Trump pitches plan to replace food stamps with food boxes

[turbinetree]

By HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH 02/12/2018 09:32 PM EST


The Trump administration is proposing to save billions in the coming years by giving low-income families a box of government-picked, nonperishable foods every month instead of food stamps.

White House OMB Director Mick Mulvaney on Monday hailed the idea as one that kept up with the modern era, calling it a "Blue Apron-type program" — a nod to the high-end meal kit delivery company that had one of the worst stock debuts in 2017 and has struggled to hold onto customers. Mulvaney said the administration’s plan would not only save the government money, but also provide people with more nutritious food than they have now.

The proposal, buried in the White House’s fiscal 2019 budget, would replace about half of the money most families receive via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, with what the Department of Agriculture is calling “America’s Harvest Box.” That package would be made up of "100 percent U.S. grown and produced food" and would include items like shelf-stable milk, peanut butter, canned fruits and meats, and cereal.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/12/food-stamps-trump-administration-343245?lo=ap_a1





Now this sexual predator and his fucking budget director, think people all across the land should have a new version of MRE's
FUCK YOU,....................while you eat fucking chocolate cake at your fucked up resort-----------


November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

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1. peanut butter. good idea, kill a few of them poor kids with allergies while you're at it.

[TreasonousBastard]

7. That was my first thought...

there are medical and religious dietary restrictions that they will have to keep straight-- and we know they won't.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Well, at one time, when the government had a surplus of cheese, etc.,

they distributed the cheese out to participants in some kind of similar programs (I am not sure what they were called then, it's been some time ago). Government at that time brought up surplus bulk foods to support farmers etc.

I'm not sure how these plans worked back then, but it sounds like a nightmare to coordinate shipping of all of these bulk foods into the places needed, etc. (you need a whole infrastructure to handle), so who is going to pay for the handling of these boxes of food and get them to the places needed?

Just think of the costs involved.

I think people who are relying on these food stamps know way better on how to spend this money, than these idiots in congress or the executive branches of government (as we are continuously discovering on a daily basis). Idiots.

[trotsky]

5. "Just think of the costs involved."

I would say that's exactly what they are thinking of. Because those costs will be paid directly to their fatcat buddies who put these things together. This is a handout to big business.

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9. yup, blue apron, which is teetering in the marketplace, will get rich off government contracts,

and feed rotten fruit and stale bread to the poor people who will then not really have much choice or say in the matter.

and blue apron will pocket the guaranteed profits and laugh all the way to the bank.


see, *that* is how you do welfare, republican style.

welfare -- it's not for hard-working poor people, it's for lazy rich business people who can't make their business work without being propped up by the government.

[MichMary]

10. "Commodities" n/t

[pangaia]

15. "..people who are relying on these food stamps know way better on how to spend this money.."

This is usually true,.

But, I am thinking...

this argument could be used against many "librul" ideas.. that being, "WE KNOW BETTER how to spend out money rather than pay taxes to the gubmint." Like for roads, health care, education, SCIENCE... etc etc...

etc etc

So I think we need to have a better argument against it..

[turnitup]

16. when they privatize

all prisons the prisoners will do it

[Zoonart]

3. So now the Party Of Small Government...

will decide and dictate what poor folks will eat...or not?
Why don't they just cut right to the chase and "Let them eat cake".
Citizens, what are we waiting for?... seriously.

[pangaia]

19. "eat cake?"

You mean eat, Spam, canned tuna, Sugar laden canned peaches,

[Shrike47]

4. Canned meats? Is that Spam? Lets raise healthy children, right?

[chuckstevens]

6. Are there no workhouse?

Keep it up and it's going to be French Revolution time around here. What evil bastards!

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Woo-hoo! I remember C-rations. We loved 'em (except the ham and lima beans)...

Now they have MRE's at 15-20 bucks a pop.

YUMMY!

[spanone]

11. complete bullshit....will never get off the ground.

[pangaia]

12. They are really, "fuck you boxes."

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. Can't he just throw coins from the window of his limousine?

Then he and his courtiers can get great amusement watching the rabble scrabble for them. What fun!

[rsdsharp]

14. If he did

he sure as hell wouldn't use his own coins.

[sunonmars]

17. ridiculous, those families know how to take little money and make it stretch

How would these agencies have a clue what a family needs to buy, one box does not fit all.

[LanternWaste]

18. This administration couldn't get boxed food delivered to Puerto Rico.

This administration couldn't get boxed food delivered to Puerto Rico. I don't any reason to think this idea any more successful than their last screw-up.

[Angry Dragon]

20. On the surface does not seem so bad

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

21. I propose replacing Mar-A-Lago with a Motel 6

That would be more suitable to the status of the current WH resident. (Apologies to Motel 6.)

[NCTraveler]

22. Hey asshole. Go to the WV mountains and throw some paper towels at your base.

See how they respond you piece of shit. Then head to Altgeld Gardens in Chicago and to the same. Tell them you are the greatest thing ever and randomly throw paper towels around. You won't make it out.

I hate hating.