food stamps

[eljefino]

Originally Posted By: oilyriser
The fact that people are trading food stamps for what they really like shows that they still have some initiative left and don't really need the dole.


Hang on a sec, paper food stamps haven't been used in a decade. As much as I detest the debit card (hides some possibly deserved shame) it cuts down on fraud. And I don't see people buying one grape anymore, so they can get 97 cents in change.

 

[Cutehumor]

Rich people need food stamps too!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/03/18/rich.getting.food.stamps.wlwt?iref=videosearch

 

[Pablo]

She has grandchildren to feed?? Let's get involved and fix that as well.

Maybe an old woman who actually owns a home, but low/no income needs foodstamps? Guy who lost his job needs to feed a family?

 

[jcwit]

Some people need food stamps/debit card help, believe me I know after a bout with cancer that insurance refused to cover.

The problem is like most everything else the program is abused.

My 2 cents, take it or leave it!

 

[mechtech2]

Not to be harsh, but if food stamp users were knowledgeable and smart enough to choose proper dietary foodstuffs, they would be smart enough to be off the FS program in the first place.
I'll bet there is a correlation.

 

[eljefino]

It seems (I quote wikipedia) that the healthy food is covered by WIC. Many get both WIC and Food stamps as benefits, sometimes on the same card. So if fruits and veggies are covered by WIC...

 

[unDummy]

The solution is MRE's. Good enough for the troops and should be good enough for everybody. 3 a day per person per household!
Should be no problem tooling up the MRE assembly line for age groups, medical conditions, and meal types.

But, then all the little mom/pop grocery stores would be bankrupt. And, the massive economy created by all these social service program is supposed to be a solution for everything.

 

[Gary Allan]

There would then be a gray market exchange for MRE's for cash. Oddly, I think the biggest buyers would be hard core conservative self sufficient red blooded survivalist types that abhor any involvement with government

 

[oilyriser]

When MRE's approach their expiry date...

 

[Vilan]

...how can you tell?

 

[moribundman]

The packaging is bulging or something is wiggling inside.

 

[jcwit]

The MRE's I've had I thought were pretty good. Sure beat the "C" rations I got in the service.

 

[Gary Allan]

I shared an apartment with a guy in the reserves. He'd bring back C rations. I didn't think that they were so bad. The canned mystery meat in juices was a favorite of mine.

Then again, (alleged) "good food" tasted so alien to me ..I thought something was wrong with it.

 

[Solo2driver]

MRE's....I like that idea.

 

[Kruse]

Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
I shared an apartment with a guy in the reserves. He'd bring back C rations. I didn't think that they were so bad. The canned mystery meat in juices was a favorite of mine.


Depending on the era, it may have been horsemeat from Australia.

 

[Gary Allan]

It appeared (hmm ..appeared

) it tasted like a pork product ..but was obviously "well processed".

 

[Billy_D]

Originally Posted By: jcwit
The MRE's I've had I thought were pretty good. Sure beat the "C" rations I got in the service.


I am glad I don't have to eat that #### anymore. Except for the pound cake, the rest was junk. The little tobasco bottle helped me stomach that [censored]. The smell of the flameless heater after it is activated with water is still in my nostrils.

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: Kruse
Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
I shared an apartment with a guy in the reserves. He'd bring back C rations. I didn't think that they were so bad. The canned mystery meat in juices was a favorite of mine.


Depending on the era, it may have been horsemeat from Australia.


In the military we got fresh horse meat sausages every Friday as a special treat. We got MRE's only during training in the field, and even then we usually got cooked food from the field kitchen. We were also allowed to bring some of our own food along.

 

[msparks]

Quote:

..but I doubt that anyone wants to trade places with anyone using or abusing the system. The sad part about it is that when a legit hard luck person shows up and needs those benefits, the barricades are substantial for the little help that they need. Meanwhile, the cultural lifestyle types are masters of seeing right through usage inhibitors built into the bureaucracy.


I'm guessing that Legit Hard Luck people don't go on assistance. They buckle down, cancel their cell phone, sell their car, move to lower rent, move in with friends, work 3 jobs, sell [censored] they don't need and make it work.

 

[oilyriser]

Here, a woman will register her welfare brood under the names of all their different fathers. This way, when they turn 16 and "move out", they can get a rent subsidy and still live with their mom.