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lumberjack_jeff

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33. Food assistance is tailored to economic logic, not nutritional.

Thu Aug 7, 2014, 03:36 PM

Aug 2014

It's not surprising, because that's the way we americans roll.

If the point of food assistance is nutrition, then perhaps we should do it differently; something analogous to MRE's tailored for the nutritional needs of the recipients.

"You can either choose $300 in food assistance with which you can do whatever you want, or $100 cash plus 60 MRE's per family member."

Or we can fight malnutrition with more money. Perhaps doubling the amount of top ramen and kraft dinners will cure it.

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What I Learned After Taking a Homeless Mother Grocery Shopping [View all] one_voice Aug 2014 OP

I agree. UncleYoder Aug 2014 #1

Tax the rich. Feed the poor. Iggo Aug 2014 #7

I'd love to change the world seveneyes Aug 2014 #17

GREAT song! calimary Aug 2014 #59

Amen.... daleanime Aug 2014 #27

Yep. Yesterday. hifiguy Aug 2014 #30

Sad and Sickening 4Q2u2 Aug 2014 #2

+1 million Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #38

This makes me very sad. stevenleser Aug 2014 #3

+1. America shouldn't be that kind of place, and doesn't have to be. closeupready Aug 2014 #29

Someone started a KickStarter campaign to create a cook book KurtNYC Aug 2014 #4

Wow! That is a day brightener hifiguy Aug 2014 #31

wonderful idea questionseverything Aug 2014 #44

This might be helpful: factsarenotfair Aug 2014 #5

note the two most expensive items eShirl Aug 2014 #6

Yes - JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #9

EXACTLY laundry_queen Aug 2014 #11

"I'm tired of crappy, shitty cheap food being subsidized." CrispyQ Aug 2014 #76

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #14

What do you do with the melon after day one? Where do you keep it? arcane1 Aug 2014 #18

Not everyone has an Aldi's in their town BuelahWitch Aug 2014 #21

There is an Aldi's not far from me... one_voice Aug 2014 #37

It's pretty good, better than some of the larger stores in fact BuelahWitch Aug 2014 #46

Speaking only for my area (southeast Twin Cities, MN) SomeGuyInEagan Aug 2014 #58

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #78

It seems to me the biggest problem is frazzled Aug 2014 #8

You know this is a really good idea JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #10

Lots of people get rid of stoves and fridges frazzled Aug 2014 #13

I think of the dorm fridges that get discarded every year Phentex Aug 2014 #15

The one in our kitchen JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #19

I was watching one of the hgtv shows last night--cousins something or other. they were redoing niyad Aug 2014 #66

Figure out who is responsible for cleaning and getting rid of spoiled items, and perhaps. n/t lumberjack_jeff Aug 2014 #26

We see the disconnect in this thread RobertEarl Aug 2014 #12

No, she specifically said there was no stove or fridge at the shelter frazzled Aug 2014 #16

How do they feed the residents? RobertEarl Aug 2014 #22

I don't have anything figured out: this is simply what I read in the article frazzled Aug 2014 #43

That's what I thought RobertEarl Aug 2014 #45

Go back to your steak. frazzled Aug 2014 #47

No one said that laundry_queen Aug 2014 #49

My solution? RobertEarl Aug 2014 #50

I don't remember asking you for your solution. laundry_queen Aug 2014 #53

Well, excuse me!! RobertEarl Aug 2014 #55

Who knew laundry_queen Aug 2014 #62

Wow! chervilant Aug 2014 #65

I made this account to say something you can't as it would cost you a hide. Regrell Aug 2014 #71

I bristle with anger whenever anyone implies that poor people shouldn't have an occasional treat. Aristus Aug 2014 #20

Me too BuelahWitch Aug 2014 #23

I agree 100%. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #42

+1 Scuba Aug 2014 #40

I've started calling it "Conditional Compassion" kentauros Aug 2014 #64

So true caraher Aug 2014 #77

I can buy a huge amount of groceries with just $70 a week. Rex Aug 2014 #24

I cannot even imagine 70? AuntPatsy Aug 2014 #32

It was twice that until I learned to budget my grocery money. Rex Aug 2014 #35

Do you keep it in a canvas cart? Phentex Aug 2014 #36

No I am lucky enough to have a fridge. Rex Aug 2014 #39

It's very wrong. I'm in GA... Phentex Aug 2014 #54

There used to be d_r Aug 2014 #60

Orange juice from Florida oranges is $4 for 59 ounces - more expensive than milk. kcass1954 Aug 2014 #63

What? No champagne and truffles? Did her chauffeur have the day off? Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2014 #25

I took someone shopping and the first thing they did was fill a cart with bottled water. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #28

Whatever happened to the Safe Drinking Water Act? Maedhros Aug 2014 #41

Some people have ZERO sales resistance. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #48

Well, considering West Virginia, the Great Lakes... KitSileya Aug 2014 #70

This was in California before the drought. The cart must have weighed 100 pounds.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #72

Food assistance is tailored to economic logic, not nutritional. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2014 #33

I was watching the chew on ABC littlewolf Aug 2014 #34

She was doing what I do. I buy for my great grandchildren. jwirr Aug 2014 #51

What's funny (not funny) is that most of the time we mention these things, people tell us how... Shandris Aug 2014 #52

I once saw a talk by a nutrition professor d_r Aug 2014 #61

Looks about right to me Warpy Aug 2014 #56

The Super Wealthy Are The Leeches On Our Economy colsohlibgal Aug 2014 #57

B-b-but tax cuts stimulate the economy!!! YoungDemCA Aug 2014 #75

kick Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #67

But the TV told me that poor people buy lobster with food stamps. progressoid Aug 2014 #68

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #69

K&R! DeSwiss Aug 2014 #73

Produce, the healthiest department in the grocery store, is the most expensive! CrispyQ Aug 2014 #74