Given my druthers, I’d kill Food Stamps entirely.
Instead, you get a card that allows you to get “x” number of prepackaged food boxes, containing staples. Say, a family with 2 small children, would get 3 veg/fruit boxes, a grain box, a dairy box, and a meat box. A week’s worth of boxes would feed people nutritionally complete meals for 9 days, and you could get up to two weeks’ boxes at a time. . .
The food might be dull and generic, but if you want better. . . go out and get a job.
Plus, people could buy extra boxes, to donate, or to keep as emergency food. .
Exactly. Better yet, just give them MRE’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Watch how fast they get a job