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re: SNAP: $15B spent on junk food
Posted on 7/9/17 at 9:06 am to highcotton2
Posted on 7/9/17 at 9:06 am to highcotton2
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Never really thought about it until now but I wonder why Michelle Obama was so intent on making the school lunch program healthy but did not make the same restrictions apply to food stamps?
The difference between a diet being forced on kids vs adults choosing what to buy?
ultimately, some will abuse it and some will use it as a safety net.... but I think a lot of folks get more worked up than warranted on this issue when compared to the wider misuse of tax dollars out there. (No I'm not saying you can only be upset at one thing at a time or leave the system as is... simply that you see a lot of people jump on this one because it makes them feel superiority)
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Posted on 7/9/17 at 9:13 am to Squedunk
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2 years ago I saw a woman in a Ragin Cajun jersey, with 2 kids, using her Louisiana Purchase card to pay for cokes, chips, dip, cookies and cupcakes. They were going tail gaiting.
Heaven forbid those kids enjoy what appears to be upwards of $20-30 worth of food if the bought large quantities and some low tier sports entertainment.
There's got to be some sort of minor allowance to let people feel like humans, no?
Posted on 7/9/17 at 9:15 am to Dunk47
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Some of common arguments against reform have already been discussed. You can throw in the "military spending is far worse" and the ever present "that's racist" arguments. There is waste and bloat in just about every area of government spending and something needs to be done. The more the "racist" tag gets thrown around inappropriately the more diminished its power becomes until the powers that be are no longer fearful of the stigma it carries.
Also the 'its just a drop in the bucket' argument
Posted on 7/9/17 at 9:21 am to NoSaint
The cart was full. Several cases of soft drinks, etc. She was buying for the party.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 9:31 am to NoSaint
quote:they quality of your life has zero to do with whether you owns a sports jersey or go to an entertainment venue. The fact that people equate these things with a program to keep you from dying of starvation is crazy.
There's got to be some sort of minor allowance to let people feel like humans, no?
Is there more pork? of course. But the Senators brother in law isn't getting the sweet highway deal while he is in front of me at Kroger. This topic is mentioned because the misuse is out in the open
Posted on 7/9/17 at 9:49 am to boogiewoogie1978
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Why is this a problem? Americans as a whole are fat.
The problem is American's eating habits.
Whoever downvoted this must be a fatty.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 10:28 am to tigerfoot
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But the Senators brother in law isn't getting the sweet highway deal while he is in front of me at Kroger. This topic is mentioned because the misuse is out in the open
I don't deny that's a part of it.
But I don't think you can deny that there's some element of our society equating poor to morally deficient. It's built in to so many of the assumptions made about that person standing in line next to you when you start judging their purchases with absolutely no context and then projecting that onto huge numbers of others using the program.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 10:32 am to NoSaint
So that's just junk food based on the UPC code. What about all the boiled crawfish and other prepared foods I see them buy. That and 50 lbs of verons sausage at a time and shite. frick that shite.
This post was edited on 7/9/17 at 10:35 am
Posted on 7/9/17 at 10:37 am to Quidam65
Roughly 90% of my customers with SNAP buy nothing but junk food and mostly energy drinks. Roughly 90% of my SNAP customers of fat little butterballs.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 10:39 am to NoSaint
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There's got to be some sort of minor allowance to let people feel like humans, no?
Not with my fricking money.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 10:47 am to EKG
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One of the few things I dislike more than government collecting money (taxes) and handing out money (welfare) is government telling people what they should eat and drink.
They have an option: don't buy certain food/beverages or don't take the free government money.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 10:51 am to udtiger
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Not with my fricking money.
exactly
I won't let you starve, but I sure as hell don't want you to be comfortable with poverty.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 10:52 am to UGATiger26
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You'll hear a lot of apologists argue "that's because healthy food is more expensive!" It's not. Really, it's not.
As a person who shops for groceries every single day (and who reads labels) I can attest that what you say is true.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 10:59 am to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:Yeah, that line of thinking that healthy food is more expensive is retarded.
i bought into this until i actually started doing my own grocery shopping in college. frozen food isn't cheap at all.
Do they know how cheap fruit is??? They're practically giving it away. You can buy a big sack of potatoes for hardly anything. Ground meat for $3.50/pound.
You can get a ton of meals out of buying a bag of rice and potatoes and beef and chicken.
Your meals would cost about $1 per person when you make it at home, so a family of 4 can eat a good dinner for under $5 TOTAL! If you go to McDonalds, you might be spending $7 per person. Might be $28 for a family of 4 for an unhealthy dinner.
Preparing your own healthy meals is WAYYYY cheaper than eating junk and fast food.
This post was edited on 7/9/17 at 11:01 am
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:21 am to Quidam65
We need to have one govt run distribution center in each town/city. Where you get your ticket for one day to go. You get to pick up a months supply of BASIC cooking supplies. All generic. X amount of flour, x amount of eggs, x amount of beef/chicken, etc. Zero junk food. Zero unhealthy Food.
It should be embarrassing to be on foodstamps. And you should only receive enough to cover your base nutritional levels. Not a penny more.
It should be embarrassing to be on foodstamps. And you should only receive enough to cover your base nutritional levels. Not a penny more.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:24 am to Quidam65
#MoreRegulation
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:26 am to SuperSaint
Or wipe out foodstamps for good.
Don't have kids until you can afford them. Get a job. Have half a brain. And you'll be fine.
Make stupid life decisions, and pay for your mistakes. Why should the rest of us supplement others shite life choices?
frick them. Let them starve.
Don't have kids until you can afford them. Get a job. Have half a brain. And you'll be fine.
Make stupid life decisions, and pay for your mistakes. Why should the rest of us supplement others shite life choices?
frick them. Let them starve.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:28 am to SuperSaint
Adding protections to a system to help it do what it's intended to do (get food on the plates of poor people) isn't a good example of conservative's hypocrisy.
Even liberals will admit that less than $.50 of every food stamp dollar gets spent on nutritional food (some estimates are around $.20). That's how the concept of the "food desert" was born. They had to explain away the reason for the lack of proper usage of food stamps. Presto- food desert.
Even liberals will admit that less than $.50 of every food stamp dollar gets spent on nutritional food (some estimates are around $.20). That's how the concept of the "food desert" was born. They had to explain away the reason for the lack of proper usage of food stamps. Presto- food desert.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:28 am to beerJeep
Because the Grocery Manufacturing Association lobby says that's a bad idea and has more skrila than you.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:31 am to SuperSaint
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Because the Grocery Manufacturing Association lobby says that's a bad idea and has more skrila than you.
And I say having kids you can't afford is a bad idea. Not finishing school, is a bad idea.
Yet look at all the welfare Queens and kings who pop out a baby every other year.
Sterilize them. You wanna stay on foodstamps? Snip Snip. No more babies for you.
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