Posted on 08/16/2016 12:20:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It is like the bum on the corner saying he will not accept anything less than a $10...
A twist on “Let them eat cake” Let them eat their peas and like it.
This is why people see EBT recipients getting steak and lobster at the supermarket. They get their basics at the food bank.
a packet of seeds costs a buck.
The EBT card is for lottery tickets, weed and heroin.
a packet of seeds costs a buck
Not sure how your comment relates to my post but I will respond anyway.
While it is true seeds are relatively inexpensive, there are other cost associated with growing your own food.
But leaving that aside, it takes a certain amount of knowledge to successfully grow your own food, certainly more than finding a bare bit of ground and sticking a seed in it.
While it is common for rural folks to have a garden, it is not so common in big cities so it not really an answer to poverty and hunger.
I suppose a group effort with at least one knowledgeable person could produce enough food for a few, would it be enough for all?
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that if they are struggling with obesity, hunger is NOT one of their problems.
When I was a kid, my family was on food stamps, and we had no food bank. By the end of the month, we were always down to flour and peanut butter. I have to wonder why there is a need for food banks when people have food stamps.
In summary, the poor and hungry in America are obese and the villain is capitalism and freedom of choice.
Who is going to cook all this meat and vegetables for all these poor obese souls?
I don’t know, but I would guess that being unable to cook nutritious meals is part of the reason they are obese.
It does not matter if a prepackaged meal is nutritious. If it is easy to consume, people will eat too much of it. If people spend time preparing their food, then they are less likely to wolf it down until they are gorged.
BINGO!
It’s yet another object lesson in welfare follies. There is food in great abundance for these supposedly “food insecure” people. EBT allotments are more than enough to feed these families. But it’s not enough for them. Their kids get free breakfast and lunch at school with some sending kids home with “weekend” feedbags.
Still others are serving dinner. Then there are soup kitchens, foodbanks. It’s a full time job consuming all the food.
It takes a lot of calories over an extended period of time to become obese. It’s still quite a task to consume enough calories to remain obese.
There are so many ways to improve the situation. None of those ways will be tried. Just more food being shoved down their gullets because someone is “food insecure”.
Who knew...
Beggars CAN BE choosers.
On the flip side, the poor and hungry in Venezuela are thin and the villain is socialism and no freedom of choice. Choose your poison.
Perhaps food banks serve the same social function scrap drives did in WW2—giving people the sense that they are contributing to the effort.
You are seeing what I see. Every convenience store in Nashville and it’s suburbs has signs that say “EBT Accepted Here” or words to that effect. One store here has 4-5 stacks of each and every $5 and $10 scratch off ticket sold in this state. I see them lined up 8-10 at a time around the first week of each month throwing cash away like toilet paper. They all talk about winning $500 or more. I see every item except cigarettes bought with EBT. Even beer is bought in convenience stores. The gas pumps say EBT. I do not know if they use them there though? Yes, I see large packs of ribeye steaks and other steaks bought by the same folks at a Kroger’s nearby. Funny, they don’t use Publix.
Read a funny line in fiction recently
“This is the first time in history when the poor are fat and the rich are skinny”
Working a food bank is the worst charitable work I’ve ever done. I did it for a few weeks and moved on. I was feeling worse and worse about myself and humanity as I worked more hours at the food bank.
While a precious few were thankful and appreciative, the majority were rude and demanding. Many were impatient as they rifled through the goods. Had to get to the next town over when their food bank opened. Many complained about the selection. All they wanted was meat, hamburger helper, pasta, sauce, etc. Canned veggies sat for months on the shelf.
The most rewarding charitable labor I ever did was cooking meals and taking them to the parents waiting area at the ICU in the children’s hospital. Everyone there needs a warm meal and a hug.
As Yakov Smirnoff says..."what a country!"
Hungry, but overweight. Only in America.
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