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Is It Fair For People On Food Stamps To Buy Prime Rib And Lobster While Working Families Barely Survive?
I look at it this way: is it fair? No, but there is nothing that can be done about it. I do think there could be restrictions on junk food, but you can't restrict what means and produce that is purchased. Buying items that most middle class families rarely buy, shows the mentality of many on food stamps, but that, we already know. I can remember, years ago, being behind someone in a grocery store in Sacramento Ca. We had 3 kids then, hubby had a mid management job and we were surely considered middle class. I had to watch every penny I spent on food, doing a lot of canning, buying day old bread and never eating anything like Lobster. We had steak or top quality roast only on special days..Mostly we ate, like others, chuck roast, hamburger, and chicken. That person in front of me had 2 T-bone steaks (I think they were Tbones) sour cream, a bakery birthday cake and I don't remember what else. I do know I nearly fell over when I say her take out the food stamps. That was in the days of actual stamps. Yes, it was, obviously someone's birthday and yes, they wanted to celebrate, but it was going overboard to say the least. It was not the first time, nor the last I saw things like that. I actually taught a class on cooking on a budget when we lived in NO Va. It was pretty much designed for those in the lower income brackets. Several dropped out before the 10 weeks were up and the ones that stayed, really had no desire to stretch their $$S whether food stamps or actual money. Oh, a few did, but most just didn't care.
Yes and had noting to do with Obama. We have threads on this before so look for them. "Fair" has nothing to do with what you or anyone else eats or chooses to spend their food budget on. In fact, "fair" isn't something measurable or a legal term, it usually means "I can't have whatever I want".
Fair has nothing to do with what anybody chooses to spend their food budget on yet. It's probably coming though. It is in society's best interest that everyone eats healthy and inexpensively. We've already seen liberals use that same argument for forcing people to buy health insurance. What's not to stop them from using it to determine what people should and shouldn't eat? I mean that was the basis of the position of the justices who opposed the court decision upholding the individual mandate - that the government's argument could be applied to almost every area of human activity, and used to mandate virtually anything.
I guess they're allowed to spend it however they wish. But .... if that's how they're spending the assistance they receive, they don't need the assistance.
I don't eat prime rib or lobster. That's not the kind of food that I care to put in my body.
Fun fact of the day: back in Victorian England lobster was considered a 'lower class' food. If you owned a manor house (like Downton Abbey) the help were frequently given lobster to eat, since it was cheap and considered a 'scavenger' crustacean (which the middle class would not eat).
It was not unheard of for highly-sought servants to demand, in their employment contract, that they not be fed lobster more than three times a week.
I look at it this way: is it fair? No, but there is nothing that can be done about it. I do think there could be restrictions on junk food, but you can't restrict what means and produce that is purchased. Buying items that most middle class families rarely buy, shows the mentality of many on food stamps, but that, we already know. I can remember, years ago, being behind someone in a grocery store in Sacramento Ca. We had 3 kids then, hubby had a mid management job and we were surely considered middle class. I had to watch every penny I spent on food, doing a lot of canning, buying day old bread and never eating anything like Lobster. We had steak or top quality roast only on special days..Mostly we ate, like others, chuck roast, hamburger, and chicken. That person in front of me had 2 T-bone steaks (I think they were Tbones) sour cream, a bakery birthday cake and I don't remember what else. I do know I nearly fell over when I say her take out the food stamps. That was in the days of actual stamps. Yes, it was, obviously someone's birthday and yes, they wanted to celebrate, but it was going overboard to say the least. It was not the first time, nor the last I saw things like that. I actually taught a class on cooking on a budget when we lived in NO Va. It was pretty much designed for those in the lower income brackets. Several dropped out before the 10 weeks were up and the ones that stayed, really had no desire to stretch their $$S whether food stamps or actual money. Oh, a few did, but most just didn't care.
The purpose of Food stamps is to provide assistance to poor working/non working families. When the system goes beyond assistance something is wrong.
I used to work at a pizza place in the hood during high school where I grew up...(Rochester NY).. and there was a nail shop next door..... and BY FAR the busiest days were those on the 1st and 2nd of the month. BIG fail by the 2 liberal nutcases who say these are "cliches"
Let me guess, someone was standing behind someone with a grocery cart full of prime rib and lobster, and noticed they paid with food stamps.
...and let me add, the person was talking on a smartphone, their kid was playing with a tablet computer, and they drove away in a brand-new Mercedes...did I miss any cliches?
you are probably pretty close to right, whether you want to beleive it or not..
Fun fact of the day: back in Victorian England lobster was considered a 'lower class' food. If you owned a manor house (like Downton Abbey) the help were frequently given lobster to eat, since it was cheap and considered a 'scavenger' crustacean (which the middle class would not eat).
It was not unheard of for highly-sought servants to demand, in their employment contract, that they not be fed lobster more than three times a week.
Quite interesting. Thanks for sharing!
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That's not the kind of food that I care to put in my body.
