Biden's Food Stamp Increase Is Harmful, Misguided, and Illegal

Townhall.com ^ | Steward Whitson

[Vaduz]

Socialism is the bait in the trap of communism so so good for the Marxist party.

[bgill]

Family size - current benefits - 25% increase:
2 $430 $537
3 $616 $770
4 $782 $978

https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/recipient/eligibility

Yowzers! That’s lobster every day of the week and the dog gets steak.

Hubby and I spend $300/mo. and which is less the the government’s lowest meal plan. We rarely eat beans but I’d been thinking of adding more beans and pasta to get the cost down.

It’s sickening they can use their cards at restaurants. Online price for a large one topping pizza at Pizza Hut is $15.99 ($17+ with tax). We had a bit of leftover meat from tacos last night so will use it for pizza tonight. That’ll be about $2 for dinner and a couple slices left for tomorrow.

[bgill]

Ack, that $300/mo for the two of us includes everything like tp, pet food, household, etc.

[bgill]

A 30 cent large russet potato weighs the same as a $3.56 bag of Lay’s. You can make 13 batches of potato chips at home for the same price as a 10 lb. bag of potatoes.

[Eagles6]

And they’re better!

[daniel1212]

In low income cities as ours, staple foods are abundant. From just one pantry program alone, I counted 72 meals that a person could obtain by going to the diffrent times and locations. And while I believe in distributing surplus and in charity and helping the truly hungry, very few truly are in the US, and with over 42% of Americans being obese, the "going hungry" claim is not usually made, having been replaced with the assertions of "food insecurity:" 10.5 percent (13.7 million) of U.S. households were "food insecure" at some time during 2019. Significantly down from 11.1 percent in 2018." (https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/key-statistics-graphics.aspx)

Some time ago i did research into how agencies come up with such figures and the crafty way some agencies raise funds to "help the hungry" in the US use such findings and I found them quite contrived. How many Americans do NOT experience hunger, or how many well-fed souls would say they sometimes "do not have enough food of sufficient quality and quantity"...," or had to put things back on the rack because they did not have enough money (that can mean with them) to buy them all, or did not know where their next meal was coming from (that could even mean McDonalds, Papa Ginos, etc)? There is the relative poor, as we were growing up, but the figures are exaggerated for funding purposes.

At length examination here, by God's grace. Food hunger in America: More Hype than Reality. Why?

[daniel1212]

"Rarest wife and I are diligent with our diet. We eat as clean as we possibly can without direct regard for the ballooning grocery bills. We’re spending over $100/week per person to maintain this, and the bulk of our shopping occurs on the periphery of the store. Bottom line: eating healthy is EXPENSIVE."

Tell us what you eat each day for frankly I find that as absurd, though soon it may not be.

[rarestia]

Breakfast is two egg vegetable omelet with cheese and fruit
Lunch is salad with a protein (usually from dinner the night before)
Snacks include pork rinds, almonds, peanuts, and/or fruit
Dinner is usually a protein (red meat twice a week) with a vegetable

We do not eat out but maybe once every other week

Grocery receipts from the last 4 weeks were consistently $200+. It’s just the two of us.

[ladyjane]

If you live near a Fresh Market you might want to check them out. They have a few stores in Pennsylvania.

They are very expensive but they have excellent specials every day. Examples: Their wild Carolina shrimp (21 to 25 a pound) half price on Fridays; Wild Alaska cod, half price on Mondays,

[Eagles6]

One in Pittsburgh, near my Mom, whom I'll visit tomorrow.

Thanks.

[Oatka]

It may mean they can have lobster 2 times a week rather than one.

The classic, found in a grocery store parking lot some years ago:

[Oatka]

The USA is the only country where poor people die of obesity.

Back during the Nixon-Kennedy debates, Kennedy claimed that "each night, under your administration, X amount of Americans go to bed hungry.".

Nixon retorted "That's because they are on a diet."

[daniel1212]

"Breakfast is two egg vegetable omelet with cheese and fruit Lunch is salad with a protein (usually from dinner the night before) Snacks include pork rinds, almonds, peanuts, and/or fruit Dinner is usually a protein (red meat twice a week) with a vegetable We do not eat out but maybe once every other week Grocery receipts from the last 4 weeks were consistently $200+. It’s just the two of us."

Then you must be combining other items in with your food bill and or your food prices are much higher than around here , or you are the size of a NFL back. Of course I am under 5'5'' and around 130lbs, but normally you should be able to get many days out of two dozen eggs (3.00) and two pounds of grapes (2.50) and a lb. of apples (2.00) about 4 meals out of a pound of beef (7.00 or less), or frozen or canned fish (4.00 lb. or less) and a couple heads of lettuce (2.00), Add in a 24 oz. jar of pasta sauce, (2.00) a 1/2 Lb. of cheese. (2.50) 2lbs potatoes and onions (5.00) and a lb of carrots (3.00) and a head of broccoli (1.50) and some snacks (5.00: no pork rinds!) and than at less than $37.00 you should have enough for at least 5 days, or about &7.50 a day.

But if you shop sales and stock up on packs of things like pasta sauce from Walmart online then you can save more.

But thank God we have lived for years spending far far less, as missionaries without relying on state welfare, thanks be to God.

[lysie]

Wow.

[lysie]

This week Aldis has chicken legs for 49 cents/lb. I bought 30 pounds and froze them for our fall/winter chicken noodle soup and chicken stew. That’s a little over $14.00 for 30 pounds.

[bgill]

High five!

[ladyjane]

You will be quite surprised by the prices. However, sign up to see the daily specials - e.g. $5 pizza on Thursdays.

[newfreep]

"Legal? We don't need no steenking legal"

[Eagles6]

My Mom and Sisters shop there.

I will check it out.

Thanks.