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I'm a guy--not my job to cook. Personally, I'd refuse food stamps, I've never been on them myself. I'd rather stop eating entirely. Bread and ramen soup is sufficient. Boil water in the microwave, add noodles, stir.
By the way, you can by seeds with food stamps. Perhaps we should encourage recipients to grow some of their own veggies. How about a communal garden in an apartment complex?
Great idea, if the apt. building has some growable land.
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Are we still beating this dead horse? Maybe we should be feeding it to those grubby, lazy, irresponsible, selfish -- insert appropriately ridiculous and unimaginative invective here -- entitlement bums, and be done with this.
Andrea I have come to the conclusion after reading your posts that you have much resentment for those who you call 'welfare people'.
Although you say you are sympathetic to some, you always finish that with 'but' or 'however there are those who truly milk the system.
You seem to believe that those who are truly needy are in your own words 'unique'.
Your personal experiences have tainted your objectivity on this issue & it is disappointing to hear someone with the intelligence as you obviously have become so bitter because of it.
I hope you can overcome this for your sake.
The family member who did this to you is a dingbat.
Why am I the one being called out here? Are you forgetting that there are like 30 pages of other posts, many of which agree with my viewpoint on this topic?
No need for pity here. If anything, feel sorry for the idiot who "did this to me" since she will never change.
I work in an inner-city supermarket. The first two weeks of each month, we see a very heavy number of EBT (electronic benefits transfer) Card purchases. These function essentially as food stamps. A significant amount of product which is purchased on these cards would be defined by most people as being luxury items: lobster, expensive cuts of beef, high-end deli and bakery items, etc. Other frequently purchased items are those sorely lacking in nutritional value. Things such as potato chips, soda, and candy.
This is frustrating for many of us who work in the store because our tax dollars are being used to purchase these items. I have no problem with my taxes being used to provide those who are temporarily down on their luck with the food they need to sustain their families, but many of these folks are eating better than are those who work for their money. Those who are receiving government subsidies should be given a basic choice of foods which are both economical and nutritious.
Geez...for some reason, it's always the "inner city." Do the poor live anywhere else in America? Apparently not.
I've been in dozens of inner city supermarkets...i simply don't remember seeing lobster, expensive cuts of beef, and high end deli (???) items. Folks in the "inner city" are opting for Proscuitto and brie nowadays? Since when? Lobster? Uh huh. Expensive cuts of beef? What...filet mignon and New York Strips? I live in a fairly affluent city now, and Lobster is a rarity even in OUR supermarkets here!! I think you have to order it for the most part unless you buy it frozen.
Sometimes i think some of you on here don't realize who you're talking to.
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