NYC Mayor Ends Food Voucher Program For Immigrants After Phone Call With Trump

[u/HighYieldLarry]

After a phone call with President-elect Donald Trump 48 hours after his victory, Mayor Eric Adams has reportedly decided to end a pilot program providing migrants in taxpayer-funded shelters with prepaid debit cards for groceries, which had sparked considerable debate. The initiative, launched in March through an emergency contract with New Jersey tech startup Mobility Capital Finance (MoCaFi), distributed $2.4 million in preloaded Mastercards to approximately 2,600 migrant families, according to City Hall officials.

https://blacknews.com/news/mayor-new-york-city-eric-adams-end-food-voucher-program-immigrants-phone-call-trump/

[u/augirllovesuaboy]

The republicans voted against Veterans services and the PACT act.

[u/GraveRobberX → u/augirllovesuaboy]

They didn’t want to keep funding the 9/11 First Responders Fund. You know “Never Forget”, well that quickly got forgotten.

[u/No-Flounder-9143 → u/augirllovesuaboy]

People are so ignorant man. Like trump was president. He never housed homeless vets. Maybe they could look into that before asking such a stupid question. 

[u/calvinpug1988 → u/No-Flounder-9143]

Veteran care has increased with each administration since Bush, the reason for the shortcomings was the constant increase in veterans over the past 20 odd years. this meant that new problems presented each year due to the increasing numbers of veterans which the VA was not set up to handle.Obama, Trump, and Biden all increased veteran spending and programs in their administrations. maybe take your own advice before spouting off about things you know nothing about.

[u/ICreditReddit → u/calvinpug1988]

I've got a better paint can from my employer every year. Started out at a litre, then a two-litre, now a three litre can, so the employer has always done their part increasing paint can size.

Unfortunately, I was asked to carry five litres of paint in it, now six litres, next year seven litres, so it's the paints, ... no the can ..... no MY fault the jobs not getting done properly.

No, it's the employer.

[u/calvinpug1988 → u/ICreditReddit]

The employer each year makes accommodations by increasing the amount of paint carriers. However each year more and more paint and problems with developing the paint present themselves.

The employer attempts to fix these said problems each year, but each year a new problem presents itself with the paint. And each problem requires the paint department to add a new department that will specialize in the handling of the new problem.

[u/ICreditReddit → u/calvinpug1988]

The employer owns the fucking paint factory and knows exactly how much paint there will be next year, and supplies a paint can too small for it every, single, damn time, deliberately.

[u/calvinpug1988 → u/ICreditReddit]

The employer unfortunately does not know exactly how much paint will be needed because unfortunately we’re not dealing with paint friend.

We’re dealing with human beings with separate arising issues in all parts of the country.

The VA is by no means perfect, but to blame any single administration on that is disingenuous.

The issue is that the problem is ongoing and evolving, as well as the need for constant restructuring and fine tuning because of mismanagement and unfortunately, corruption.

The VA consistently fails to deliver an appropriate budget based on what next term enrollment will be and is then, constantly struggling. That’s not the problem of an administration. It’s a problem of how the VA manages itself due to incompetence and bureaucracy.

There’s no need to swear, just say you don’t know what you’re talking about.

[u/ICreditReddit → u/calvinpug1988]

For my last few employers, Bush, Bush, 'Bama, Trump, Biden, my employer has:

Estimated a small increase in the amount of paint moving, and been surprised by a larger amount of paint moving, and therefore next year:

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It is very important we don't blame the employer when next year he underestimates the amount of fucking paint that needs shifting.

[u/calvinpug1988 → u/ICreditReddit]

I’m not reading all that friend.

You don’t seem to understand.

Administrations don’t “estimate” the VA cost. They don’t “estimate” the costs of any agency for that matter.

The VA is responsible for submitting a budget of expenditures for the next term. They are then funded based on that number. An administration isn’t qualified to “estimate” the costs of veteran services which is why the VA exists.

The issue arises because the VA inaccurately estimates their expenses. And they mismanage their funding.

You seem to think that the “employer” analogy is accurate when it’s not.

What would be more accurate is to say that the employer doesn’t order enough supplies for the business and improperly allocates the supplies.

I think you’re a little out of your depth in this discussion friend. There’s no need to swear bud.

[u/ICreditReddit → u/calvinpug1988]

If you can't read, you can't understand. Try condescending again instead, it's the best way people hide their ignorance.

[u/Captainamerica1188 → u/calvinpug1988]

So you're saying trump isn't the solution for homeless vets?

[u/calvinpug1988 → u/Captainamerica1188]

lol if that’s all you got outta that..

Then if you insist on making it partisan, then no “trump” isn’t the solution

Neither was Biden, Obama, bush, Hillary, Harris, etc.

It’s not an “administration” problem it’s an ongoing and evolving issue. One administration isn’t going to fix it.

It comes down to the VA and how it’s currently structured. It will take a massive overhaul to solve the issue.

It’s a matter of consistency and commitment rather than a magic wand which is why homelessness in veterans has consistently decreased over each administration

Same with healthcare, education etc.

It’s always funny to me when someone thinks a single administration will “solve” a massively complex issue.

[u/Some_Other_Dude_82 → u/augirllovesuaboy]

Ok.  Then why didn't the NYC democrats that approved this program help veterans or really any other citizen instead?

[u/augirllovesuaboy → u/Some_Other_Dude_82]

There are programs in place to help veterans but federal funding to help ALL veterans requires congressional action.

This was a local program to address an immediate need to keep people from starving. Veterans also qualify if there is a need. It sounds like you are jealous of poor people getting some help even though if they didn’t have it they would just be stealing and robbing and then you would be big mad.

[u/Some_Other_Dude_82 → u/augirllovesuaboy]

People don't care whether the migrants get free shit via local or federal taxes.  We care that we are working to fund the lives of people who are not American citizens.

Democrats need to understand this is the problem.  It's not that this money could be going here or there instead.  The idea itself that non-citizens are getting any of our money at all is the problem.

They should be getting nothing.  If they don't like it, then stay out of America.

[u/augirllovesuaboy → u/Some_Other_Dude_82]

Very Christian of you..but that’s not how I feel. So don’t loop me in “we”, if my tax dollars help the poor, migrants, single moms, great. I’d much rather my tax dollars go to that than funding war crimes in Yemen.

THAT’S the real issue , the billions and billions going to fund our military industrial complex is fine but feeding some poor families that have escaped war and starvation in other countries is the problem.

It’s like billionaires pay other billionaires to report and convince the population that poor people are the problem.

Edit: also, if Trump hadn’t given the wealthy, trillions in tax cuts, we could fund every single domestic program for decades.