I don’t make judgements on what people eat. Are they suppose to eat Spam? Other peoples diets are none of my business.
But the bigger point is that food prices are thru the roof.
Anyone that has been to a supermarket lately knows that.
I don’t see that at all.
Prime grade NY steaks at the Kroger’s Fred Meyers near where I live in Washington State was $4.49 per pound this week. Last year, same date, they were $9.95 per pound.
I suspect that many beef producers are reducing their herds this year due to the expected higher prices for feed this winter. But it seems grain and hay prices this coming fall are not going to be that great.
It is the cost of shipping food that is expensive.
You are correct. Food prices are thru the roof.
But a bigger problem, to me, is that most people don't know how to cook these days. Precooked and pre-packaged items are very expensive. Eating out is prohibitive.
But if one shops the sales, uses coupons and actually cooks, you can feed a family relatively inexpensively.
Been there..done that. (and still do,gravy really doesn't have to come from a jar or package.)
“But the bigger point is that food prices are thru the roof.
Anyone that has been to a supermarket lately knows that.”
It is a good thing that items like food, clothing and shelter don’t count on the inflation index, or we would have some serious inflation. I guess they just count essentials like budgie grit, styrofoam packing peanuts and pine straw.
If their diets are being funded with money taken from you at gunpoint, they should be. Non-working "poor" people should not have higher standards of living than actual working people.