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So you are saying poor people should only eat bad, cheap food? What's your point exactly?
by mempko 3y ago
So you are saying poor people should only eat bad, cheap food? What's your point exactly?
- brodouevencode 3y agoYou can support a solution without supporting it's implementation.
- enterprise_cog 3y agoIf that truly was your point, you wouldn’t have needed to include your little story about how upset you were seeing someone use their EBT card in a way you disapprove of.
- brodouevencode 3y agoThen you've mis-projected my point twice. I'm not totally opposed to welfare benefits especially when it comes to food and housing. I'm not opposed to having healthy food as an option - in fact I would rather those foods be the only option. But crab legs at nearly $30/lbs is abusive compared to wild-caught salmon at half that price, or free range chicken at a third of that price. Stop trolling for outrage.
- archagon 3y agoHow far do you go? Should organic chicken be allowed over factory farmed? Fresh chicken over canned? Fresh milk over shelf stable, or shelf stable over powdered? Why not just feed everyone on food stamps a vitamin slurry?
- enterprise_cog 3y agoYou’re the one posting (most likely fake) stories to push your ideology and drum up outrage. So who is trolling again? Also, how are you so arrogant to assume your opinions on food should dictate what people should eat?
- tivert 3y ago> So you are saying poor people should only eat bad, cheap food? What's your point exactly? 1. A bunch of the stuff on that list is literally garbage junk food. 2. The issue isn't "what people eat," it's "what taxpayer should pay for." I think what he's saying is that the government shouldn't be paying for unnecessary luxuries for people who can't afford them. If you're on food stamps, they should be good for healthy but modest food. There are obviously complicated systems at grocery stores designed to check for food stamp eligibility (like they have to determine what food is subject to sales tax). It would be very good PR for the program if the government had a list of foods that were ineligible to be purchased due to their high-end/luxury nature. 3. I don't know what the typical food stamp benefit is, but my intuition is that if you used it to buy crab legs you'd run out of food before the next benefit period, because they're expensive per calorie. That then implies that this person who was using them to buy crab legs doesn't actually need the benefits.
- mempko 3y ago> The issue isn't "what people eat," it's "what taxpayer should pay for." I think what he's saying is that the government shouldn't be paying for unnecessary luxuries for people who can't afford them. If you're on food stamps, they should be good for healthy but modest food. Food stamps (SNAP) aren't paid out of your taxes. That's not how the federal government works. Your taxes don't pay for other people's food. Taxes are a debt, an obligation to pay. The money you use to pay those taxes comes from the government (and bank credit) in the first place.