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I looked it up.[0][1] It’s a lot. About 14.7 million Americans work full time and receive Medicare or food stamps (SNAP).

> And 21 million of people are subsidized. I do not see a capitalist system subsidizing 21 million people. That is not capitalism. Call it something else.

So by your logic, USA is a socialist country? Democratic socialist? Communist? That’s… not what most Americans would say.

> The numbers could not be fully explained by part-time schedules; about 70 percent of the 21 million people receiving Medicaid or SNAP benefits work full time, in general, the GAO said.

[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/18/food-stam...

[1] http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/...



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