Jonathan ⚓️

A cautionary tale about food stamp benefits... I used to be a salaried manager at an inbound call center where sales reps were paid out on a sliding scale depending on their close rates and average tickets. The pay was almost entirely commission based, with hourly wages similar to what waitresses make. During periods of low call volume, many sales reps would opt to hang around but remain off the clock in order to avoid taking straggler calls that would potentially ruin their average ticket or close rates, negatively impacting the pay scale for their previous sales. When call volume spiked following these lulls, we would ask these people to jump back on the phones in order to help manage it and keep the call abandonment rate down. Drop enough calls, you start losing clients. Most of the time, part timers were unwilling to do this because they had already made just enough sales commission for the pay period to avoid losing their food stamps and other government benefits. We could have given them more hours and sales commissions. They had the availability to take these opportunities, and yet they refused to do so. These are the kind of people who are "working but still need food stamps to get by."

Tucker Carlson tells Nick Fuentes he despises Christian Zionists more than anyone on earth, calling Christian Zionism a dangerous heresy within Christianity. He names Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, John Bolton, Karl Rove, and George W. Bush as examples. Carlson says Christian Zionism is a brain virus that has infected the church.

What's a theological opinion that will have you like this?

What’s your opinion on “The Church” that will get you in this position?