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re: Can your family of 4 keep your grocery bill to 4200/yr?
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:22 am to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:22 am to LSUFanHouston
You could easily make a 4200/yr budget for food work. Cut out all the junk and never eat out and shop sales
Would it be miserable? Of course but being poor shouldn't be fun it's what motivates people to better themselves.
If you just hand out whatever they need they have no motivation to change
Would it be miserable? Of course but being poor shouldn't be fun it's what motivates people to better themselves.
If you just hand out whatever they need they have no motivation to change
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Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:22 am to Bigdibber
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Chicken is $1.49 a lb at walmart and has been that or less for years.
This is not correct. Maybe for a huge bag of quarters (where the bones take up a lot of the weight)
Chicken breasts in the largest pack from WM is right at $2.50/lb. Chicken thighs (boneless) are about $3.70/lb.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:23 am to LSUFanHouston
That doesn’t change the fact that I shouldn’t have to pay for other peoples fricking groceries. Get a fricking job.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:23 am to Gifman
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You’re not entitled to the complete range of food. In no way is that a right or should be a right.
I don't support SNAP
I'm just talking about the budget and what you can buy on it
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:25 am to Pelican fan99
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You could easily make a 4200/yr budget for food work. Cut out all the junk and never eat out and shop sales Would it be miserable? Of course but being poor shouldn't be fun it's what motivates people to better themselves. If you just hand out whatever they need they have no motivation to change
Correct. Being poor is supposed to suck. Our “poor” are living quite well.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:25 am to stout
My wife and I were both poor, had to work, and did not take any government handouts. Of course, the programs available then reflected the society we lived in. Government assistance was intended solely as a stop-gap measure to help people with actual need, not as a lifestyle. It was a sign of personal weakness to even go to the government for help.
Now, it's gimme, gimme, gimme or we'll chimp out on everyone and break shite
Now, it's gimme, gimme, gimme or we'll chimp out on everyone and break shite
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:26 am to SlowFlowPro
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Maybe for a huge bag of quarters (where the bones take up a lot of the weight)
Bone or not, it's still not approaching $3 per pound even accounting for just the meat and one quarter is more than enough to fill an adult up.
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Chicken breasts in the largest pack from WM is right at $2.50/lb. Chicken thighs (boneless) are about $3.70/lb.
Then those are luxuries for the begging class that they aren't entitled to on the stipend they are given.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:26 am to LSUFanHouston
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LSUFanHouston
We are talking about people who are so poor that they can't feed themselves.
100% I could feed my family of 4 very well on 4200 a year if I had to.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:26 am to LSUFanHouston
He hasn't done his own grocery shopping in a while, apparently.
If I were to cut back on everything to the point where I lived only on a bowl of cereal & milk for breakfast and then salads for lunch and dinner I would still be consuming something like $10 worth of food per day. 365 days per year is $3,650. $4,200 per year is ~$11.51 per day which would be ~$2.87 per person per day for a family of four.
The other part of this is that SNAP is not, nor was ever, meant to cover someone's entire food bill. It's right there in the first word: "Supplemental." In other words, "in addition to," or "to help shore up". But... that's not what Higgins said sooo...
If I were to cut back on everything to the point where I lived only on a bowl of cereal & milk for breakfast and then salads for lunch and dinner I would still be consuming something like $10 worth of food per day. 365 days per year is $3,650. $4,200 per year is ~$11.51 per day which would be ~$2.87 per person per day for a family of four.
The other part of this is that SNAP is not, nor was ever, meant to cover someone's entire food bill. It's right there in the first word: "Supplemental." In other words, "in addition to," or "to help shore up". But... that's not what Higgins said sooo...
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:27 am to HubbaBubba
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Government assistance was intended solely as a stop-gap measure to help people with actual need, not as a lifestyle. It was a sign of personal weakness to even go to the government for help.
I remember when WIC actually gave people baby formula instead of a card
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:27 am to LSUFanHouston
It's possible but you would need to plan all meals and have your list when you go to the store. Can't veer off of it at all. Lots of crock pot meals and casseroles. I mean if I was relying on SNAP or whatever I would make it work if that is all I had.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:28 am to LSUFanHouston
I spend more than that for two people and I’m pretty frugal and shop sales/do t care about name brand for some things.
It’s hard for a family of four I know.
It’s hard for a family of four I know.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:28 am to Thunderfist
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Food stamps are meant to HELP. Not be a career, you God damned idiot.
The good rep said you could buy groceries for a household on 4200 a year. Quit making excuses for idiot politicians.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:29 am to Bard
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The other part of this is that SNAP is not, nor was ever, meant to cover someone's entire food bill. It's right there in the first word: "Supplemental." In other words, "in addition to," or "to help shore up". But... that's not what Higgins said sooo...
Preach
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:30 am to LSUFanHouston
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Can your family of 4 keep your grocery bill to 4200/yr?
My wife and I could absolutely survive easily on $350 a month. That would be a lot of chicken, pork and ground meat with beans and pasta/rice. We don't drink milk, which is a huge cost for people with kids at home. Ours are grown and gone.
That said, we spend more than that now but IF we had to manage on $350, no problem.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:31 am to LSUFanHouston
He’s a moron and an embarrassing rep but he’s referring to the intent of SNAP as a supplemental source. 350 as a supplemental grocery allocation should mean a full and diverse pantry for any non bum family..
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:31 am to cornerstore
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That doesn’t change the fact that I shouldn’t have to pay for other peoples fricking groceries. Get a fricking job.
I agree.
The point of this post is that Higgins is an idiot.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:31 am to LSUFanHouston
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Avg household size is 4. That’s $350 per month for groceries for a family of 4.
Uh wut kind of math is Higgins using? I'm easily at 200-300 every two weeks.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:31 am to LSUFanHouston
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The good rep said you could buy groceries for a household on 4200 a year.
Cut out luxuries and only eat cheap protein and other staples and I bet you could come very close.
As I said, kids eat at school because those same SNAP families get free school lunches. In a lot of areas, those on free school lunches also can get food for the summer through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) so you elimnate one meal a day right there for two of the 4 family memebers.
This post was edited on 10/31/25 at 9:32 am
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:31 am to LSUFanHouston
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The good rep said you could buy groceries for a household on 4200 a year. Quit making excuses for idiot politicians.
You can 100 % do this.
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