Alaska: State on SNAP funding amid shutdown: ‘We’re waiting’ (no budget left)

KTVA ^ | Jan 22, 2019

[11th_VA]

If you’re a walrus, be afraid, be very afraid ...

[ConservativeMind]

Government workers will take all the free food they can get, before welfare recipients can.

Government workers getting such aid are disgusting.

[KC_Lion]

Alaska Ping.

[Trump.Deplorable]

Women, Children, and Liquor Stores hardest hit

[PAR35]

$363 per household per month? One could have steak every night on that budget. Add in the free school breakfast and lunch for the kids, and I’d have trouble getting it all spent each month.

[Jane Long]

Women, children, boyfriends, sisters, cousins, Whole Foods and other grocery stores hit hardest.

[xrmusn]

Gee, it wasn’t all that long ago that ‘hardy-hearty’ souls were moving to Alaska because they were ‘sharing’ the proceeds from resources etc to the citizenry.

Would be interesting to see the Fed STOP food stamps and turn it over to states.

Maybe then these idiots will ‘rethink’ Government check for all and amnesty and sanctuary for all illegals.

When the citizens of the states have to pony up for all these ‘extras’ they will more than likely make significant changes...

[Freedom4US]

“Key Nutritional Program”

They make it sound like they are providing vitamin supplements or something. It’s millions of people who depend on government for their very existence. What could go wrong?

[mewzilla]

Per the SecAg, there is funding for SNAP through February. If states try to terrify recipients by screwing with existing funding, that’s on the states.

[TexasGator]

Did you mean the workers are disgusting or their getting aid is disgusting?

[txrefugee]

Ever hear of hunting and fishing like Sarah Palin’s family does? Or have the Eskimos forgotten how to do anything but swipe their EBT cards?

[Sarcasm Factory]

I've never been to Alaska myself, but I understand that food is very expensive in that state. Much of what ordinary Alaskans eat has to be imported at great cost from the lower 48 contiguous states. Already expensive in the major population centers, store-bought food becomes prohibitively costly in the boonies. There's an entire culture built around fishing, trapping, and hunting for basic survival. Furthermore, for reasons plentiful and mysterious, neighboring Canada seems not to export much in the way of num nums to our northernmost state. -_-

Cost of Living in Anchorage, Alaska

[PAR35]

Yes, but part of the inflation is fueled by the fact that Alaskans all* get Free Money from the state.

fn: *all means those adult Alaskans who have lived in the state for a full calendar year.

[JudgemAll]

Forget Walmart. Company with employees on food stamps and also with clients on food stamps....

[vpintheak]

We aren’t the most frugal family, but also not the most outlandish. Normal, I would say.
My family of 5 spends about 1000 per month on groceries up here. Alaska is expensive. We could eat nothing but cheap food all the time, but that isn’t realistic.

[Sarcasm Factory]

I was under the impression that this "free money" added up to only about $1,000 to $2,000 per Alaskan per year, depending on a rolling history of recent oil prices. Can that be enough to distort food prices so much in an already expensive state? This "free money" must be apportioned over other expenses such as high rents, costly fuel, and exorbitant prices for ordinary household goods. It is to be regretted that I lack the economic background to evaluate the true economic impact of these yearly oil payments.

In any case, I grew curious about the details of agricultural trading between Alaska and Canada and found the following website page:

Alaska-Canada Agricultural Trade

Interestingly, Alaska apparently exports limited amounts of rice, vegetables, and dried fruits to Canada while importing somewhat more dollar value in "food preparations" such as tea substitutes as well as milk and cream substitutes. Alaska also seems to import a fair amount of animal feed and live animals. Huh — you learn something new every day. O_O

[glock rocks]

Damned shame, eh?

[entropy12]

Healthiest food is not the most expensive food.

Your main food ingredient should be from the beans family. Those are high in protein, low in saturated fat and has good amounts of fiber.

Get rid of most red meat from your diet. In my opinion it increases risk of cancers such as prostate, breast, colon and lungs because it is high in saturated fats and cholesterol which causes additional problems like clogging your arteries and cause heart disease.

If you smoke, stop! That will save you enough to buy lot of vegetables, which should be your 2nd most frequent food after the beans.

DO not use refined white rice, use brown rice instead. And eat only whole grain breads and pasta.

Fish & chicken should be your other main source of protein.

If you follow these rules, you are going to save a ton on healthcare, which can’t be cheap in Alaska, either.

[onedoug]

Fairly met.

[editor-surveyor]

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Saturated fat is the most important element of your diet.

The nucleus of every cell is saturated fat. A lack of saturated fat will bring on dementia

Beans are loaded with enzyme inhibitors, which prevent the proper digestion of your food. Only sprouted beans are helpful as food.

Red meat is absolutely necessary for red blood cell production, and has absolutely nothing to do with cancers, which are caused by cronic inflammation, frequently resulting from polyunsaturated oils.

The Ad Council and your doctor are trying to kill you.