[kik5150]

Oh sure, they can super-size themselves at McDonalds or Burger King, but can't afford an apple or a carrot. Give me a break.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Exactly.

[ozzymandus]

Oh, BS! Go to the grocery store and look at the prices on canned veggies. They’re practically giving that stuff away. Poor people live on cigarettes and junk food. I love drive-through burgers as much as anybody (Whoppers Rule!) but you have to eat your veggies, too.

[donna]

Obviously, the government needs to distribute all our food so we can eat the right things. They just want to help us.

[zerosix]

Fine with me, let's give them Food Stamps for free healthy food!

Ohhhhhhhhh, I forget, we already do that!

The answer is "Many low-income Americans (and illegal aliens) don't WANT to eat healthy food!

[I see my hands]

"Many low income Americans can't.."

Earn more money and then you will be able to..

[Clara Lou]

Let’s see...how much do beans, some ham bones and a can or bundle of fresh greens cost?

[edcoil]

Study says to eat more and another study says were already too fat.

[LibFreeOrDie]

...rural Americans continue to have difficulty finding healthy foods that are affordable...

Rural Americans used to have G A R D E N S.

[FormerACLUmember]

Preposterous lying propaganda for more welfare. Fruits, veggies, and other healthy food is cheap and availiable in supermarkets, even in McDonalds. Subway and Wendy’s have entire inexpensive healthy fast food product lines.

Professional welfare parasites prefer 44 ounce malt beer, candy, chips, Whoppers, french fries, and fried chicken.

[socialismisinsidious]

What a crock! No mention of personal responsibility or choices made by the people eating the junk. No, it's that there aren't enough groceries stores or b/c the poor aren't given enough money.

The real goal: bigger government, make victims take more money!

The food stamp allocation could and probably should be increased and the government can do even better bringing in more farmers' markets and very low-cost sources of fruit and vegetables

Give more food stamps and force farmers' market to go where no one will buy their ware then people who don't buy veggies now will use the money to buy more junk and the farmer's wares will rot.

Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent. Jim Quinn 104.7

[Argus]

Only under Marxism-Rodhamism will the poor be given the healthy foods that we know they crave. Then will hunger and obesity be simultaneously vanquished, along with evil free will and harmful individual choice. All hail Marx and Rodham!

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

When it really comes down to it, it is cheaper to buy nutritious food than the high fat, high sugar foods. I could feed a family of 4 on $50 a week easy. You just have to stay away from buying steaks and junk food.

[Cicero]

Yet another “You can’t be too thin or too rich” advocate for the poor and downtrodden.

[svcw]

Amen.

[RobRoy]

HAHAHA! I get bulk oatmeal for $.49 a pound. Lasts a long time.

[RobRoy]

>>People with more money eat more fruits and vegetables than those with less money, research shows.<<

I think there is a correlation. Those with more money are also either smarter, more conscientious about their health, or more well educated.

Education is free.

[Sapper26]

And a second study found that in rural areas, convenience stores far outnumber supermarkets and grocery stores

Although I haven’t conducted any study, I’d say that relationship holds for urban areas also.

[Bernard Marx]

Anyone who has a 20 x 20-foot patch of bare land with access to water can grow more wholesome vegetables than a big family can eat. The more land, the more food. There's absolutely no excuse for anyone in a rural setting not to have a vegetable garden. Freezers are cheap and so is home-canning equipment.

Community gardens have been established in many cities and more can be developed. This article is pure liberal welfare state BS.

[HungarianGypsy]

**Freeper Kitchen Ping**

Well, seriesly, it is a bit cheaper to buy Top Ramen than the veggies sometime if you don't know how to shop for the healthier foods. It's a matter of being able to set aside the time to shop for and prepare the food.

[Alouette]

low-income Americans now would have to spend up to 70 percent of their food budget on fruits and vegetables

Money they urgently need for cigarettes, malt liquor, and lottery tickets.