Posted on 09/25/2022 5:23:35 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Because sneaking into a country can work up quite an appetite.
No mention of obesity in the article. It’s epidemic.
The solution is as simple as it gets. Just program EBT cards to pay for rice and beans only. Cheap and no one starves. Together they are a complete protein. They’ll get so sick of the stuff they’ll lose weight and get healthier. Less diabetes and high blood pressure. They’ll have more money left over for tattoos.
Why is anyone hungry in the US? I imagine it has a lot to do with simply giving funds to people without any “training.” Then you have people spending their funds without understanding portion control, nutrition, or substitution theory.
Its buying crap, eating it ALL, and not understanding that store brand stuff is pretty much the same as brand name.
This is all stuff you learn from two parents in the household. When you have three generations of 15 year olds having children...stuff that used to be passed on, is lost.
Yes, it is a huge racket!
I am not giving any money to any hunger fighting charity any more!
You would see food prices go up a little, but remember - people are already buying food. Doing this would increase demand in non-food areas. People would not have to give up their pets, for example, because they can’t afford food. And be honest, wouldn’t you love to buy the expensive cuts of meat you see these ghettopotamuses cramming in their baskets???
And as far as giving people more money being a bad thing- when was the last time you turned down a raise at work- because it would cause prices to go up???
A famous Leftist once said accurately: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
To that I might say: “It is not difficult to get a man to rationalize something, when his salary depends on his rationalizing it.”
Subsidized programs such as food stamps and EBT cards are for the benefit of food producers, shippers, and retailers, not for the benefit of poor people.
It's an extension of Bastiat's 'Broken Window' fallacy except it's the 'Broken Belt Loop'.
School breakfast, school lunch, summer lunch programs....as I recall, there was a threshold of “need” in some school districts(probably all) that allowed the feds to step in and meddle in the curriculum. What could possibly go wrong?
Why Hasn’t It Already Been Ended?
Biden Administration = Inflation & Shortages
81.000.000 million votes huh Moe
Making EBT cards eligible for use in fast food joints and convenience stores was a stroke of idiocy by the far leftists.
People getting a lot less than that in food stamps like to buy bottled water, and pour the contents out, returning the bottles for 10 cents each. To buy beer, usually. There were a couple if times a guy was willing to sell me the full bottles for a dime each.
My hub and I eat 2 meals a day...go to bed hungry...and are retired. We are starving seniors...
I once asked a liberal why we didn’t charge people who won’t feed their kids with neglect. They practically did a verbal interpretive dance. The truth is that Social Services is basically a form of law enforcement used to punish non-liberals.
Actually that is pretty true.
While I have seen little old ladies of obviously limited means using an EBT card to buy some meager groceries, I have also seen people texting and talking on the latest version cell phones and sporting an Iwatch buying steaks and junk food and paying with an EBT card. A lot could be done if food stamps were limited to solely the healthy foods allowed by the WIC program
“A lot could be done if food stamps were limited to solely the healthy foods allowed by the WIC program”
Good idea. Probably get some pushback here but the WIC program seems to work ok as far as government programs go.
...2 meals a day...go to bed hungry...
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That and keeping the house at 65 day/55 night means you will outlive the fatsos.
Democrats steal all the money in any program created.
They decide like the mob who gets the pay out then plan on how to steal the money afterward. They have fall guys like these somalians while the bulk of the money disappears into the democrat party insider accounts.
I wonder who was really behind this as you would think these refugees would not be smart enough to run this fraud.
Link to the story:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/09/23/doj-47-in-minnesotas-somali-community-charged-with-stealing-250m-in-covid-19-funds-from-child-nutrition-program/
The DOJ has indicted nearly 50 members of Minnesota’s Somali community for stealing $250 MILLION worth of Covid relief meant for child nutrition
> https://notthebee.com/article/the-doj-has-indicted-nearly-50-members-of-minnesotas-somali-community-for-allegedly-stealing-250m-worth-of-covid-relief/
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