Yet again, NY Times stuck on stupid...
Smart people already cook at home for the money savings alone.
WTF is that?
The insurmountable problem for the NYT, and why they are losing millions by the day, is that their target audience can't read, either.
“Kristin Wartman is a journalist who writes about food, health, politics and culture.”
Obviously, she does none of these well....
They already do. It’s called SNAP, TANF, WICs, Section 8, EITC and all the other 85+ entitlement programs not connected with SS.
Problem is these people get their basics: cheese doodles, chips, Doritos, and such with it, but pawn off the rest for Newports, Forties and Lottos and cash with the rest.
Oh yeah...THAT will work. hahahaha
Hey, why not? We pay people to sit on their asses watching TV all day instead of working, why not pay them to eat at home too. Next thing you know, we’ll be paying them to sleep, shower and s____t too.
As a young girl raised on an Iowa farm, I was astonished when I went to college in 1965 that most of my dorm mates could not cook. I have been cooking since age 10 or so and by that time was perfectly capable of preparing a meal for a for a crew of hungry men on the farm.
That said, I find it a struggle to work full time and cook. But retirement looms, so maybe I can do more then.
A woman who expects to be paid for household work should also expect to be billed for room and board.
There are several reasons that people don’t eat at home.
The first is that they are lazy.
The second (and most importantly) is that through time the liberated woman’s movement looked down on the poor discriminated against housewife that actually did what mothers did prior to 1970....RAISED THE CHILDREN AND TAUGHT THE VALUES, MORALS AND WAYS OF ALL PRIOR GENERATIONS.
When the burned their bras and walked out of the family picture in the 1970’s, eating at home quickly vanished.
Now, we reap the reward for the destruction of the American way of life and family in the name of PROGRESSIVENESS and POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.
So basically, this is for women who can’t get satisfaction for doing a job well done but need the external reward (ie a paycheck- it’s like the trophy for every kid participating!) when contributing to their family.
A portion of the obesity issues MIGHT have to do with the fact that feminists have systematically demonized any sense of family priorities including meal preparation. I think there is now a fractured link between generations on basic recipes. I know how to make a pot of green beans taste good. I have friends who don’t unless they got some crazy overspiced,cheese laden, 30 step recipe from Pinterest.
These women were proud of the fact that they didn’t cook. Then they got married and had children. Going to their houses is almost amusing. It’s the same wide-eyed look as they exclaim “I’m learning!” They don’t have a choice now as it’s expensive to eat out and they realize taking toddlers to a restaurant is not only mentally exhausting for them, but abuse to other patrons.
A lot more people cook at home than we think and many can get vegetables, etc, by themselves. Just because they don’t live in the author’s perfect world doesn’t mean they aren’t serving decent meals.
BTW- I believe that obesity factors fit better on a matrix than some linear check box of items. We can’t blame just one thing.
My grandmother would refer to this as "swill"....lower than litter, trash, garbage, refuse, waste, rubbish......
Nanny-statism run amok!
It is none of your damn business whether someone cooks their own meal or orders from a delivery or goes to a restaurant.
If you nanny-staters have that much time on your hands, I can give you some suggestions to occupy your time.
Once a divorced, single parent of three (6, 3, and 1), worked full time, and still sat down together with children for a home cooked meal every night. With a little organization and good time management, it can be done. My parents did it, I did it, and hopefully my now, young adult sons will continue...IMO it is very important.
But then they’ll need government inspectors to come in and see if the menu has any unapproved items on it.
This will be a great “make work” stimulus project. They can spend $250 million to hire 12 inspectors.
Maybe “they” should just pay people for not reading the New York Times.
Sweden does this. Ofcourse, it’s a pittance amount.