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(08-28-2023, 11:35 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Thank you for the clarification.  I rather read that as saying that the government shouldn't be paying for unhealthy food for already unhealthy people.  Essentially, that EBT/SNAP shouldn't be able to be used for junk food.  It sounds much more like a statement that the government is enabling, if not encouraging, unhealthy behavior.  I guess it doesn't take much for people to read a partisan message anymore, right or left.

If he didn't use the word "milkin'" I would agree with your interpretation.

Milking, to me, has a very negative connotation that implies the person is abusing the system, not the other way around.

Like I said, I largely agree with the sentiment of the song and think he's on the right track. That line just stuck out as kind of...the reverse of the rest of the song. The song is almost entirely about how government (or similarly powerful systems like corporations) is abusing people in one way or another, and then he sneaks in this line implying fat people are abusing a government assistance program, it threw me off.