Thread on Food Stamps Now Most Popular
With the flood of back-and-forth between the two of us and Dean Calbreath, another journalist that doesn't like John Dougall, the debate about the Week on Food Stamps Challenge has reached 18 comments and climbing. He's asserting that it's near impossible to live on food stamps while Shauna and I not-so-gently correct him. I'd invite you all to go chime in and add more of your own thoughts.
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Posted by Jesse | Filed under: Website on June 19th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
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I'm sure that if I were forced to eat any one food (except maybe pizza) without any variety for even an entire week, I'd get sick of it. But is it better than starving? Absolutely. Dean's talking about eating PB&J sandwiches for a year or even two. Are we using the food stamp system as a tool to keep families fed when they have no other options? It is a safety net for people who find themselves down on their luck? Or do we plan to subsidize their food costs for years on end?
I just think it's a shame you can no longer buy liquor and smokes with food stamps. Really, it just completes the picture, doesn't it?
I think what amuses me most about this is that a professional journalist is spending an inordinate amount of time trying to prove me wrong. (He's been posting comments for over a week now.) In the process, I'm shooting down his arguments one by one and he can't seem to recover or rebut what I've said.
I'm going to preemptively declare myself the winner.
Due to recent medical issues, my husband and I both found ourselves off work for an extended period. Since a doctor messed up paperwork we found ourselves without income for 2 months. No income, 3 children to feed, whatever will we do? I applied for and received food stamps for these months. I was AMAZED at almost $700 a month. I NEVER spend that much on groceries and have been able to stock my cabinets and my freezer that will hold my family and I for a couple more months until my husband can return to work after his surgery. I don’t understand what the problem is with living on food stamps. IF you buy real food and not too much processed crap. Fruit roll ups ARE more expensive than the fresh or frozen fruit that is on sale