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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up poor. My single mom made minimum wage her entire life as a personal support worker. She is from southern Africa and only has a 6th grade education. We ate very healthy food. What made it work was that she cooked from scratch and we ate the same food several days in a row.

She managed the cost of food by preparing simple healthy dishes (stews and cornmeal porridge, or stews and rice).

She managed the time it takes to shop and cook by cooking one or two big pots of stew per week, so there was not so much variety in what we ate. We didn't have a car, so we took the bus to the grocery store once a week.

She got paid every Thursday and on payday we would have a treat (maybe a pizza or burgers).

Anyway, [b]she came from a different place and a different time[/b], but that is how you can be poor and eat healthy.[/quote]

So why don't you go to a store [b]today[/b], armed only with $300 in food stamps for one month for 4 people and see how you do. Feel free to come back and show us how you did it. [/quote]

Food stamps are not intended to fully fund a family’s food needs for the month. They are SUPPLEMENTAL assistance for food. [/quote]

And where else is the money coming from? Do tell.  Because there is rent and transportation and clothes and laundry and and and. [/quote]

It’s coming from the budget those things are also coming out of?  It’s coming from earned income?

It’s not the government’s job to make sure citizens have their priorities in order. [b] If people would rather blow money on X rather than saving it for Y, that’s their problem[/b].[/quote]

You obviously don't know poor people. that's largely not the issue. But please, tell us how you'd survive in the DMV on 20k/year.[/quote]

Sure!  I wouldn’t.  Nobody is forcing anyone to stay in an incredibly expensive area.  We have freedom of movement in this country.[/quote]

And with what money/resources saved up are people who currently live in (and likely born into) high-cost areas supposed to rent a UHAUL and load up all their stuff and move to a lower cost area where they can get a job, pay a deposit of first and last months rent plus have $ for “one-time fee” utilities hookup on top of monthly utility payment plus alll new food in the fridge and transportation to DMV to get new ID with new address, etc etc.
Moving is exceedingly expensive for those who are living paycheck to paycheck and do not have help from relatives who can float them a loan or gift them a couple thousand dollars to get started.[/quote]

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