study shows how 42M recipients spend their food stamps

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta, rice and beans are super cheap. You can get a box of whole wheat pasta for less than. $1.50 and it will last for multiple meals.

If you worked 2 jobs, and had to take the bus for both jobs, just how much time do you think you'd have to cook dinner from scratch?

My mother worked a low level job and cooked from scratched. She was up at 5am, worked, came home and finished prepping meals, then cleaned up. She finally finished at 9pm and then just went to bed. Rinse and repeat. She at least had a ride to work. She never helped us with hw or anything else. Too tired (and I don't blame her).

I'd like to see you be a low income person, work a low income job, take public transit to work, and cook from scratch.

I am now fortunate to wfh and earn a good income. So, we can cook from scratch and do most nights.

Are you serious? So throwing pasta in a pot of boiling water for 6-7 mins is cooking from scratch? Dumping a can of beans in a pot for five mins is too much work? Okay.

Do you want to subsist on pasta and beans daily? Why do you expect poor people to forgo any comfort or food they enjoy?

This is the grossest side of DCUM.

We have pasta or beans and rice multiple times per week.

Just a can of beans? Or an actual meal with additional fresh ingredients and seasonings? You're being dishonest.

I'm also sure that's not all you eat. You eat pizza sometimes. You drink an occasional soft drink. You have a dessert when you feel like it. Yet you'd deny poor people the same autonomy.

SNAP supplemental benefits

It supplements their food budget.

They can buy soda with their own money.

And corporations can buy back stocks with their own money. And maybe pay their employees a living wage? And what did businesses do with all that PPP money?

It's only poor people that you want to control because you think yourself better than them.

So Michelle Obama is a stuck up rich bish?

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Anonymous wrote:Judge not lest ye be judged.

I imagine life is pretty miserable if you rely on SNAP. Why is it so awful to let people make their own choices, even if they are not the choices you would make?

Because those choices are not in the best interest of the person. Why should we subsidize “foods” with no nutritional value that will likely contribute to the person becoming overweight and diabetic. This seems like common sense to me.

We subsidize a lot of shit that isn't great. In this country adults get to make their own choices.

And be honest, you don't actually care. You just like looking down on poor people. I'm sure you shovel plenty of crap down your gullet.

If those choices are subsidized by the taxpayers and those “food” choices lead to more healthcare that must be subsidized by the taxpayer there must be some common sense guidelines. Soda is not a food. That’s basic.

Why is it only things that benefit poor people that everyone wants to get their2 cents in? Think about all the other BS our taxes subsidize that you never ask any questions about.

Did you complain when Michelle Obama changed school meals?

What exactly did she change?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy,_Hunger-Free_Kids_Act_of_2010



New Food Standards
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Gives USDA the authority to set new standards for food sold in lunches during the regular day, including vending machines.[12]
Authorizes additional funds for the new standards for federally-subsidized school lunches.
Provides resources for schools and communities to utilize local farms and gardens to provide fresh produce.
Provides resources to increase nutritional quality of food provided by USDA
Sets minimum standards for school wellness policies
Limits milk served to nonfat flavored milk or 1 percent white milk[13]
Reduced portion sizes in meals
Mandate a minimum on fruit, vegetables, and whole grain servings
Mandate a maximum sodium, sugar, and fat content

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Anonymous wrote:Government and Blackrock corporations in collusion to keep poor people down. Pharma benefits.

+1 Soda is cheaper than vegetables. That's an us problem, not a them problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta, rice and beans are super cheap. You can get a box of whole wheat pasta for less than. $1.50 and it will last for multiple meals.

If you worked 2 jobs, and had to take the bus for both jobs, just how much time do you think you'd have to cook dinner from scratch?

My mother worked a low level job and cooked from scratched. She was up at 5am, worked, came home and finished prepping meals, then cleaned up. She finally finished at 9pm and then just went to bed. Rinse and repeat. She at least had a ride to work. She never helped us with hw or anything else. Too tired (and I don't blame her).

I'd like to see you be a low income person, work a low income job, take public transit to work, and cook from scratch.

I am now fortunate to wfh and earn a good income. So, we can cook from scratch and do most nights.

Are you serious? So throwing pasta in a pot of boiling water for 6-7 mins is cooking from scratch? Dumping a can of beans in a pot for five mins is too much work? Okay.

Are you serious? They may throw some mac and cheese in the microwave or whatever, but cooking pasta from "scratch" is more than just throwing in pasta in boiling water. And beans? Sure, they eat beans. But, are you suggesting that they eat beans as snacks ?

We're having pasta tonight. Saute some fresh vegetables with garlic and olive oil, topped with grilled salmon. I don't expect low income people to be able to whip that together as easily when they're working two jobs and taking public transport.

Should they eat plain pasta and rice and beans all the time, including for snacks? You want them to eat fresh fruits for snacks as if they have the time to buy fresh fruits that are perishable.

I'm not saying what they are doing is fine, but seriously , some of you have zero clue about what it's like to be poor, uneducated and live in an urban area.

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I can’t even believe people are defending this.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a pretty significant stat from OP:

“Food stamp enrollment has increased significantly, surging from 17.3 million individuals in 2001 to 42.1 million in 2023.”


Maybe we should look at the reason for the surge and how to get people off food stamps.

It's not that deep. There's a widening income gap. Look at Walmart refusing to hire people full time, so they can use the US benefits, and then divert that money to CEO pay.

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Anonymous wrote:And it’s not pretty. Or healthy.

EPIC Report: Food Stamps: A Culture of Dependency
Matthew Dickerson
May 8, 2024
The story of the food stamp program is one of expanding enrollment, higher spending, benefit payments growing faster than inflation, little work by recipients, and ultimately, a greater dependence on taxpayers.

Food stamp enrollment has increased significantly, surging from 17.3 million individuals in 2001 to 42.1 million in 2023.

https://epicforamerica.org/blog/epic-report-food-stamps-a-culture-of-dependency/


— Coca-Cola, Sprite and other soft drinks are the most commonly-bought items via the $135 billion-a-year Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a new study says.

— Candy, potato chips, frozen pizza, ice cream, cookies, and other ultra-processed food dominates the top 20 items, says a report from the Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC).

— Recipients spend much of their benefits on junk food, such as soft drinks, chips and other bag snacks, breakfast cereals, frozen handheld snacks, candy, frozen pizza, ice cream coffee creamer, and cookies.



SNAP costs have exploded from $31 billion to $135 billion, his report says, using inflation-adjusted numbers.

Should the government adjust the benefits so that some foods or drinks are not covered? I would think at least making soda unable to be purchased on SNAP would be a good thing.

Oh wow. A conservative think tank hates the poor. Film at 11.

New Food Standards
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Gives USDA the authority to set new standards for food sold in lunches during the regular day, including vending machines.[12]
Authorizes additional funds for the new standards for federally-subsidized school lunches.
Provides resources for schools and communities to utilize local farms and gardens to provide fresh produce.
Provides resources to increase nutritional quality of food provided by USDA
Sets minimum standards for school wellness policies
Limits milk served to nonfat flavored milk or 1 percent white milk[13]
Reduced portion sizes in meals
Mandate a minimum on fruit, vegetables, and whole grain servings
Mandate a maximum sodium, sugar, and fat content.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy,_Hunger-Free_Kids_Act_of_2010

I see a boatload of new bureaucratic regulations. Bottom line? What are the results?
Wait! They determined kids are eating better food at school than at home. Home food is soda and chips for dinner while school serves up frozen chicken nuggets with canned carrots?
Is there a picture of the old school lunch plate vs. the new Michelle Obama school lunch plate? Are kids actually eating school lunch now, and not before?

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Learn how to eat healthy with MyPlate

Remember the food pyramid? Meet MyPlate, the official symbol of the five food groups. Learn how to make MyPlate work for you.

https://www.myplate.gov/

Michelle got rid of the food pyramid and now we have my plate.

The people who don’t know that are advocating that poor people eat chips and soda for dinner and say right wingers hate poor people for wanting soda to not be bought with SNAP dollars.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a pretty significant stat from OP:

“Food stamp enrollment has increased significantly, surging from 17.3 million individuals in 2001 to 42.1 million in 2023.”


Maybe we should look at the reason for the surge and how to get people off food stamps.

It's not that deep. There's a widening income gap. Look at Walmart refusing to hire people full time, so they can use the US benefits, and then divert that money to CEO pay.

Welcome to the Democrat elites!

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Anonymous wrote:Junk food is cheap. Healthy food is expensive. Work from there.

Chips and soda are not cheap! Frozen pizzas are not cheap! What junk food do you think is cheap?

Exactly. Growing up, we couldn’t afford that stuff.

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My parents were quite poor when I was a young kid and we never had any of this stuff in the house.

In the 90s they started having a little extra money and that is when they started drinking soda and eating Snackwells and getting fat.

There are plenty of cheap healthy foods. And does not take much time to peel and slice a couple of carrots or cook some oatmeal. People just don’t wanna and our society is getting weaker and less healthy. Time to cut off the supply, IMO.

^^ all of this.

Why does the fed gov allow this to happen? It’s really not right at all. I am all for helping people (especially disabled people and families with kids) get food. It’s something we should do, no one should be hungry in our country. But this is a travesty. This program actually harms people.

We’re paying government to kill off citizens.

“Study: Foods like ice cream, chips and candy are just as addictive as cigarettes or heroin

An analysis of 281 studies in 36 countries, published in the British Medical Journal this month, found that your inability to put down the ice cream, chips and candy may have less to do with your self-control and more to do with the addictive quality of ultra-processed foods or UPFs.


“The combination of refined carbohydrates and fats often found in UPFs seems to have a supra-additive effect on brain reward systems, above either macronutrient alone, which may increase the addictive potential of these foods,” the study said.

Using the same guidelines for measuring substance abuse, the researchers found that 14% of adults and 12% of children were addicted to ultra-processed foods.“
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/10/23/study-ice-cream-chips-addictive-cigarettes-heroin-drugs/71286591007/

So leftists think taking taxpayer money and trying to provide food for poor people and families but instead getting them addicted to food with zero nutritional value and making them fat and sick and eventually killing them is progressive?

This is important.

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Anonymous wrote:Judge not lest ye be judged.

I imagine life is pretty miserable if you rely on SNAP. Why is it so awful to let people make their own choices, even if they are not the choices you would make?

Because those choices are not in the best interest of the person. Why should we subsidize “foods” with no nutritional value that will likely contribute to the person becoming overweight and diabetic. This seems like common sense to me.

We subsidize a lot of shit that isn't great. In this country adults get to make their own choices.

And be honest, you don't actually care. You just like looking down on poor people. I'm sure you shovel plenty of crap down your gullet.

If those choices are subsidized by the taxpayers and those “food” choices lead to more healthcare that must be subsidized by the taxpayer there must be some common sense guidelines. Soda is not a food. That’s basic.

Why is it only things that benefit poor people that everyone wants to get their2 cents in? Think about all the other BS our taxes subsidize that you never ask any questions about.

Did you complain when Michelle Obama changed school meals?

What exactly did she change?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy,_Hunger-Free_Kids_Act_of_2010



New Food Standards
edit

Gives USDA the authority to set new standards for food sold in lunches during the regular day, including vending machines.[12]
Authorizes additional funds for the new standards for federally-subsidized school lunches.
Provides resources for schools and communities to utilize local farms and gardens to provide fresh produce.
Provides resources to increase nutritional quality of food provided by USDA
Sets minimum standards for school wellness policies
Limits milk served to nonfat flavored milk or 1 percent white milk[13]
Reduced portion sizes in meals
Mandate a minimum on fruit, vegetables, and whole grain servings
Mandate a maximum sodium, sugar, and fat content

School food is still garbage and schools still have vending machines

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pasta, rice and beans are super cheap. You can get a box of whole wheat pasta for less than. $1.50 and it will last for multiple meals.

If you worked 2 jobs, and had to take the bus for both jobs, just how much time do you think you'd have to cook dinner from scratch?

My mother worked a low level job and cooked from scratched. She was up at 5am, worked, came home and finished prepping meals, then cleaned up. She finally finished at 9pm and then just went to bed. Rinse and repeat. She at least had a ride to work. She never helped us with hw or anything else. Too tired (and I don't blame her).

I'd like to see you be a low income person, work a low income job, take public transit to work, and cook from scratch.

I am now fortunate to wfh and earn a good income. So, we can cook from scratch and do most nights.

Are you serious? So throwing pasta in a pot of boiling water for 6-7 mins is cooking from scratch? Dumping a can of beans in a pot for five mins is too much work? Okay.

Are you serious? They may throw some mac and cheese in the microwave or whatever, but cooking pasta from "scratch" is more than just throwing in pasta in boiling water. And beans? Sure, they eat beans. But, are you suggesting that they eat beans as snacks ?

We're having pasta tonight. Saute some fresh vegetables with garlic and olive oil, topped with grilled salmon. I don't expect low income people to be able to whip that together as easily when they're working two jobs and taking public transport.

Should they eat plain pasta and rice and beans all the time, including for snacks? You want them to eat fresh fruits for snacks as if they have the time to buy fresh fruits that are perishable.

I'm not saying what they are doing is fine, but seriously , some of you have zero clue about what it's like to be poor, uneducated and live in an urban area.

I posted and said that a box of whole wheat pasta can be had for less than $1.50 per box. The other poster claimed that making a box of pasta was cooking from scratch. My kids eat pasta with butter all the time. It takes about six minutes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Government and Blackrock corporations in collusion to keep poor people down. Pharma benefits.

+1 Soda is cheaper than vegetables. That's an us problem, not a them problem.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a pretty significant stat from OP:

“Food stamp enrollment has increased significantly, surging from 17.3 million individuals in 2001 to 42.1 million in 2023.”


Maybe we should look at the reason for the surge and how to get people off food stamps.

It's not that deep. There's a widening income gap. Look at Walmart refusing to hire people full time, so they can use the US benefits, and then divert that money to CEO pay.

Welcome to the Democrat elites!

You think the Walton family are Democrats? Huh.

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Coca-cola is a garbage company that has sickened Americans and destroyed our environment with their plastic trash. We should not be subsidizing them in any way.