Posted on 02/15/2018 11:15:25 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Who’s going to put the boxes of food together?
Okay, keep the food stamps but they’re only good at a federally operated food store that does not sell cigarettes or alcohol or snack foods.
"Cereal? What am I supposed to do with this?"
Us on the right have been saying this for years.
It is truly a win-win for everyone.
Instead of blowing the SNAP Card on Booze and Smokes you would get a monthly supply of:
50 lbs Bag of Red Beans & Rice
50 lbs Bag of Flour
10 lbs Bag of Powdered Milk
10 lbs Block of Cheese
10 lbs Bologna Log
And just because us Americans are super generous, I propose we also include two 10 lbs Bags of Generic Cheerios and/or USDA Corn Flakes.
There, the poor have just been fed by the Taxpayer.
They are stuck eating beans and rice you say? Think of it this way, every cent you give to the Federal Food Program is bread taken from your Child's mouth.
But of course you aren't suppose to take into account the needs of the people who actually pay for all this.
Wonder if the food deliverers will get an eyeful of the lexuses and Escalades in the driveway of the poor people.
Obama’s FSA isn’t gonna be happy about this.
Libs will say ‘how dare you make the poor eat healthy” -
William F. Buckley suggested this more than 50 years ago.
He said provide basic food staples in a separate area of the grocery store with unlabeled basic food items, eliminating starvation in America.
I predict this will blow up on Trump. I remember how awful that mean Pres Reagan was for giving the poor a block of stinky cheese. This will all be turned around on Trump to expose his elitism and disregard for the least of us. The media will beat it like a dead horse.
I realize those on food stamps have a real struggle. I don’t begrudge them the desire to have a couple of beers or sugar snacks. Why can’t they have liberty from government intrusion? Does dependency on getting food assistance give the gov’t the right to demand they take from a basic staple of beans and rice?
Why ignore the elephant in the room which is Corruption?
Maybe retailers that actually have locations in these sh*#hole neighborhoods have a valid complaint. They have been pressured to maintain a presence despite increased operating costs. But food producers will be lining up for those contracts.
Something akin to LRRP rations. They’re good enough for the US Military.
The cheese was delicious. Melted like Velveeta, tasted like cheddar. Nothing like it in the stores.
The flour and PB was pretty good too, IIRC. Powdered Milk, not so much, but I don't especially like powdered milk anyway....
“I dont begrudge them the desire to have a couple of beers or sugar snacks———”
I do,those are the type of things that people that are on a budget and NOT on food stamps do without
There was never a potato chip or soda in my house when our kids were young.
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Better to spend extra effort to enforce the eligibility rules of the current market based system.
red beans and rice
10-bean soup
jambalaya
black bean soup
pinto-bean-dip tostadas
You get the idea. I've cooked all of them in the past three months myself, just because I like them.
I LOVE this idea.
Yo Bro,how we gon’tah manipulate our EBT stuff for smokes and booze if you pull this crap ??
“A lot of them should be stigmatized. It might be an incentive to make better choices.”
I’m sure somehow that would be racist.
Which, if it were true, would be bad....because?
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