Posted on 07/04/2012 9:35:24 PM PDT by Altariel
Shameful.
Our purpose is to ensure that those going through difficult times can feed their families healthy, nutritious food.
A small family farm with chickens, milk cow, a few hogs and good kitchen garden will supply not only nutritious but better tasting food. Why would they want food stamps?
“Congress allocates funds to USDA with the mandate to conduct public education about the benefits of SNAP and how to apply to help reduce hunger in America,”
Then Congress needs to stop doing that. This is getting ridiculous. Combat “mountain pride” indeed.
The whole country is effin nutz.
If anyone can destroy the self-respect on Americans in the Heartland, Obama is the man for that job. Only socialists or America’s enemies (I know, repetitious) would see self-reliance as a problem to be solved.
If their purpose is really to help people going through rough times to get healthy, nutritious food, they ought to limit what can be bought with food stamps. Maybe some people use them wisely, but many spend them on junk and convenience foods.
When I was in basic training in Fort Benning GA, we had the “nut to butt” routine of jampacking Joe Snuffy into the DFAC (dining facility) lines in preparation to eat.
We had to remain at attention the whole time while moving through and the brim of your cover was poking the next troop in the back of his head we were so close.
This was further enforced by several drill sergeants stalking up and down the line looking for breaches of discipline.
Once inside, you got whatever they decided to give you to eat, you did not look at it, you looked straight ahead while sidestepping through the chow line. Then you had to eat as fast as you could and get out.
I pray that we as a nation are not relegated to this in order to eat but it may come if we continue to rely on the feral government to provide. Citizens will not do well with the above descibed method.
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