It is an error to assume that food stamps are like welfare. How would you feel about food stamps if they both saved you money, and stabilized food prices? That is, food stamps matter on the *production* side as much as they do on the *consumption* side.
Even during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, one of America’s biggest problems was food over-production, while at the same time, people were starving. So the government destroyed a lot of food, and gave away a bunch more.
And the problem is still there. The government pays farmers to not grow food, pays markets to stabilize prices, and pays a lot to warehouse hundreds of tons of food until it rots. Billions of dollars every year for decades.
But if food is given away through food stamps, it immediately saves money and stabilizes prices. Ironically, since the best bargains with food stamps are with fresh food, they do not drive up the price of processed foods, which are more preferred by paying customers.
So why not?
For the life of me I can't find "save me money" or "stabilize food prices" as an enumerated power of Congress anywhere in Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution.
Can you point them out to me? I must have an outdated copy.
Thanks in advance for all your assistance.
L