To prevent Americans from starving. And I guess I just don't understand why anybody thinks this should be a point of leverage. Like, Half of the roughly 40 million people who receive SNAP benefits are working poor. Because we have decided nationally we're not going to raise the minimum wage and we're not going to support the labor movement enough so that when people work 40 hours … (06:10–06:17)
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