Cost has nothing to do with what poor people eat. They eat what they like. Period! Food stamps enable them to eat better than most middle class folks, who follow strict budgets. Maybe they should get off their arses and cook, or even learn to cook.
Ridiculous. They aren’t going to eat this stuff because it is 30% off.
Most have food stamps now. They could buy this stuff right now and never worry about the price because they don’t pay for the food anyway.
If the government is so worried about what they eat, they would put limitations on the kind of food that could be purchased with food stamps.
But then, the sheeple wouldn’t like that, would they?
All the marxists ever do is wonder: “What if cost didn’t matter and everybody could have everything they wanted for free? Wouldn’t life be so much better?”
Sure would. Kinda.
Now try to make things not cost anything.
Good luck with that you marxist idiots.
Another program that benefits foreign interests - in this case, food producers and exporters - far more than its stated beneficiaries....
Behavior control, folks.
Wake up.
The pursuit of happiness takes a back seat to the State’s definition of what is acceptable. And that definition changes depending on which group they are trying to corral.
Fried okra. Collards cooked with ham. Yum
So my daughter, in eastern Massachusetts, who has always worked hard, advancing her way up the ladder by implementing a strong work ethic, integrity, honesty and living responsibly within her means, will now be paying the 30% for the low lifes at the other side of the state. Niiiiice.....
More forced “redistribution of wealth” from those who work hard for it to those who faithfully vote democrat.
Eating fresh vegetables and fruits has to be linked to the culture within which you live. Perhaps the problem with eating habits of certain individuals is that they simply choose not to eat an apple when there are fried pork rinds around. Whether or not it is good or healthy for them, the point is it is their choice, not the government’s! Also, in many of the minority sub cultures in America, being fat is not considered unattractive, so there is not that pressure to drop pounds. However, the children are another story. Children everywhere tend to be overweight today because they do not get enough exercise playing outdoors. They also do no chores which keeps them at a good weight and able to eat heartily. Bottom line is Americans need to be able to determine how and what they want to eat or if they want to exercise. We do not need Michelle Obama to dictate to us.
The first family eats cheeseburgers and ice cream.
They set a fine example for the rest of us.
MYOB, if you don’t mind!!!!!
“So what if the produce were cheap?”
It is.
The problem is these wards of the state don’t want to buy it and prepare it themselves.
No doubt they want frozen prepared portabello mushroom pizza, etc.
It kills me in the grocery checkout line to see the amount of prepared food these welfare cases buy. That stuff is ineveitably 5 times the cost of buying the real stuff and making your own.
I guess they’re too busy being unemployeed to have time to cook!
"...But if French fries are cheaper than potatoes..."Stop right there. At my uber-supermarket a 5 lb. bag of spuds is about $1. However, it takes a little effort to prep them and cook them up into something tasty.
That's what is repulsing the poor: Their lazy and shiftless ways prevent them from making any kind of effort to better themselves.
I myself was raised in austere surroundings. My mom raised four kids by herself; we never went hungry, but if I never see Hot Dog Soup ever again, it will be too soon. I ate it about twice a week for years while growing up. And don't get me started on Camper Stew, either (it was can of Campbell's Beef Barley Soup with hamburger meat added and maybe some other stuff. Done correctly it could be stretched to feed 4 people).
But if French fries are cheaper than potatoes...
This is discriminating to favor a limited number of people, who are not intelligent enough to shop correctly already. What about the rest of us, we sure could use a discount on food products too. I am tired of my small living pittance being divided up and redistributed to others who have not worked for it. I worked hard to live small and happy. This administration wants me to live smaller and sadder while they vacation.
First we all know that frozen vegetables often have more nutrients than the so called fresh fruits and veggies which are transported from long distances and often picked while still green. Not to mention all the pesticides and wax etc they are sprayed with to help them survive the trip.
A small frozen bag of carrots for example is 99 cents (cheaper if you watch the sales). This cost is 19.8
cents per serving. A serving of generic tomato soup costs about 20 cents on discount days.
That bag of carrots can be used to prepare a wonderful creamy carrot soup, and it doesn't even take more than 2 minutes more. But in does take a little brain effort, and a 30 second whirl in the blender.
I heard a guy on Oprah touting the need to subsidize fresh fruits and veggies. His example was if a mother of 2 kids had just a dollar to spend, there was nothing she could buy that cheap that would fill her children up, so she just gets the 2 burger for a dollar special at McDonalds.
Well that is protein and starch right? How about taking that dollar and buying 2 cans of pork and beans? It would be almost as easy - just open the cans and hand them each a spoon. There is 3.5 servings per can, so she would have 3 meals instead of 1 for her children.
Course if she was willing to put in a little effort, she could prepare a balanced meal costing 50 cents per child. A serving of pinto beans, corn bread, milk, and spinach, or chicken, milk, peas & carrots, 1 slice of wheat bread for example.
If they plant a little lettuce, chives, spinach etc in the yard or a container, they can have plenty of fresh greens for very little.
Furthermore, taking this example and extending it. If she gets 1 dollar per meal for her kids 3 meals per day for 1 week works out to be $21.00 per week. I have personally fed 2 adults and 1 child on $18.00 per week(nutritionally balanced).
A single mom with 1 child on unemployment qualifies for at least $46.00 in food stamps, which also covers “fresh” fruits and veggies. So I'll just say to this propaganda: That dog don't hunt!