What bulls***-where did the NYT find these women so overcome with work that they can’t make choices at a produce counter, or cook a meal from fresh food? I managed to do that as a single mom working and going to college-no government cheese or housing.
And later, my husband and cub always had a fresh, healthy meal at the end of the day, and a mom/wife who shared it and interacted with them -I think too many of these women are lazy or ignorant. Paying them isn’t going to make a difference-their idea of cooking at home is warming the stuff from McDonald’s or Wendy’s in the microwave...
The savings of using fresh meat and produce do indeed add up fast, as do the health benefits-I grow a lot of my own veggies now, but when I didn’t, I knew how to shop the produce aisle. If we were supposed to subsist on processed junk, maybe French fries and mac-and-cheese would grow on trees?
And I think they are mainly talking about welfare moms who have nothing to do but watch TV all day (which is a contributing factor to their being so obese).