Wisconsin GOP votes to starve their poor citizens

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15. Geeze... if you're poor and disabled with any sort of illness

that affects your digestive system, you're pretty much doomed.

Isn't Wisconsin a leading producer of cranberries? So why would they ban the can but not fresh; who is going to afford the added time and cost of cooking your own sauce? Wisconsin is a big cheese producer, so where's to logic in reducing sales of cheese products, and excellent source of nutrition.

Why cut off cheap staples like rice, potatoes, spaghetti sauce, soups, beans and veggies? And bulk purchases save time and money, so what's bad about that? No salsa or taco shells... if that's a slap to Latinos, they forgot about everyone else who likes Mexican foods. Why ban ketchup; don't they know this is a common recipe ingredient for lots of inexpensive meals?

It's like they expect people to cook everything from scratch, but they didn't factor it what that involves. Who can afford to run the stove for several hours to cook dried beans if they can't even buy enough food? Impoverished communities are often food deserts where fresh ingredients are scarce and overpriced.

Most people don't have the necessary cooking skills, the needed kitchen equipment, the time, and maybe not even a working stove or fridge. What the point of try to cook from scratch when you can't use any herbs and seasonings. Then where do they store all this homemade food without canning equipment or containers and the freezer space to store it all?

If these shortsighted bullies are to spend a month living under those restrictions, they might not be so interested in punishing people for the crime of being poor.