The Real Impact of Food Stamp Cuts

[debk]

We don't have a tax on food here.  Except for prepared food.  I can get store brand bread at Krogers for about a buck.  I know their hot dog and hamburger buns are almost always 88 cents. 

Lots of places don't have tax on food. TN has talked about it before, but that's all it is ...talk.

We don't have a lot of grocery store competition here. I know when we would go to Key West, food was cheaper at Publix there than at the Kroger here. 

[BannedFromDU]

Food stamps are not intended to provide one with every morsel of food they eat. It is meant to be a supplement, a helping hand. Not a completely free ride.

     I thought these assturds were all about growing their own food, baking their own bread, and so forth. In any case, I don't believe many of those heifers actually eat produce to begin with, purely out of choice. Whenever they post pictures, they look like whales, and whenever they post pics of a get together, the tables are filled with junk food.

     If you have time to suck on the gubmint teat, you have time to bake your own bread, soak your own beans, make your own soup, mash your own potatoes, and all the way down the line. But they don't want that - they want junk food, and plenty of it, and for FREE.

     I hate liberals, but I REALLY hate unemployed liberals.

[AllosaursRus]

Hmm ok if you get 8 dollars a day multiply that by 30 which gives you $240.
If I have $240 to spend on groceries I could buy plenty of stuff and last longer than a month. Granted I wont be able to buy a lot of meat and stuff however, if I was in that situation I could survive well on 8 dollars a day.
Currently we spend a bit over $300 a month and that includes Dog food, Cat food, and kitty litter.

Hell, is that in cash? Hehehehe! I could eat pretty damn good on $8/day from Taco Belch!!!

Maybe we need a Bill to okay the use of Food Stamps use at Taco Belch!

[diesel driver]

How come you guys get a tax break on food? We don't. It's the full 9.whatever% It's almost 10% here.

VA's food tax is half of the sales tax (2.5% vs. 5%).

[diesel driver]

Hell, is that in cash? Hehehehe! I could eat pretty damn good on $8/day from Taco Belch!!!

Maybe we need a Bill to okay the use of Food Stamps use at Taco Belch!

Hells Bells, AR!

Don't give these DUmbasses any more ideas!   

[Karin]

I don't think there should be tax on food.  New York, what a shocker, does not tax food.  But we have 7.75% on everything else, which is a bitch.  Big ticket items, are all of a sudden huge ticket items. 

Here's an obscure little NY (or local) law.  I was standing in line at the DMV, and this loser father & son combo were ahead of me at the counter, pitching a fit.  Turns out that if you've been on welfare in some such time period, your dependents have to pay a little surcharge for their first license test.  I don't know as that makes much sense, or who came up with it, but they sure nickel and dime you here.  Even the poor people. 

[Freeper]

Personal hygiene supplies, house cleaning supplies, AND food items on $60 a week might be a push, but definitely doable.  I mean, I manage to feed myself AND a 75-lb dog and two cats on that, and eat pretty damned well, I might add.

As for personal hygiene stuff the dollar store works just fine. Not to mention a lot of times that stuff will be on sale dirt cheap at Publix too.

[chitownchica]

Dried beans are super cheap. If you want to season it with pork, you can do that cheaply too.  Overall, grocery prices in Chicago are expensive, so I watch sales and stock up. The cheapest bread I've found is a brand at Dominicks (Safeway) called Nancy Martin. It's 85 cents or so.  Hamburger and hotdog buns are always on sale.  Eggs are usually on sale, too, and can provide protein.  Tortillas - I love corn tortillas and my favorite brand is 33 cents/pkg everywhere.

I've recently learned to make Pakistani food from a friend. He makes a dish that is typically for breakfast, but it is something I make at night. Simmer a can of chickpeas (rinse/drain), some potatoes, peppers (we use serrano), chili powder, tumeric, and water. Top with cilantro if you want. Make paratha dough with flour, water, and some salt. Knead the dough, and then break off pieces, roll them out with a little flour. Fry the dough in a pan with some oil until you have something resembling a flour tortilla.  Filling, cheap, and delicious.

The world's smartest people over at the DUmp can't figure out to live on a budget.  Shocking...

[Ree]

 AND food items on $60 a week might be a push, but definitely doable.  I mean, I manage to feed myself AND a 75-lb dog and two cats on that, and eat pretty damned well, I might add.

Food stamps aren't for personal hygiene and house cleaning supplies.
When I was in college I was on food stamps $128 a month...I ate OK, it was alot of 88 cent Banquet TV dinners(I never learned to cook for 1 less waste with TV dinner)