The uber wealthy Hollywood types donated more to get Headboard Harris elected than the Billionaires donated to Trumps campaign.
Do you feel the same way about the Hollywood types solving food insecurity with their money?
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Do you support food stamps?
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Do you feel the same way about the Hollywood types solving food insecurity with their money?
Asking for a friend.
Correct. No junk food, either.
Hamburger, chicken, pork chops, rice, veggies, dairy and beans. Want something sinfully delicious? Pay out of pocket.
But it's not. This is what it is:
- Fruits and vegetables
- Meat, poultry, and fish
- Dairy products
- Breads and cereals
- Snack foods
- Non-alcoholic beverages
- Seeds and plants to grow food
Honest question, what would you say your weekly grocery bill is?
Food stamps should look more like WIC.
There's a list of stuff you can buy and that's all you can get.
Hardly anything because my wife and I are skinny people who eat healthy food in very reasonable portions.
Have you folks that hate providing EBT cards realize that the cheapest food in the grocery store is the most unhealthy?
I mean, come on man. You are wanting to solve a 'Problem' by creating 10x more problems
I mean, come on man. You are wanting to solve a 'Problem' by creating 10x more problems
Under that would be crazy low. My wife and I around $225 and I think we are pretty modest.
The average EBT recipient for a 4 person family is not even $180 per week. That's tough to feed a whole family on that. I don't think they're buying steak and lobster too often.
btw WIC in Nebraska only allows you to buy CANNED fish and Peanut butter as a protien. That's rough as f*ck.
Yes, but I think 75% on food stamps wouldn't go hungry if they were taken away. They'd work harder or spend money more wisely.
It's a bloated government program.
It's a bloated government program.
I wouldn't call eating steak living like a king, but I guess that's subjective.
I find steak and potatoes to be a pretty average meal.
Yes
The system needs to be nimble though, with constant evaluation of the poverty line, and staffed with resources to identify abuse. I realize abuse may be subjective, but whatever.
I would also note there’s food stamps, and cash aid. I believe states like CA have a limit on years for cash aid?
The system needs to be nimble though, with constant evaluation of the poverty line, and staffed with resources to identify abuse. I realize abuse may be subjective, but whatever.
I would also note there’s food stamps, and cash aid. I believe states like CA have a limit on years for cash aid?
You can have chopped steak and mashed potatoes, but not the ribeye and the loaded baked potato.
It's not a hard concept to grasp.
I think if poultry, fish, pork, and beef are allowed then ALL poultry, fish, pork, and beef should be allowed.
Now if they can afford it in their budget is a whole other thing. I don't think being given an allowance of $45 per person per week is really making ribeye and option. But if they can somehow do it, they should be allowed to do it.
So, better to let some kids go hungry than to risk somebody "undeserving" getting stamps. Right.
One steak and lobster meal or eat for the week? How much do you think people can buy on food stamps?
I understand your concept, I just don't think it's a good concept.
Here's the real deal: the liberals who run the food stamps bureaucracy don't want recipients to suffer the "shame" of using food stamps, so they don't want anything disallowed at the check-out counter. They get a credit card instead of physical stamps and NOTHING is disallowed because they don't want any poor soul to suffer the "stigma" of being poor.
I'm sorry, that's freaking bullshit and and it needs to stop. If you want free food from the taxpayers, then you get healthy, non-luxury food that you have to prepare and cook yourself.
I would remind you that a pork shoulder is really cheap and feeds a whole lot of people. Heritage pork tenderloin? Not so much....
I'm old and live alone and eat fairly simply and 45 bucks a week wouldn't nearly cover what I eat. One ribeye is $12 so the budget would be pretty well shot right there.
So why do we allow "poor" people to do that?
Here's a dirty little secret.... people like drug dealers and prostitutes don't have "above the table" income that would preclude them from getting on the food stamp gravy train.
It probably would be. I don't think anyone living on that amount is buying premium meats, but I also don't think they shouldn't be allowed to from time to time if they choose.
WHY???
I'm paying for that and you're paying for that (assuming you make enough to pay any income tax).
I don't want to pay anyone to have lobster.
There's a lot of things I don't want my taxes to pay for, like the bloated salaries of the turds in washington or the drones blowing up the desert. I'm not going to lose sleep if someone on EBT wants to cook their family a lobster roll.
According to Google AI:
The maximum amount of food stamps a household can receive per month depends on the number of people in the household. In 2024, the maximum monthly benefit is $291 for a household of one person and $973 for a household of four people.
Yep that’s what I found. Oh they are definitely living large on that. Steak and lobster for the poors!!
It's not all or nothing.
You can take care of people that truly need it, while also working to prevent misuse or otherwise letting people coast on handouts when they could be working and earning for themselves.
I think you misread, or misinterpreted, what I wrote.
A huge chunk of of our workforce is on food assistance. Every time you go to a gas station, restaurant(excluding high end ones), or even any type of medical facility, you are likely interacting with someone on SNAP. Our country continues to choose to pay people like crap. Minimum wage has not budged in decades. SNAP feeds many kids in need. Also, it is pure economic stimulus as it pumps money into local grocery stores.
As it pumps money into the local grocery stores it sucks more and more tax money out of the pockets of people who actually work for a living and manage their money.
Most states have a minimum wage that's well above the federal minimum.
And I find it hard to believe ANYONE is actually working for the federal $7.25 minimum wage, and if there is actually anyone doing that, they're not looking hard enough for a job.
It is a drop in the bucket for money compared to other government expenditures, and like I said it all goes back into local economies. It is arguably the best spent government money….pure economic stimulus. Stop believing all the right wing propaganda against programs like SNAP.
The narratives you apply to this are amusing. You don’t think people on food stamps actually need the money to survive? Nope just for luxury items.
“How much lobster can I get for $297 a month? Ok good give me that many please and see you next month!”
To you libs everything equates to a drop in the bucket when spending programs are discussed. Those drops all put together fill the bucket.
The person I voted for is going to stop those buckets from filling up drop by drop.
You are likely in an income bracket in which you will need social security. I would be careful what you wish/vote for.
