HUH?
And here for the last few days I've been thinking that vesta's writing has gotten much more intelligible, I can actually understand what she's talking about, AND it has something to do with the topic at hand. And then, this gem of wisdom flows across my vision, and I have to retract everything I would have said before I say it.
Are you saying that people have a right to demand that WE, through the government, support their dietary needs? And have you ever seen the foods that someone is required (yes, required) to purchase on WIC? Anyone who has ever shopped for groceries knows that when you buy 26 oz of cereal, 2 cans of juicy juice, cheese and evaporated milk, you have a WIC check. OTOH, you can buy anything cold/unprepared on food stamps. I've seen people buy live lobsters, others buying a can of soda and lemon extract to mix in with it and get drunk, still others walk into a store with 5 kids, hand each a $1 stamp and tell them to go buy a snack. They collect the change and buy cigarettes.
Food stamps are not a bad thing, but too many people have the notion that "the world owes them a living".
Wrong generation Doc, there was no such thing as WIC when my tribe were coming up.
I do remember a neighbor years ago selling me 2 gallons of milk she had from WIC in order to buy toilet paper.
I do not think food stamps are the taire out kind anymore, I believe people get a card like a credit card.
One can not blame the people receiving the stamps for making bad choices on how to spend the food money----Just how well does the government spend its money ???
Food Stamps should be for food, not candy, soda, or cookies. Limits should be for meat, vegetables, dairy products, bread, prepared meals and pasta products.
Sad to watch the elderly buying Oolders of Noodles and 12 packs of Ramen, boxes of Mac & cheese, just add water and oil. Eggs, 2 or 3 dozen of them a week, cheapest protein they can find and canned beans,.
It is difficult to change a life long diet, Asians become ill if they don't have their rice and Yankees eat potatoes 3 times a day--Take dairy products completely out of the American diet and add it to the diet of a those from South East Asia and the Asians will become ill lactose intollerent----There children can adjust to milk products if given at birth----or so they tell me.
Ever wonder Doc why when you travel abroad and fall ill say a gall bladder attack, in some country's the doctors have never seen that ailment because of diet of the people.
Now about that soda and Lemon extract making one get a buzz on, this is really weird. I know street people use to drink Sterno and some idiots of my generation smoked banana peels but never have I heard of that concoction.
