I wonder if it would not improve our government if more of those in charge knew what

[Atticus]

"government cheese" tasted like.

[LakeArenal]

1. I often wonder what it would be if legislators were required to memorize the Constitution.

Our living six months on $15 an hour.

Or stood in the unemployment line waiting for your number to come up.

Or were required to stand in line seven hours to vote and no water.

I have to say WI has had cheese give aways and it is damn good cheese. I just always wondered what a family is supposed to do with a ten pound block of cheese.

[forgotmylogin]

2. My dad swears it was actually great...

I don't know if this is misremembered nostalgia or lack of product comparison, but he grew up poor and says it was his favorite kind of cheese.

And apparently it was not processed American-style food-product, but actual cheese.

[Atticus]

4. I ate it regularly at my grandparents house and, yes, it was good. But, there was a stigma

attached to letting others know your family received it.

[markie]

3. hasn't helped boebert

"I made it by getting Government help, but now I don't want anyone else to get help" says she

[Hekate]

5. You have your choice of a fine blue veined Stilton or a sharp crumbly Cheddar

[Hekate]

6. Just finished reading Tammy Duckworth's autobiography, & she remembers Hawaii's 25c school lunches

… exactly as I do: nutritious and extremely welcome to a poor family.

[Atticus]

7. Ours were 25 cents for a daily lunch ticket or $1.00 for a 5 day weekly ticket. An extra 1/3 pint

carton of milk cost a penny (2 cents for an extra chocolate milk, available only on Fridays).

[KentuckyWoman]

8. Oh that was the best cheese.

My husband went over and fixed their tractor and she sent him home with a big hunk of that cheese and a loaf of sourdough straight from the oven as "payment". He took it out of respect for their dignity. But OMG that cheese was good.

[Grasswire2]

9. I was reading about it.

I wonder when she "stood in line" to get cheese and bread. She would have been a child during the Reagan and HW Bush years.

Here's the skinny!

[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese|

[Iggo]

10. Hate to say it, but I thought the gov't cheese was awesome!

My cousins and I hit that trailer as many times as we could…lol.

Was sad to see it go.