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I find it fascinating that people who are against it think kids "deserve" to have a treat now and then...which may be true, but why does that treat have to be taxpayer funded?
And why do we give "treats" in the form of body-polluting nasty chemical crap?
I find it fascinating that people who are against it think kids "deserve" to have a treat now and then...which may be true, but why does that treat have to be taxpayer funded?
And why do we give "treats" in the form of body-polluting nasty chemical crap?
What Indiana is doing is fine. If they receive government money for food, then the government call tell them which foods are ok. Their own money is something else.
I think it's the stupidest thing I've seen in awhile.
I can see many children going hungry because of it.
People on welfare can hardly afford the best quality, most nutritious food.
I think it's the stupidest thing I've seen in awhile.
I can see many children going hungry because of it.
People on welfare can hardly afford the best quality, most nutritious food.
Please explain how not being allowed to buy poison processed crap that has little to no nutritional value will cause children to suffer.
I think it's the stupidest thing I've seen in awhile.
I can see many children going hungry because of it.
People on welfare can hardly afford the best quality, most nutritious food.
I can't speak to rural areas, but in cities, the issue is not so much a poor family can't afford more nutritious food, it's that they don't have access to it. Often, whatever passes as a "supermarket" in poor urban areas is not what you find in the 'burbs. This is one area where targeted tax breaks/government support would actually make sense - incentives to build better food access in poor areas. Junk food consumption could go down, more jobs, less people on the dole.
stan4...You're assuming that that's something they all do.
Why is that?
Is it because they fell on hard times, and need help? Is that why you figure they all eat processed crap?
Or maybe you think they are lesser people?
If you want to be angry at someone, why not be angry and make laws to stop the production and selling of those "crap" foods.
The little amount of money welfare recipients get shouldn't be contingent on drug tests and eating only what someone else decides they should.
Does it really, really bother you to see a child enjoying a popsicle on a hot day.
I can't speak to rural areas, but in cities, the issue is not so much a poor family can't afford more nutritious food, it's that they don't have access to it. Often, whatever passes as a "supermarket" in poor urban areas is not what you find in the 'burbs. This is one area where targeted tax breaks/government support would actually make sense - incentives to build better food access in poor areas. Junk food consumption could go down, more jobs, less people on the dole.
Stores stock what the area demands. If the food stamp rules change, and most of the patrons are using food stamps, the stores will start carrying the new allowed items.
I don't understand why people are obsessed with what food stamp recipient's eat. I don't give a flip if they eat what I consider nutritious foods or if they survive on crackers and popsicles or if they buy lobster and steak and only eat for 2 days out of the month. They get X$/month. Let them worry about what foods they buy with it.
The gov. should not be legislating what people eat, be they on food stamps or paying for it themselves.
My aunt who was on the brink of Alzheimer's (though she was not on FS) would eat nothing but crackers and M&Ms. If you cooked her a meal she would not eat it. If an elderly person existing on SS and FS wants to eat crackers and M&Ms (or whatever) who the heck feels they have the right to tell them they must eat spinach and turnips?
Don't people have more important things to concern themselves with?
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