Posted on 02/11/2014 6:49:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink...
You can lead a liberal to knowledge but you can’t make them think...
Reminds me of my friend who went to the Bolivian Andes with the Peace Corps many years ago - to teach the people how to grow soy beans. They didn’t buy it, needless to say - and they were disgusted with her besides. “Didn’t your mother (in Los Angeles, mind you) teach you how to wash sheets in the river the correct way? We will wash your sheets from now on - you are a disgrace to our village.” hahah.
I suppose if they add Marijuana as a vegie, they will come.
You can’t fix stupid either.
But it could result in their angry constituents voting only once come election day.
Article posted yesterday discussed Trader Joe’s attempt to move into a ghetto. The ghetto residents kicked Trader Joe’s out because they didn’t want white folks coming into their neighborhood.
They don’t cook. They can’t take home a head of cabbage, shred it up, put in some seasoning and sauté it up. They want Obama-food, where somebody cooks it for them.
Racists!
You can lead a poor person to arugula, but you can’t pull them away from the french fries.
Liberals have no standing to complain about food deserts after shutting down super Walmarts in Chicago and Mass, and a Trader Joe’s in Oregon.
They don’t want to be caught “acting white” or “eating white.”
Couldn't the recipients sell them to people who like veggies and then go out and buy fast food? Or do EBT cards require (eek!) identification?
We should require all welfare receivers to attend LOA sessions with Abraham hicks.
You are correct. This is not however limited to those living in poverty, many middle class families don’t have an adult at home that can do more than boil water, hence America’s obesity epidemic.
...and they want someone else to pay for it.
This needs to be tattooed on every leftist's forehead.
I thought the reason that big supermarkets didn’t locate in the ‘hood was because of crime, robbery and shoplifting.
I have said this before... once you take ‘home ec’ or whatever you want to call it OUT of the HS curriculum.... what do you expect?
People (young women) drop out of school or even if they graduate... begin bearing children VERY early. This they do with next to NO comprehension of how to care for them or even HOW to care for their OWN health and well-being.
It's obvious their own mothers cared or knew very little about proper nutrition (or parenting AT ALL) so how can sociologists be surprised that poor health and bad health choices are part and parcel of the entire ‘poverty’ equation?
Poor health in this case is THE most critical component of the vicious cycle of poverty and dependence on government.
These people will NEVER be anything but a boat anchor around the neck of taxpayers. They can't/won't work or properly care for themselves or their progeny-yet persist in growing families they cannot support... while taxpayers have to increasingly subsudize their 'hand-to-mouth' life style AND their unavoidable, premature and perpetual need for medical attention!
Sure they could . . . and they probably would. I’m sure some WIC people sell baby formula to buy drugs. But it is troublesome to many of them. So troublesome that many of them might actually try using the products.
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