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| Topic | Trump administration wants to dictate what kind of food poor people eat |
| lightwarrior78 02/13/18 2:05:45 PM #287: | As the old saying goes: beggars can't be choosers. I've thought such a program would be a good idea, not just to limit abuse, but to encourage nutrition in a world where the cheapest meals in the store as mini TV dinners and ramen loaded with salt and preservatives without a vegetable in sight. Unless he gets really good deals at the wholesale level it probably won't be a cash savings, but I can see the push to combat what he sees as a culture too accustomed to the system to seek [better] employment. And the fact Trump causes knee jerk reactions aside, one thing the left hates is when someone wants to stop just handing money to the poor hoping they'll get their lives together eventually, but rather takes a firm hand to correct the mistakes and behaviors that led to needing assistance in the first place. So naturally they fight this because while it's rooted in good budgetary ideas (less junk food, generic brands), how dare someone control them. The government's job is to cover for all our mistakes until everything starts going good for us after all with no cost to us that need it. And then they wonder why those working jobs see them as leeches. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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