yup, part of the problem with the poor is the viscous cycle, if you do not have cooking utensils/kitchen/fridge then you're stuck with eating fast food.
True its better/cheaper to buy flour but how are you going to bake bread without a pan/oven?
Sure, an overhaul is needed and there is to much fraud/abuse but we are subsidizing lots worse by giving other countries tons of our tax dollars.
afaik we are building Mosques in Saudi Arabia, we pay for Europe's defense and welfare over there makes our fraud look like we are cheapskates.
Dole folks over there put their money in credit unions, work off the books & buy houses and cars. We are paying for them to tell us how violent we are and how much better they are & BTW Obama rules.
Why do we need to give our tax dollars to corrupt hell holes? I say fix that mess first.
I understand the point you are attempting the make, but you aren't forced to buy fast food. A loaf of bread and peanut butter or other non refrigerated topping is much cheaper than fast food and keeps long enough. Cereals are cheaper than fast food. Also, you can cook quite a bit with just a hot plate, small pot, and spoon. And by the time you eat about 4 or 5 fast food meals, you are spending enough to buy those things. It reminds me of the people saying old people were going to have to eat dog food if SS was cut when that is often more expensive than people food.
I would wager most of those long term welfare/food stamp users are not short of money by their standards, but make sure they earn cash only. As far as fixes, I'd just like to put hard limits on amounts per person and length of time with no exceptions. I doubt you would see anyone starving.
No disagreement over supplementing other countries.
