 2

[@michaeljoseph796]

“Those poor people won’t be living ‘high on the hog’ after this bill passes! Get it? Get it? “ -Callous Iowa Republican politician

[@adamcolclasure4892]

Glad this would never happen in my country or any other democratic country.

[@jjeshop]

Having been homeless in San Bernardino, I'll tell you many homeless people cooked steaks. Honestly. We grilled in the woods up the hill near that abandoned state park. They're still people. People eat food.

[@jjeshop]

Also, taking sliced cheese away is a dig too. I used to get a stack and some lunchemeat with good bread and shared with my dudes.

[@jjeshop]

Taking away these pre processed foods hurts because we have so little to prepare food with.

[@avishalom2000lm]

Honestly, how many? Just curious. Were they donated? Or from dumpster dives?

[@jjeshop]

@@avishalom2000lm adult males get 90 dollars a month in assistance

[@jjeshop]

Also food pantries give food, we'd get all kinds of food we needed to cook. It's hard but can be done.

[@VogtTD]

I have colitis and I can only eat white bread.... this is blatantly ableist and classist

[@jca9417]

How is it classist? Majority of working class Americans who struggle can't even qualify for SNAP . Why should people living off the government for free be able to eat better than most of the working class struggling rn ? You literally have to be barely working to qualify for snap and sec. 8 benefits .

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

@@jca9417I think the limit is different for each state, but it’s something like $15k per person is the cutoff for benefits.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Wonder if gluten free bread is allowed for those with celiac disorder

[@patchwurk6652]

@@jca9417 "Why should people living off the government for free be able to eat better than most of the working class struggling rn ?" You don't want to do anything for either group, so why do you care? In your ideal, Neither group eats well and the rich get richer. You're a corporate bootlicker. Stop pretending like you give a fuck about what's fair.

[@mytoesarecold5555]

@@jca9417 - you still have to have an income to qualify. No one is “living off the government.” Considering our military budget, you judging poor people is painfully lame.

[@Autodidactz]

These are my favourite sort of Kyle rants. They’re enlightening.

[@justingregor5414]

Finally a Kyle & RM collab. That's on youtube!

[@Lastman737]

Incoming shoplifting red meat and rice

[@thisisanewusername4662]

lol

[@maxkrystal7403]

Red meat will sold on the corners

[@melidor2198]

The party of small govt everybody!

[@playlistenthusiast]

Government so small it's in your bedroom and in your grocery cart.

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

Very few republicans are for small government, and they are the ones you might hate the most.

[@RafaelSwit]

At first glance you might make an argument that maybe, just maybe, they’re encouraging healthier food options (whole grains, minimally processed beans, better cheeses), but when they say you can only have canned meats, then that entire “healthier foods” argument goes out the window. Yuck 🤮

[@bigdaddypapsmear]

A few of those things, should be banned for everyone. But wtf is up with no kidney beans? No fresh fish or meat? Just fucking with people struggling who almost always are due to no fault of their own.

[@matthewblackwelder6487]

A lot of people are suggesting that the bean restrictions are aimed to make it more difficult for Latinos. It's possible we import some of those bean varieties so maybe it's an extension of a weird agriculture industry protectionist stance.

[@cindyhenderson7035]

It's a moral failing to be a billionaire.

[@hipoint40cal39]

yes

[@terryanderson8937]

This ignorance also covers those like my son who has cp, is blind and intellectually challenged. There are no exceptions for those that through lack of physical and or mental abilities that can never hope to work.

[@scifirealism5943]

That's messed up.

[@knightsonofjack]

And I was told under communism you would starve

[@bravecaucasian]

Research the Holomodor and learn the truth about communism.

[@marlonlo9661]

They want poor people to eat cheap food. They don't want to pay for the good food.

[@ChaseAvior]

The Vegan Beyond Burger creates 90% less greenhouse gas emissions, uses 99% less water, 93% less land, and requires 46% less energy than a beef burger. - University of Michigan Vegan is best diet for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change It takes 25 calories of plants to make 1 calorie of beef because the cow has to eat crops for 18 months to get them up to slaughter weight. - Yale University 70 billion land animals are fed and killed every year across the world. That's 10 times the human population. - United Nations 77% of global soy is fed to livestock for meat and dairy production. - Our World in Data 70% of the deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is for raising cattle to make beef. - United Nations It takes 1,800 gallons of water to make 1 pound of beef - the equivalent of 120 showers. Compared to only 600 gallons of water to make 1 pound of beans. - Stanford University Raising animals takes up 75% of our farmland because we have to grow tons of crops to feed all these animals. “A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gasses, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use.” Beef required 36 times more land than peas. - University of Oxford If everyone in the U.S. ate no meat or cheese just one day a week, it would have the same environmental impact as taking 7.6 million cars off the road. - Stanford University The greenhouse gas emissions coming from raising cattle is more than the entire transportation sector which includes all cars, trucks, trains, planes, and ships. - United Nations

[@marvintpandroid2213]

Party of freedom of choice?

[@crobinson2624]

Doesn’t this mean you can’t use SNAP benefits to pay for these things but you can still buy them with money out of your own pocket?

[@lazumah]

PREACH!!!! This was an excellent explanation. Thank you for saying it like it is.

[@ladyviking]

I have 3 jobs. I get SNAP benefits. I'm also have a lot of health issues, so nutrition is really important. I receive about $250 a month for food, and I make $12,000 a year. You know what helps alleviate pressure from the healthcare system? BEING PROPERLY NOURISHED.

[@mickmcnabb6147]

party of the people guys, lol

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

but we all need to be vegan, Kyle, get on the correct side of history

[@danielcoulthardjr6608]

Iowa has been circling the drain for a LONG TIME now. Let me tell ya

[@billybobhobnob101]

Divide and rule- it worked 4000 years ago and it works today

[@qinntt]

It would be nice if Kyle actually showed up for these

[@BlueBeetle1939]

Yeah I don't get the point of the premiere thing it just delays the video for me cause I don't want to jump into the middle of a thing

[@brainstewX]

No, they didn't. Poor people are legally allowed to buy steak. Wtf?

[@brainstewX]

@CrickettThey are free to spend their own money on steak.

[@cjh.1920]

It’s not even hard to come to the conclusion that executives and corporate shills are literal thieves. Im grossed out and disappointed in humankind’s persistence in acting against our own self interests.

[@nicknerness2330]

The government of Iowa is one of the most far right governments in the states right now. We used to be a purple state. Its an absolute disgrace.

[@MrSupersmash93]

But but stoves!

[@raggedflaggon9566]

I actually agree with making them buy healthier foods, but they should be able to buy fresh meats.

[@Dylanbolton69]

This is some 1984 level fascism. The proletariat shall not enjoy food.

[@DaveLH]

I remember once seeing a painting in a museum of two T. rexes squabbling over a hunk of meat while a Velociraptor steals it from under their noses. I see this as a nice metaphor for corporate America's "divide and conquer" strategy.

[@Old_School_293]

Thank you Kyle, for that minimally-informative rant. A few points, 1. He brings up the “military-industrial complex” as if it’s interfering with poor people getting food stamps and thus food. Well, Kyle, hat to tell you this, but that’s federal spending. This bill affects state spending in the stat of Iowa. 2. He confidently neglects to mention that the bill also adds a million dollars to Iowa's Double Up Food Bucks program. Under this program, those buying fresh fruits and vegetable using SNAP benefits get a free matching purchase of fresh fruit and vegetables. In other words, fresh fruits and vegetables are half off for those using SNAP benefits. 3. These restrictions are the same restrictions under WIC.

[@granddefectus4602]

Beautiful analysis

[@MicahFoxxMusic]

Thank you. That’s incredibly generous of them w the fresh fruit, for example.

[@jasourwnjl]

WIC is supposed to be supplemental to SNAP this goes far beyond banned the sales of soda pop and candy. Can't buy hamburger, chicken, white flour, bread with nuts or seeds for fucks sakes.

[@shagangatewood1317]

1. I think he’s trying to say the federal government has more than enough money to spare to at least partially subsidize this program so that people can still have access to fresh meats given the ridiculous amount of money they give the military, which I personally think is a fair assessment but that’s just me. At least that was my takeaway 2. That’s a great program, I don’t think anyone would complain about it on its own, but as someone who has lived on SNAP benefits before, it’s very hard feeding a family with just fruits and vegetables. Meats and rice are more cost effective and more filling. I’m sure most others on snap benefits would agree they’d much rather have access to meat and rice than half off fresh fruits and veggies. Plus a million dollars wouldn’t go that far when Iowa has around 300k people on snap benefits. That’s like $4 per person. 3. I’ve never lived in Iowa so I don’t have an informed opinion on wic benefits there 😂

[@Old_School_293]

We spend 64% of the Federal budget on assistance programs (social security, health insurance, economic security, benefits for federal retirees), while we spend 13% of the federal budget on defense. And that’s not counting the trillions states and local governments spend. Is there a need for more assistance dollars? Yes. Are we being a Scrooge in spending tax dollars on these needs? Quite the opposite.

[@robinmc142]

IT'S NOT THEIR MONEY TO BE ENTITLED TO. WE GAVE THEM THIS, WE GET TO SAY WHERE IT GOES.

[@atomixfang]

It must suck to be you lol. You sound very angry

[@jzay1899]

So you are saying, you enjoy being an ahole?

[@Tonyrg1988]

@@jzay1899 ah yes the gold standard of policy decisions. Does it make us an ahole or not.

[@johnbrown8570]

What do you mean exactly? Like which part?

[@robinmc142]

@@atomixfang Well I'm just high that's why I put all caps but sure, people should get to be angry over their money being stolen from them by people who are the actual entitled ones if they are not only stealing people's money, but then complain when that money is cut. If, when we gave a homeless person a dollar, they gave the classical middle class response of 'actually give me more, that's not my fair share', I think the middle class would start hating them instead of merely ignoring them. Because the middle class lives in its own entitlement bubble, except it, unlike the top class, not only ignores the 3rd class but also demands the top class treat them with more dignity than they treat the 3rd. Maybe we could learn a thing or 2 from homless people, maybe if we were more charismatic like the 3rd class and realized they have more to complain about then us, the 1st class would hate us less. 'GIVE US 15$ MINIMUM WAGE!' How much do you think the homeless or say pr ost itutes get paid pal, do you think they get paid minimum wage doing the illegal job of exercising 'my body my choice', do you see them complaining?

[@JARV9701]

"Let them eat cake" With this republicans/conservatives, that can be considered an ever better treatment for the poor.

[@crobinson2624]

It’s a political taboo in Canada for politicians to lecture the public or recipients of government benefits what they can’t spend their money on or to claim that they waste money on cigarettes and beer…etc.

[@HeiressEllie]

wait you can buy cigarettes and beer with govt benefits in canada?

[@crobinson2624]

@@HeiressEllie the government deposits the money into your account and what you do with it is your business.

[@Sarkane1256]

I think Kyle has an incomplete explanation of how snap is supposed to work, particularly in red states. When we explain it to those trying to sign up we like to think of it as a tool to build savings. A lot of people on snap aren’t people you’d view as poor (comparatively) but people who would struggle to save any significant amount of money otherwise.

[@tonytooshort]

I LOVE it how these folks are always preoccupied with scrutinizing the poor. 🤣

[@belaswhicker2033]

How cruel and spiteful. SNAP recipients aren’t lazy and living the sweet life. Seniors and the disabled also depend on SNAP.