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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the OP. I am sorry I wasn't clear. My point was that I keep hearing that poor people can't afford to eat healthy, but [b]it can be done[/b]. It just involves planning, and cooking, and accepting that you may eat the same meals several days in a row.

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Not always. Thanks for your singular data point. [/quote]

Name some typical circumstances why it couldn’t e done, then.  I can’t think of any reason why the same poor person could easily obtain for themselves Takis and Mountain Dew but not a can of pinto beans. [/quote]

Because most convenience stores don’t have pinto beans?

Because more people than you think don’t have the means to cook a can of pinto beans.

Because they are hungry, it is 9 at night and they just want something in the stomach.

Because Takis and a MD taste better than a can of plain pinto beans.

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None of these are absolute barriers except, maaaybe, the person who can push their walker 100 feet to the bodega for Takis but cannot take the no-cost bus (free for their demonstrably poor selves) to the Kroger for a can of beans.

Tough shit if cold beans from a can don’t taste as good as Cheetos. Don’t blame Society for dogshit food preferences when you get cardiac disease and diabetes. Blame your weak self[/quote]

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