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I’ve seen a person buying organic ribeye steaks with EBT. I assume they were not going hungry because they were morbidly obese. And paternalistic is fine with m
by fipple 8y ago
I’ve seen a person buying organic ribeye steaks with EBT. I assume they were not going hungry because they were morbidly obese. And paternalistic is fine with me, that means like a father which is what buying someone’s food is, really.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoAnecdata: I lost several dress sizes by eating things like organic beef. I have a medical condition that causes malabsorption. It is routinely treated with expensive prescription digestive enzymes, plus large amounts of prescription drugs. I'm a former military wife. Technically, I should be able to get the $100k/year or more worth of medical treatment I am supposed to need for free, at taxpayer expense. Eating right is vastly cheaper, saves all kinds of tax dollars and also gives me a hugely higher quality of life. Win/win/win. Does anybody thank me for doing the right thing here? No. Instead, I am frequently attacked for any number of reasons, some of which seem to be rooted in this idea that poor people aren't entitled to eat well, and their health be damned. You have no idea what that person's needs are. Being able to see that they weigh a lot and what they purchased on a particular day doesn't really give you enough information to know if they were spending wastefully on frivolous purchases or not on that day.
- fipple 8y agoIf organic ribeyes is saving this person’s life maybe they need to be in a hospital. How about if you need an organic ribeye you can get your doctor to prescribe you one and then your EBT card works for it. I sure as hell don’t think that people who earn their wages and can’t afford organic ribeyes should be buying them for people who can’t afford them.