Comments on: Food Stamp Challenge

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:30:19 +0000

Actually, these are good ideas about nutrition education as well as common sense about how to make a limited amount of money go farther through proper planning and actually cooking instead of buying ‘prepared’ foods.

But the whole food stamp challenge is ridiculous on many fronts…no one lives on $21 per week – anyone getting that amount has to have other income to devote to food.

This national publicity stunt is all about generating enough ‘examples’ of people failing the challenge in order to justify more money in the program itself, with all these ’stories’ about people taking the challenge being used as part of the lobbying efforts.

Instead, take the BETTER Food Stamp Challege

By: Charity

Charity — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:47:36 +0000

Okay, let me fill in a few things here.

1. In my perfect world, people – not government – would provide the things that people need. I think all social services should be private.

2. This post is addressing this world – the not-so-perfect, on-the-verge-of-socialism world I live in.

3. If more money has to go into the food stamp program, I think it would be better spent on education.

By: Woodlot

Woodlot — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:38:12 +0000

But you don’t agree with the government taking care of all areas of education and yet you would like it to take care of this area? That seems kind of selective to me and a bit of a cop out to equate it with K-12 education. How about other ways of accomplishing the goal of teaching those on public assistance how to be better shoppers and prepare more nutritious foods? Church suppers promoting thrift and nutrition perhaps, or neighborhood gardening/food preservation clubs or well really anything but the government mandating a certain curriculum around food?

By: Charity

Charity — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:36:59 +0000

Unfortunately.

By: Charity

Charity — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:36:17 +0000

I don’t want the GOVERNMENT to do anything, but if I have a choice between dumping more money into benefits that people will never know how to use wisely, or dumping money into an educational program, yes, I do favor the education.

“Why is the government supposed to take care of us in this areas but not in other areas”

Last time I checked, which was yesterday, in fact, the government takes care of all areas of education.

By: Woodlot

Woodlot — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:37:14 +0000

Charity darling. I can not believe you would like the GOVERNMENT to teach mandatory classes on anything, even if as you suggest it would have to be completed before getting benefits. Why is the government supposed to take care of us in this areas but not in other areas. Look I agree with you that people make really poor choices in food and nutrition and in fact make poor choices whether they are poor and on assistance or wealthy. But really the GOVERNMENT. WTF as you say. Would they use the USDA food pyramid for class materials. Or would they quote Walter Willett?