[Gorzaloon]

That’s because food stamps are used to buy chips, cookies, and other wonderful processed foods.

Everyone always mentions that the "Poor" buy starchy greasy processed food because they are poor.

If they were REALLY poor, they would get USDA/food bank/Farmers' Market staples and cook from scratch, save a fortune, and be healthier. I had neighbors once who were on welfare, because of the breadwinner's legitimate disbility. They did just that, and ate very well, and the kids were in good physical condition

Many are poor because they won't work.

Cooking is work.

Processed food is easy. Just open it and eat, and pay someone else to have done the preparation...Or to put it differently, our "poor" have chefs.

One always wonders where compassion goes. I'll be honest about where mine went. We see a "Homeless" person, and initially are tempted to give them money. Then we ask ourselves, "Where are this person's family and friends?" Well, the family and friends usually have been looted to buy drugs, etc., and they are not allowed near them any more. At some point the individual made a choice about how they wanted to live.

I was poor as a kid. I decided I didn't like it, and avoided it. That was my choice. They made theirs.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Exactly so! No processed foods with food stamps should be the rule.

[Ditter]

When ever I see a homeless person on the corner begging I initially feel very bad for them. They are either cold or hot or wet depending on the weather. They are ragged and dirty and they smell bad, for sure. They are probably hungry, mal nourished and sick. Then I think about the decisions they made that ended them up on that corner with their plastic cup, begging for change and I don't feel quite so bad for them anymore. Then the light changes and I am out of there. Evil Republican that I am.