Strange that we dissect a single mother's grocery cart...

[applegrove]

— Sandieglo (@sandieglo.bsky.social) 2025-11-03T16:52:38.784Z

[Torchlight]

1. We do have a tendency to pretend the purchase of a candy bar is a travesty

while wholly ignoring Archer Daniels Midland (in the past ten years, fined nearly $52 million for over 85 violations of federal and state laws). I tend to think it's because we gave up on the War on Poverty and decided a War Against the Impoverished is much more palatable to the entitled and comfortable.

[PatSeg]

8. Well said

They have to blame someone, so go after those least able to fight back.

I remember being a dirt poor single mom and I tried to find some small treat that would give us something to look forward to. It wasn't extravagant or excessive, just a little perk so for a few moments we didn't feel quite so deprived. Meanwhile, the groceries from food stamps never lasted a whole month.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Jeff Bezos, heavily subsidized by the US taxpayer, spent $60 million on his recent wedding.

He has received about $12 billion in state and federal funds.

No one threatens the wrath of god on him for spending this amount of money on
a wedding.

But a single mom buys some chips and candy for the kids and all hell breaks loose.

[Hope22]

18. The golf outings this year alone.....

Don’t really hear about single fathers though.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Money is no object for Trump and his pals for luxury and stunts.

[PatSeg]

29. Somehow people like Bezos are entitled

They are part of an exclusive class; essentially they are America's aristocracy or royalty. Apparently such people are always with us and like monarchs of old, they suck all the life out of lesser human beings that they look down upon as mere peasants and slave labor.

They honestly believe they are superior beings.

[Irish_Dem]

32. Yes the ability to scam and hurt other humans gives them special status.

The world admires and worships such psychopaths.

[calimary]

2. Indeed.

[B.See]

3. Exactly. What they spend their money and OUR money on.

Like millions spent in Mexico running pro Trump ads, 300 million ballrooms, gold and marble plated shitteries, Gatsby balls, personal flights on the taxpayer's dime, and paid House Republicans sitting on their arses doing nothing unless they're allowed to screw the average American enough to their liking.

Food assistance, affordable healthcare, etc. Fk that. Let's add another layer of gold to the crown molding.

[HeartsCanHope]

25. Don't forget the gofing outings that have cost us 71 million so far in 2025!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/eye-watering-cost-of-trump-s-golfing-as-president-unwinds-after-putin-summit/ar-AA1KGN0e

[popsdenver]

31. The amount given as a quote

for the cost of a trip to Mar-a-Gago, is ludicrously low............

All things considered, I would guess it costs 10 Million per round trip.....

[Solly Mack]

4. So true

[Fil1957]

5. It's called misdirection...

[JMCKUSICK]

6. The judgement that we inflict on the poor is

Nothing short of repulsive.

[leftstreet]

7. DURec

[Grokenstein]

9. trumpniks think other people having food IS a crime.

Especially if those "other people" are, you know, THOSE people.

[Katcat]

10. Well

We know a lot of their money goes to buy politicians and SC UnJustices

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Totally Spot on!

[flashman13]

12. A few days ago I saw a MSM article discussing SNAP benefits while zeroing in on numerous shopping carts.

The carts certainly contained many items which I would call junk or severely over processed foods. There were also items that would clearly not be paid for by SNAP. While the reporter never said explicitly that these carts belonged to people purchasing food with their SNAP benefits, it clearly seemed to me that they were implying that this is how SNAP beneficiaries spend our tax money. I don't think it was just careless editing. I found the whole story to be reprehensible.

[Clouds Passing]

22. They don't want to know that these parents are working 3-4 jobs and the kids have to feed themselves.

[SARose]

13. I'm really tired of folks judging others

If these folks don’t want their kids eating hamburger helper, chips, soda, whatever - then don’t buy it.

Don’t you dare shame people about what’s in their grocery carts.

Our Christian food pantry is in desperate need of

Canned Fruit
Canned Soup
Cereal
Jelly
Meat Helpers
Pasta Meals
Peanut Butter
Spaghetti Sauce

So Mrs Church Lady put it in your pipe and smoke it.

There’s nothing wrong with these food items because they provide badly needed CALORIES to folks who don’t get enough to eat.

Poor people don’t eat keto or organic food.They eat whatever that $20.00 bill will buy this week to feed their families. I’ll tell ya lots of them are very creative and can stretch a dollar in amazing ways I never thought about.

So Mrs Church Lady watch some YouTube videos on extreme budget meals.

Or better yet

14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

16 Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

17 “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.

18 “Bring them here to me,” he said. 19 And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 21 The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Matthew 14:14-21

[Wednesdays]

24. And Jesus didn't ask questions of the people he gave the food to.

"Are you from around here?"
"No? Then let me see your papers."
"If I approve, then you may partake."

[ShazamIam]

14. The billionaires are and have been buying the government they want, just like FDR warned. nt

[Joinfortmill]

16. Ha! Good one!

[dawn5651]

17. there are some that see no problem with this. the attitude seems to be i am paying for that why are you getting it.

[SARose]

27. Pope Leo XIV

Love for the Lord, then, is one with love for the poor. The same Jesus who tells us, “The poor you will always have with you” (Mt 26:11), also promises the disciples: “I am with you always” (Mt 28:20). We likewise think of his saying: “Just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me” (Mt 25:40). This is not a matter of mere human kindness but a revelation: contact with those who are lowly and powerless is a fundamental way of encountering the Lord of history. In the poor, he continues to speak to us.

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But more importantly, at least to me, we live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The very idea that human beings go to bed hungry in this nation while other people attend a billionaire’s Great Gatsby ball on Halloween disgusts me.

I paid for my groceries today, too. I also donated food to my local food bank this week. I am eternally grateful to be able to do this because there was a time when my husband and I passed around 69 cents among four other friends to eat pinto beans for supper.

I understand what being hungry feels like. I understand what too much month and not enough pay check means. We were blessed to have kin who were generous with produce from their gardens.

Can we do any less for our suffering brothers and sisters?

[dawn5651]

36. i was behind a woman in tn who had food stamps or the childrens one..and the cashier was rude..went thru every thing

that woman had as if she was checking for what she could put aside.....here we don't see that because here if you are on what we call income assistance aka welfare there is no way of knowing because instead of stamps or whatever they were called you get money in to your bank account...that takes care of being embarassed at the check out.

[Warpy]

20. Around here, they seem to get a lot of flack for fruit flavored sugary soda

but the majority of kids here in NM start to get lactose intolerant around the age of 3. Whaddya gonna feed 'em, whiskey?

Other than stuff their kids can drink without being doubled over in pain, SNAP carts around here look really straightforward with cheap cuts of meat, mainly pork, beans, rice, and an assortment of things to go along with those. Fresh fruit and vegetables are mostly missing, too expensive because they're not subsidized at the farm level like meats and grains are. That makes them too expensive.

[paleotn]

21. It's like this. They'd rather people go hungry....

...just so somebody, somewhere, show how, some way, doesn't get something THEY don't think those people deserve. Honestly, I don't give a shit if a few people game the system as long as people don't go hungry or homeless. It's a matter of pragmatism coupled with morals. Repukes don't do either.

[madamesilverspurs]

23. Before SNAP's plastic card, food stamps were bits of paper.

They came in a booklet, making it clearly obvious that the purchaser was "on welfare", and some folks took that as an invitation to berate the user. I was one of those who relied on food stamps; on one memorable occasion the man in line behind me noticed that I'd purchased a small pizza and he took loud exception to how I was squandering HIS money. I didn't bother responding, having learned it would do no good. Not that it matters, the pizza was a small thank you to the neighbor who routinely helped with small chores; his stamps usually ran out after a couple of weeks.

I still rely on SNAP, it doesn't last very long; and I've had my groceries delivered since covid, so I don't get glowered at by other shoppers. That said, I have zero tolerance for anyone who loudly opines about how the poor are making the rich miserable. Feisty old ladies have a lifetime of words and nothing to lose by glaring at idiots.


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[BurnDoubt]

26. Years ago, in California, during Republican Legislative control, users of the WIC Program...

(Women and Infant Children) were issued coupons for the nutritional needs of Mothers and Infant Children. The paperwork process at the cashier was so onerous and time-consuming that customers were forced to wait as each item was accounted-for on the forms while customers in line behind were forced to wait or find another cashier line. This was implemented to bring derision upon the users of the program. It doesn't cost anything to be mean. I'm pretty sure Jesus wept.

[Aussie105]

28. Unfortunately . . .

we are all prone to the 'entitlement' syndrome.

Bezos is entitled, so no criticism.
Mom shopping on a limited budget - not entitled, so open to criticism.

Clear case here in Australia years ago:
Aboriginal recipients of government support. Like a SNAP system, but the furore was about them possibly buying alcohol with that!
'Loophole' was closed down quickly.

Hard life if society deems you as not being entitled, party on for those who are in the elite entitled class.

[timms139]

30. Trump should be searched everytime he leaves the whithe house NT

[BlueWavePsych]

33. K&R

[Farmer-Rick]

34. MAPA that's what pedo Trump

Is trying to do......along with making as many Americans as possible suffer. Afterall, he is a relentless psychopath despite the fact that he's lost in the windmills of his mind.

[dlk]

35. Bullies usually select easy targets

Going after billionaires isn’t as easy.

[jfz9580m]

37. I was reading this earlier today

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/trump-shutdown-snap-medicaid-benefits-jd-vance-pro-natalist/

I am certainly not antinatalist, but I am opposed to pronatalism whether it’s in the Global North or the South. I think we should take care of all the people from the elderly/disabled to babies and children already on earth over Cornucopian callousness that treats people as disposable. Most pronatalism is not sourced to any concern for women’s rights or liking of kids. It’s about accelerating chaos and borrowing the reproductive strategies you see in the wild which are not a good fit obviously for humans.

It strikes me that these guys think exactly opposite to that. More babies yes..how they are taken care of..fuck that. They seem to be going for the animal model of survival. That’s completely uncivilized.

The fallacy Cato etc have cunningly created in the public mind is coupling acknowledgment of the limits to the growth with these cruel and fascistic policies against the poor.