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Do you know why soda is near top of the list? Because it can be resold easily and the cash used for alcohol/drugs/gambling.
Trumps plan will put a stop to that.
In the first place, how do you know that? MOST people in this country drink too much soda, not just people on SNAP. In the second place, it would be a lot simpler to just remove soda from the list of eligible items than to rework the entire system.
I guess the 'meat, poultry or fish' will have to be the canned type.
Thank you Trump! Back when SNAP was actually “food stamps”, I would watch high-fallutin Russian immigrants shop for groceries with their food stamps all the time. People in poverty should not eat better than working people.
Agree. Go to Aldi or the dollar store on foodstamps and you can get quite a bit. Let’s not forget BOGO offers at the grocery store as well
Agreed. Watch the sales, and check out the meat department for things that have been marked down because they will expire in a day or two.
Anyone can do this, not just people on SNAP. Eating good, fresh food doesn't have to cost a lot of money if you shop wisely AND have access to a good grocery store. Of course, food deserts are another issue, one that is making convenience stores rich selling overpriced junk to people who have nowhere else to shop.
The thing that bugs me about this whole proposal, and a lot of the people who support it without question, is that I'm not at all sure it is so much about either savings or efficiency as it is about punishing the poor. So far, it seems like red meat, albeit canned, for the base.
It's all BS. Giving tax breaks to the wealthy while squeezing the poor is beyond absurd. It's downright cruel.
I agree with you ------hope this food proposal fails.
Better solutions:
1.) Ban soda pop and candy.
2.) If there is a box to fill, make it a CSA box from local farmers filled with vegetables and fruit. Feeds the family and support the local economy.
3.)Propose $25 or $35 dollars each month be spent at the local farmer market.
There are better ways. Trump's plan sounds unhealthy and like a disaster. Dairy allergy, peanut allergy, wheat allergy?.....that's half the box. Most people who receive food assistance are getting approx. $1.60 per person/ per meal.
Most welfare people don't know how to cook except to microwave prepared food. Unless the food is already prepared, they'll throw it out. Do away with this type of welfare entirely.
I agree with you ------hope this food proposal fails.
Better solutions:
1.) Ban soda pop and candy.
2.) If there is a box to fill, make it a CSA box from local farmers filled with vegetables and fruit. Feeds the family and support the local economy.
3.)Propose $25 or $35 dollars each month be spent at the local farmer market.
There are better ways. Trump's plan sounds unhealthy and like a disaster. Dairy allergy, peanut allergy, wheat allergy?.....that's half the box. Most people who receive food assistance are getting approx. $1.60 per person/ per meal.
Regarding #3: Not every community has a farmers' market, and some that do have them for very limited hours. We have one here, but it is only open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursdays, during the summer, if memory serves. Not everyone would be able to go during those hours. That would mean designating a portion of the benefit for farmers' markets only would make that portion effectively useless for a lot of folks. I could see perhaps adding a similar amount as a bonus for people who buy local produce, though, to encourage healthier eating habits.
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