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WillowTree

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1. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2016, 03:58 PM

Jan 2016

I fail to understand that anyone would be surprised by any of this. None of those items has any nutritional value.

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10 necessities you can't buy with food stamps. [View all] pnwmom Jan 2016 OP

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program WillowTree Jan 2016 #1

As if they are not needed? What a nasty country Stargazer99 Jan 2016 #3

They are readily available to the needy B2G Jan 2016 #5

Oh really. How many homeless people live within walking distance to a food bank? pnwmom Jan 2016 #15

How many food banks have you volunteered at? B2G Jan 2016 #18

Only the one in my city. And that isn't enough. n/t pnwmom Jan 2016 #20

Well I suggest you ask them how things work B2G Jan 2016 #22

They do in my city. There are certain hours when people can and do come in. pnwmom Jan 2016 #24

Most don't B2G Jan 2016 #28

"...readily available" is an overstatement. Gormy Cuss Jan 2016 #35

Change the N from nutrition to necessity The2ndWheel Jan 2016 #8

No one said that they're not needed. WillowTree Jan 2016 #10

"That they should be able to apply for." But often there are no benefits for people pnwmom Jan 2016 #16

Without toothpaste you eventually won't be getting much nutrition either. pnwmom Jan 2016 #4

Well said. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #2

I think people on food stamps should be allowed to buy anything in a grocery store Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #6

Not through SNAP but by other means. B2G Jan 2016 #7

Come on. You must realize that transportation is an issue for many homeless people. pnwmom Jan 2016 #14

Food banks do not distribute to individuals B2G Jan 2016 #17

Are you saying that none of this is a problem because agencies are so well funded pnwmom Jan 2016 #23

I am saying that just because they can't be purchased B2G Jan 2016 #26

And I'm saying that doesn't mean they're available to all the people who need them. pnwmom Jan 2016 #29

Well of course they aren't B2G Jan 2016 #32

I'd reduce my fallacious premise to merely two options too... LanternWaste Jan 2016 #25

Sounds like your typical millennial/current crop of college students Heeeeers Johnny Jan 2016 #9

How would they know how to sew if they didn't learn it in school and pnwmom Jan 2016 #12

Like a lot of things, by trial and error on your own. Heeeeers Johnny Jan 2016 #30

I own one. And I learned how to use it in school. nt pnwmom Jan 2016 #31

Correct me if I'm wrong. None of this would be under the scope of the Department of Agriculture. Glassunion Jan 2016 #11

So what? The point is to alert people to the necessities that homeless people pnwmom Jan 2016 #13

Understood. I did not say anything to the contrary. Glassunion Jan 2016 #33

Earth to pnwmom B2G Jan 2016 #19

Current poll results: 5 votes for "Fuck the Poor" and 3 votes for "Help the Poor" ieoeja Jan 2016 #21

Make it five for and five against LanternWaste Jan 2016 #27

There's a reason why you can't buy those things on SNAP. Xithras Jan 2016 #34

IMHO the author of the linked essay isn't advocating adding these to SNAP. Gormy Cuss Jan 2016 #36

So wrong. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #37

Interesting. Starting with Hurricane Andrew in 1992 question everything Jan 2016 #38

You were smart to realize that. pnwmom Jan 2016 #39