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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doritos at Safeway are like $7 each not on sale you you know...

I'm think fresh food is $$$ and anyone who suggests it isn't us 1. Out of touch 2. Lying or 3. Shopping at a really gross store!

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No, it isn’t. At Walmart you can get a 30-serving container of oatmeal for $4, $2.93/gallon milk, an 8 lb (yes, 8lbs) bag of pinto beans for $6.88, 18 eggs for $3, 5 lbs apples for $6, $0.50/canned vegetables.  But people are lazy and prefer to get quick junk [/quote]

People who have worked 10 hours a day are lazy yeah. You are a jerk.[/quote]

LOTS of people work 10-12 hr days, people still manage to cook. Yes, it's insane that our work hours are horrible, especially low income people but a simple meal can be put together in 20-25 mins.[/quote]

Let's see you work 12 hour days, spend 3 hours on your public transit commute, come home to hungry kids, body aching, mind exhausted, for months and years on end without a real break. Are you going to cook food from scratch every single night? Or might you occasionally warm up a frozen pizza so you can actually spend some time with your babies?[/quote]

Stop pretending everyone on snap is even working full time, let alone 12 hr days[/quote]

Snap has work requirements. It isn't providing much. Most people on benefits work, many work multiple jobs. I'm not pretending, you are uninformed. [/quote]

Yeah, it’s 80 hrs per MONTH[/quote]

Right because many of the folks on SNAP have kids and I’m not sure if you are aware of the cost and often unavailable daycare. Single mothers of young kids often can’t afford to work full time.[/quote]

Completely understandable, but with that logic if you are working 20 hrs a week then should be able to cook simple, nutritious home cooked meals. So far, the argument has been that people are working 2-3 jobs so they don't have time and I get that. But if we are talking of mothers working 20 hrs/week, then the previous argument of being overworked and eating processed food doesn't hold.

As a working parent, I can totally understand if someone has 10-12 hr work day and then opts for a frozen meal but the rest need to do a better job.[/quote]

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