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Offline PG

Trump wants to replace food stamp system
« on: February 14, 2018, 11:56:04 PM »
I think it sounds great.  The young turks are a bunch of liberal trump haters, so they bag on this idea.  But, I think this is a fantastic idea.  I think a lot of money will be saved if they do this.  Food stamps are taken advantage of big time.  No more luxury food for the food stamp crowd.  If you want to play the needy card, you are going to learn what that means.  Beggars cannot be choosers.  I think the health of the country will improve with this as well.  This could be the best thing trump can do.  And, I hear mick mulvaney is a catholic, and that he perhaps has been developing this.  


Re: Trump wants to replace food stamp system
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2018, 03:38:35 AM »
I support this because I agree, people are abusing SNAP and food stamps. If this is successful, then SNAP could be gutted completely.


Offline PG

Re: Trump wants to replace food stamp system
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2018, 11:00:12 AM »
TYT arguments against are not realistic.  The food will definitely be more nutritious than what most people eat.  That is guaranteed.  And, the government is definitely not going to drive this food and deliver to peoples door, which would offset the savings gained made by wholesale purchasing.  So, we can forget about that.  It will probably just been a foodbank type of thing.  Where the food must be picked up by the recipients at the gov charity warehouse.  And, lastly, poor people do not need special food because of their infirmities or impediments like diabetes.  No more expensive fake food for people advertised as medicine.  People can start eating simple common food.  If not, they can just go ahead and die.  People have been abusing food stamps for far too long.  This could be a huge improvement in our country and economy.  Godspeed to president Trump on this.  

The key that will make this successful is the limiting of what the people can get with the food services.  The gov should limit the food to healthy simple food.  No more unhealthy lucky charm or coco puff cerial for kids.  Kids will start eating wheaties like adults.  Maybe I am ignorant, but I think food stamps can purchase any type of food.  I recall seeing a video where abusers were using it to buy expensive sushi, and it was on a national tv docuмentary advertising stamps used as such.

Offline Meg

Re: Trump wants to replace food stamp system
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2018, 11:02:07 AM »
I think it's a good idea to change the system. Though I think that most food stamp recipients actually use an EBT card now, rather than actual stamps. I think that if those who are taking advantage of the system had to deal with food being delivered, they might think twice about signing up for it. 

There are people who actually need the food, and then there are those who abuse the system. I recall several cashiers at the grocery store where I work saying in the break room once that a lot of EBT card users whom they ring up orders for obviously aren't poor. They have really nice expensive clothes and manicures. They said it makes them mad that those people are taking advantage of the system.

And yet when my brother was very poor and struggling a few years ago, he still had too high an income for an EBT in Arkansas. He would have been fine with this new proposal, where food is delivered. He went to food banks mostly.

Also, many immigrants are given EBT cards. If immigration is limited, it might also help with the costs.

Also, that video is against the idea of food being delivered. They use the same old tired liberal arguments.

Offline Meg

Re: Trump wants to replace food stamp system
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2018, 11:18:15 AM »
 People can start eating simple common food.  If not, they can just go ahead and die.  


The above statement is probably not a Catholic way to view the problem.