Should the govt give rations instead of EBT?

maysay1 wrote: Our government is way too deep in the pockets of corn growers and food corporations like monsanto, nestle, coca-cola, and everyone else to get anywhere near having a food assistance program that actually makes sense. That's why WIC is so much smaller than SNAP and always will be.

Yup

Organic wrote: I think accessibility (cost of healthier foods) and education should be promoted more heavily as opposed to putting restrictions on the types of food available for purchase. At the non-profit where I volunteer, most of the clients receive food stamps and many have young children as well. We teach healthy eating classes on what healthy foods go a long way, how to prepare food to last longer (stewing down the meat and preparing leftovers to stretch) and how to stretch their funds (surely, a $2 gallon of Hawaiian Punch goes further than $3.98 quart of organic cranberry juice- why wouldn't someone strapped for cash select the most for the least?).  It is a lifestyle change that has to be broken out of, especially those who are in the cycle of generational poverty (those who grew up on food stamps and have only known how to purchase food on a limited budget), as opposed to those who are in a more 'situational poverty' situation (someone laid off a higher paying job now using food stamps). The most common reaction we get is the lack of available and affordable healthier foods. Publix is much more expensive than WalMart. ...I paid $7 for a bag of grapes this week. 7 friggin dollars. I totally understand why those on restricted incomes shop in the ways that they do, and I also understand why I see buggies full of cereal and capri suns on the 1st of the month. ...but who really wants to take a hardcore national approach aimed at healthier eating and overhaul the SNAP program? Who really wants to see diabetes and obesity and tooth decay and high blood pressure reduced?

*waves to op?*

the billions we spend on "defense" aka neo-colonialism and fear mongering...
but nah lets focus on people feeding themselves.

everyone was consigning that one thread on how being poor directly affected the types of food you ate... but those factors don't matter when you're on gov assistance huh?

Everyone should get food stamps.