You look at some of our poor people, and it seems that they are getting plenty to eat.
I don’t mean to get personal and mean spirited in a public policy debate. But, a number of our poor are actually headed to obesity. And you hear stories of how schools send home backpacks full of food to tide them over, for the weekend, and it appears that these programs could use some cuts. And nobody is going to starve if these cuts happen.
Anyone paying attention to the Prepper posts knows that survivial requires a good supply of water. If you have that, you're not in great danger. In America, 99.9999% of the people have access to good water.
Food? You can go a few days without food. It's just not a big deal. As you say, these cuts are not going to put anyone in danger.
Franklin once said ‘do not make the poor too comfortable in their poverty’. I think we should return to the type of relief that consists of beans, rice, flour and government cheese...of course, powdered milk, if there are children in the household. Nobody starves but it isn’t exactly pleasant either.