Well, I also used to be a Republican, and I cared for the poor back then, too. Blanket statements are very unhelpful. 

I think people are also seeing a vector, a pattern of increased control, and they’re concerned.

That’s deeply prejudiced. No real point in continuing this conversation. 

There’s no use protesting things that have already happened.

I’m saying that there are countless avenues to help the poor without going through government channels. It’s deeply concerning that people think all help for the poor must come from the government.

And the end of the lockdown is probably further out than that.

It is for you, but it’s extremely common for families to supplement their groceries from a garden. And it looks like it’s going to get much more common this year.

When do you lift a prohibition in Michigan? When they say they will?

Somehow I doubt keeping the Garden Center open at Walmart would lead to a nationwide food shortage. But it might help some freshly impoverished people supplement their groceries this fall.

Lots of families supplement their groceries with home-grown food. That right shouldn’t be suspended now, especially with an in-bound economic crisis, nor when we’re told to cut down on trips to the grocery store.

Mail-order food is available, too, but they’re not closing the grocery stores.

Your assumption that people who don’t support government social programs don’t care about the poor reveals a pretty narrow worldview. I’m not here to counsel you with that, but this is a complex issue, and it’s important to take a look at all sides. 

Not sure why this was crossposted to Jalopnik. We don’t come over here and tell them to ban smartphones.

I don’t have any family in Michigan. 

They don’t seem to be staying home today.

Apparently Michiganders can’t get a straight answer, either. Must be frustrating.

And they would argue that it isn’t. Which is why they’re protesting.

This isn’t “every year.” People are trying to prepare for what’s coming. 

But you can do that with food. Why specifically restrict seeds?

You’re making some pretty stretchy assumptions there, but that’s how most of this is going.