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This is so wrong. I'm not sure why this argument is always made when it's obviously incorrect. Beans, rice, cabbage, tomatoes, chicken, pasta, bread, potatoes,

This is so wrong. I'm not sure why this argument is always made when it's obviously incorrect. Beans, rice, cabbage, tomatoes, chicken, pasta, bread, potatoes, bananas, yogurt, eggs, vegetables, etc. are cheap. http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/cheap-healthy-15-nutritious-foods-about-2-dollars http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/cheap-healthy-15-... http://www.workingmother.com/food-nutrition/cheap-and-healthy-eating-tips http://www.workingmother.com/food-nutrition/cheap-and-health... http://www.fitbie.com/slideshow/20-ridiculously-cheap-and-healthy-foods http://www.fitbie.com/slideshow/20-ridiculously-cheap-and-he...

smtddr 13y ago
Don't forget the last part of my comment: Low-income, probably low-education & stressful-job(s), not enough motivation/energy after coming home from work to cook a proper meal or get exercise. Personally, I think they can't afford it in ways that go beyond just money... _____ways that go beyond money____ stressful-job(s) = not enough motivation/energy to cook. Multiple jobs probably means get home, just in time to take a 3 hour nap, take shower and head out to the next job. Forget about any meaningful attendance at the local gym. Assuming it's even safe enough to be at said gym during after-work hours in a low-income area. low education = Not knowing just how damaging junk food really is.
- qwerty989 13y ago
  Again, that is not correct. Despite conventional wisdom, the poor have more leisure time than the rich. http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/everyday_economics/2007/03/the_theory_of_the_leisure_class.html http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/everyday_economics/2007/0...
  - smtddr 13y ago
    Okay, I'm done here. I'm not even clicking on that link. Go tell that to the illegal immigrants doing back-breaking labor everyday, poor people barely making ends meet with their 2 or 3 jobs, that they have more quality leisure time than high-level executives in some financial company, a Bay Area software engineer making nearly 6-figures or rich celebrities who took their daughter, and all her friends to Paris for her sweet 16 birthday-party, bought her a car and had Justin Timerlake perform live with a song written just for her.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Super_Sweet_16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Super_Sweet_16

smtddr 13y ago

Don't forget the last part of my comment: Low-income, probably low-education & stressful-job(s), not enough motivation/energy after coming home from work to cook a proper meal or get exercise. Personally, I think they can't afford it in ways that go beyond just money... _____ways that go beyond money____ stressful-job(s) = not enough motivation/energy to cook. Multiple jobs probably means get home, just in time to take a 3 hour nap, take shower and head out to the next job. Forget about any meaningful attendance at the local gym. Assuming it's even safe enough to be at said gym during after-work hours in a low-income area. low education = Not knowing just how damaging junk food really is.

qwerty989 13y ago
Again, that is not correct. Despite conventional wisdom, the poor have more leisure time than the rich. http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/everyday_economics/2007/03/the_theory_of_the_leisure_class.html http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/everyday_economics/2007/0...
- smtddr 13y ago
  Okay, I'm done here. I'm not even clicking on that link. Go tell that to the illegal immigrants doing back-breaking labor everyday, poor people barely making ends meet with their 2 or 3 jobs, that they have more quality leisure time than high-level executives in some financial company, a Bay Area software engineer making nearly 6-figures or rich celebrities who took their daughter, and all her friends to Paris for her sweet 16 birthday-party, bought her a car and had Justin Timerlake perform live with a song written just for her.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Super_Sweet_16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Super_Sweet_16