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I read most of this article and skimmed the rest--- there doesn't seem to be a consistent thesis? Allowing soda and other "junk" food maybe isn't the best thin

I read most of this article and skimmed the rest--- there doesn't seem to be a consistent thesis? Allowing soda and other "junk" food maybe isn't the best thing, and I'm sure there is some mild bed-sharing between Kraft/BigSoda and the foodbanks, but I'm also in favor of letting people spend their benefits how they choose to. Andy Fisher also recommends a higher minimum wage, which I disagree with. It makes it harder for people to get started in a job, and also if there are a lot more people applying for $15 jobs than there are jobs, it opens the likelyhood that discrimination will take place. Economists are kinda uncertain about this though: http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/15-minimum-wage http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/15-minimum-wage The conclusion seems to be "$15 isn't that high of a wage so it won't distort the market that much."

jerf 9y ago
"I read most of this article and skimmed the rest--- there doesn't seem to be a consistent thesis?" Hunger isn't a solved problem in the United States, and it's either because the food banks aren't doing a good enough job, the corporations are too cozy with the "anti-hunger complex", the government isn't doing a good enough job, income inequality is too high, or because the public thinks that that food drives do more good than they actually do. I'm first in line to point out that things in reality have complicated causes, but I have to agree that this is all over the board and if I put on my manager's hat, I don't think any group comes away with any actionable items from it.