Okay. So. For the many of you out there who think that giving families boxed and canned food of the government's choosing to replace food stamp benefits is a great and wonderful idea - let's be completely realistic.
IT WON'T WORK. PERIOD.
Why? Because the problem isn't providing people with inexpensive food to fill a need. That's an excuse the elite are using to justify further punishing those who dare to be lower class and lower income than themselves.
Implementing a program to distribute food to food stamp recipients and cut funding is absolutely asinine and completely just not going to work. It's just another example of how off kilter our society is... it's another war between the haves and have nots.
The cost of implementing a program like this would probably cost double to triple what current benefits are being distributed. It will be inconvenient. They'll have to implement measures to prevent fraud, open new agencies or departments to implement and maintain said program, as well as make sure they aren't taking current needed benefits away from those who truly need the assistance.
And guess what? It won't solve the problem, all the "fraud." There are always going to people who are going to game and fraud a system in place. Always. That's a part of our society that won't change. So there is absolutely no point in replacing a flawed but fairly effective system with another flawed and less effective system.
Very few people who are receiving food stamp benefits are unemployed, very few are committing fraud, there are very few who are doing drugs. Most are hardworking, employed members of society who have families and they have the audacity to be poor.
People who constantly talk about the so-called lobster and steak buyers that they claim to have personally seen in the grocery stores, please, do us all a favor. Sit down and hush!
Yes, there are going to be people committing fraud... report them! But, I know that there are many who are simply working hard, still need a little help and they have as much right to be able to feed their families as anyone with more money who doesn't need the help.
Why is our society so willing to fight over FOOD, A basic human right and necessity?
IT WON'T WORK. PERIOD.
Why? Because the problem isn't providing people with inexpensive food to fill a need. That's an excuse the elite are using to justify further punishing those who dare to be lower class and lower income than themselves.
Implementing a program to distribute food to food stamp recipients and cut funding is absolutely asinine and completely just not going to work. It's just another example of how off kilter our society is... it's another war between the haves and have nots.
The cost of implementing a program like this would probably cost double to triple what current benefits are being distributed. It will be inconvenient. They'll have to implement measures to prevent fraud, open new agencies or departments to implement and maintain said program, as well as make sure they aren't taking current needed benefits away from those who truly need the assistance.
And guess what? It won't solve the problem, all the "fraud." There are always going to people who are going to game and fraud a system in place. Always. That's a part of our society that won't change. So there is absolutely no point in replacing a flawed but fairly effective system with another flawed and less effective system.
Very few people who are receiving food stamp benefits are unemployed, very few are committing fraud, there are very few who are doing drugs. Most are hardworking, employed members of society who have families and they have the audacity to be poor.
People who constantly talk about the so-called lobster and steak buyers that they claim to have personally seen in the grocery stores, please, do us all a favor. Sit down and hush!
Yes, there are going to be people committing fraud... report them! But, I know that there are many who are simply working hard, still need a little help and they have as much right to be able to feed their families as anyone with more money who doesn't need the help.
Why is our society so willing to fight over FOOD, A basic human right and necessity?
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