These idiots are at it again with their simpleton logic. Food insecurity is a real issue and a lot of the republican policies do nothing to address it. The WSJ should be sued for libel!
This whole line of thinking begins with demonizing an actual disease: obesity and its other well-known companion, diabetes. The idea that body weight is somehow evidence of purity or right-thinking or controllable with 'enough focus' has been long with us -- despite being disproven time and again by the medical and scientific communities.
I recall noting that one of my employees was eating a lot of tuna salad with macaroni, and many foods with rice. Once when we were talking about food, I asked her about her preferences. She explained these were not her preferences, but “poor people food. You got a family to feed, this fills bellies.” Never forgot that.
Contrary to Republican assumptions, many people with food insecurity live in a food desert. A place with NO FRESH FOOD OPTIONS. Just the awful premade ultra-processed, carbohydrate-laden foods that the US food industry supplies. And it isn’t just poor people who don’t eat well, and are overweight. Many Americans eat like crap. But it takes money and information to eat well. When people are hungry and don’t have enough money to purchase fresh and healthy food, they end up buying the cheapest alternatives. And those are not healthy foods. Perhaps we need to INCREASE food stamps to allow people to eat healthily. Not reduce them. Or lower ourselves to policing what they are purchasing. Perhaps we could work a deal where Food Stamps pay for the wholesale cost of foods, and the stores get a tax deduction for contributing their profit/operating costs?
Your analysis of this is one of the best I have seen. It is clear thinking and showing that we all need to do our research when reading the results of any study. You are opening up the possibility of not blaming the victims of society's injustices. It is clear reporting like this that may actually get people to think!
This article is absolutely correct. The maximum snap is $9.70 per day so that’s 9 dollars a day in purchases. I gained 25 pounds on Calfresh, the snap equivalent in California- why? Because I could only afford to eat potatoes and very rarely got to eat meat and vegetables- that’s why when you’re hungry you’re just hungry.
The American taxpayer pays for health insurance for members of Congress and their staff.
So if we want to reduce health insurance costs, let's start there.
1. No travel reimbursements for fast food, junk food or alcohol for senators, congressmen or their staff.
2. Any congressman/senator/staff with a history of high blood pressure or heart issues, will no longer be reimbursed for steak dinners. (No more congressional barbeques either.)
Let's test their food restrictions on them before we go after poor people.
Ultra processed foods are cheap and addictive. People on a limited budget have been seduced for decades into thinking they are somehow healthy. Consequently the corporations that market these chemical laden foods are the real culprit of the obesity epidemic in this country.
These idiots are at it again with their simpleton logic. Food insecurity is a real issue and a lot of the republican policies do nothing to address it. The WSJ should be sued for libel!
This whole line of thinking begins with demonizing an actual disease: obesity and its other well-known companion, diabetes. The idea that body weight is somehow evidence of purity or right-thinking or controllable with 'enough focus' has been long with us -- despite being disproven time and again by the medical and scientific communities.
I recall noting that one of my employees was eating a lot of tuna salad with macaroni, and many foods with rice. Once when we were talking about food, I asked her about her preferences. She explained these were not her preferences, but “poor people food. You got a family to feed, this fills bellies.” Never forgot that.
Is anyone the least bit surprised that a Murdoch owned outlet like the WSJ can’t be trusted with the truth?
Contrary to Republican assumptions, many people with food insecurity live in a food desert. A place with NO FRESH FOOD OPTIONS. Just the awful premade ultra-processed, carbohydrate-laden foods that the US food industry supplies. And it isn’t just poor people who don’t eat well, and are overweight. Many Americans eat like crap. But it takes money and information to eat well. When people are hungry and don’t have enough money to purchase fresh and healthy food, they end up buying the cheapest alternatives. And those are not healthy foods. Perhaps we need to INCREASE food stamps to allow people to eat healthily. Not reduce them. Or lower ourselves to policing what they are purchasing. Perhaps we could work a deal where Food Stamps pay for the wholesale cost of foods, and the stores get a tax deduction for contributing their profit/operating costs?
I believe grocery chains and Walmart lobbied hard for food stamps instead of recipients getting food directly from the government.
Because they profit from people shopping there.
Your analysis of this is one of the best I have seen. It is clear thinking and showing that we all need to do our research when reading the results of any study. You are opening up the possibility of not blaming the victims of society's injustices. It is clear reporting like this that may actually get people to think!
This article is absolutely correct. The maximum snap is $9.70 per day so that’s 9 dollars a day in purchases. I gained 25 pounds on Calfresh, the snap equivalent in California- why? Because I could only afford to eat potatoes and very rarely got to eat meat and vegetables- that’s why when you’re hungry you’re just hungry.
The American taxpayer pays for health insurance for members of Congress and their staff.
So if we want to reduce health insurance costs, let's start there.
1. No travel reimbursements for fast food, junk food or alcohol for senators, congressmen or their staff.
2. Any congressman/senator/staff with a history of high blood pressure or heart issues, will no longer be reimbursed for steak dinners. (No more congressional barbeques either.)
Let's test their food restrictions on them before we go after poor people.
Ultra processed foods are cheap and addictive. People on a limited budget have been seduced for decades into thinking they are somehow healthy. Consequently the corporations that market these chemical laden foods are the real culprit of the obesity epidemic in this country.