[TexasFreeper2009]

all free government food should only be provided by government pantries and only give basic food so that people wont starve.

[caseinpoint]

“All free government should only be provided by government pantries and only give basic food so that people won’t starve.”

Fully agree. Welfare should preserve a life, not a lifestyle.

[No name given]

Agreed.

[Phlyer]

all free government food should only be provided by government pantries and only give basic food so that people wont starve.

The most stupid thing - and that's a high bar - that the government does is give cash (or equivalent, like a SNAP credit card) to people who have demonstrated that they cannot manage their own finances.

I don't want anyone to starve, but people who have demonstrated they can't manage their own finances have to earn the right to make their own decisions.

So soup kitchens or pantries financed by the funding that currently support SNAP would be better for everyone. For the taxpayer, there would be less waste with a focus on nutritious, cost-effective foods.

For the person on SNAP, they would be helped with obesity problems and taught that you earn the right to make choices.

And for those of us how have earned that right, prices would fall on the non-nutritious foods we want. :-)

[MayflowerMadam]

Exactly. That’s how it was in the ‘50s and ‘60s — at least it was where we lived. Free government cheese, peanut butter, powdered eggs, butter. There were families in our church who were recipients.

[spintreebob]

“by government pantries”

NYC is doing that

[Fledermaus]

Used to be that way. I worked in a grocery store as a teen. Did some register work when we manually entered the prices.

We had to separate the food stamp items ( there was a book) from non-food stamp items.

And then take their physical stamps out of their book. $1, $5 and $10 stamps. We even made change with .01, .05, .10 and .25 stamps.