"Food Insecurity" Issue - Page 5

Aquila · #41 09-13-2018, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by n david

No, if I have $10 to spend on food, no way am I going to McD's.

First, $10 is not enough anymore to feed a family of 5 at McD's.

I'd rather, as Apostolic1ness posted, go to a grocery store or market and get far more with that $10.

I'd buy three boxes of spaghetti (or three different boxes of a pasta), 3 cheep spaghetti sauces, and a gallon of milk. We might get sick of eating spaghetti after three days, but we'd have a hot meal for three nights from $10.

Aquila · #42 09-13-2018, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Esaias

I see people buying groceries with their food stamp card. They buy more for a family of three or four than I do for a family of eight. They load up with 300 dollars of garbage processed poisoned junk food, they all weigh 100 pounds more than they should, and they load it into cars newer and nicer-looking than mine. They all carry gigantic "smart phones", wear name brand tennis shoes, and from what I've seen often have big screen TVs and home theater surround sound systems at home.

Just my observations over the years.

I've seen those types too. They typically work under the table somewhere, deal drugs on the side, or sell food stamps 2 or 3 to 1.

I've also seen families in outright squalor who don't do anything like that and truly struggle.

I don't mean to praise bad behavior... but when you're poor, and you're intelligent, you learn to hustle. You'll hustle anything, game any system, and make a buck to get what you want. Because without doing so, you'd never afford it in a million years.

But it frustrates me sometimes. I'm not a big fan of welfare. I believe it should be temporary. No one should be on assistance longer than 3 years in my opinion. And I'm only giving time for one to get some kind of job training, education, or certification.

aegsm76 · #43 09-13-2018, 01:27 PM

We grow much of our own food.
Been a great year for tomatoes!
The wife has been canning away.
I am ready for some cool weather so that we can get to the "meat" harvest!

Aquila · #44 09-13-2018, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by aegsm76

We grow much of our own food.
Been a great year for tomatoes!
The wife has been canning away.
I am ready for some cool weather so that we can get to the "meat" harvest!

What kinda meat ya harvestin'?

I love fresh buffalo, beef, hog, and deer.

BuckeyeBukaroo · #45 09-13-2018, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Esaias

I see people buying groceries with their food stamp card. They buy more for a family of three or four than I do for a family of eight. They load up with 300 dollars of garbage processed poisoned junk food, they all weigh 100 pounds more than they should, and they load it into cars newer and nicer-looking than mine. They all carry gigantic "smart phones", wear name brand tennis shoes, and from what I've seen often have big screen TVs and home theater surround sound systems at home.

Just my observations over the years.

What a load of whopping generalities. There are thousands, if not millions, who do not behave like you have observed. It's your kind of generalizations that make getting help such a taboo for some who actually need it the most.