Posted on 11/02/2013 6:10:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Can you feed yourself on $4.50 a day?
That’s the typical daily benefit for someone who gets food stamps. Millions of low-income Americans are dependent on the program, which is called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, for some if not all of their food money. SNAP benefits have just been reduced slightly, with the sunset of an economic-stimulus addition, and will likely be cut more by Congress before the year is through.
Here in Clark County, Share and the Clark County Food Bank are inviting the community to get a sense of life on that kind of budget by accepting the SNAP Challenge. Participants will commit to eating all meals from that tight SNAP budget of just $4.50 per day.
Visit clarkcountysnapchallenge.org to register for one day, three days or seven days in November. You’ll be provided with guidelines as well as suggested shopping lists and recipes. All participants are encouraged to share their experience on facebook.com/clarkcountysnapchallenge, and to connect with other participants at #CCSNAPchallenge.
At 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 19, SNAP Challenge participants will share their stories at the Vancouver Community Library, 901 C Street. That’s part of a series of activities planned for National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Nov. 17-23.
Many many families get $860/month. That is $29/day, easily enough to feed a large family. This $4.50 metric is nonsense.
I think the supplemental is to supplement low income families - not necessarily in the area of food- but to allow but to supplement their monthly budgets for all items.
It does if everything you buy is designed to be microwaved.
Three things ...
(a) Wasn’t there supposed to be regular MONITORING of recipients? We need a top-to-bottom review of every SNAP/EBT recipient, in every state, annually at the very least.
(b) Enrollment in the program(s) should be discouraged, not pampered.
(c) Let the states run it, not the feds.
Most fast food joints have a dollar menu. You could eat 4 burgers a day.
Tonight it was diced pork steak with noodles, gravy, and yesterday’s baked potatoes from the crock pot.
Heck, that is enough to EAT OUT most days of the week for at least one meal!
if they cant , maybe hunger will get parasites off their asses
Not every family gets WIC and I believe it is only available for kids under 5 years of age. Some of you are so misinformed and in the guise of being conservative - have become hateful to those who seriously do need help. Sure, there is fraud, but show me a government program that isn’t ripe with fraud. I’m more angry over the refunds given by the IRS to dead people and those behind bars. Yet when this subject hits the forum - everyone jumps on board with their cute little remarks. I’m also more upset about the money spent on the debacle that is known as obamacare. This money could have been given to every American instead of pouring it down a rat hole. The only people entitled to government money though are the politicians and their cronies.
EXACTLY!
Obama of course will blame this on the Republicans.
With WIC, government cheese, free school meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, even in the Summer and adults welcome!) in addition to food stamps and all the rest we’re already there.
A bagel for breakfast with a little butter...and a cup of coffee black. $1.75
Some bean soup with chicken and curry and rice (thick and satisfying) for lunch. $1.25
And a Ball Park hotdog for dinner! $1.25
And that leaves me a quarter for cat food.
You seem to deal in generalizations that all food stamp recipients receive all of the mentioned benefits. They do Not. People on here sound more like liberals when they set themselves up to be the food police.
What’s it like back in 1975? I loved that year.
best tasting too.
I also have a 5 pound yorkie who needs a fat free diet.
He eats turkey breast, potatoes, and carrots/green beans. I buy turkey breasts around the holidays for .99/lb and the veggies comes from the freezer or the canning jar.
I feed the little bugger on about $7.00/month. Try buying lo-fat canned or dry dogfood for that.
Wouldn’t pay to try with a big dog, but for him, it works well for him and he is one happy little dog at mealtime.
I think people eat way to high on the hog. Good basic foodstuffs don't cost that much.
I would love to have $800 a month in FREE MONEY that I could only spend on food!
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