For starters; people who are on a strict budged such as FS don't buy their groceries in an Organic Yuppy Grocery Store in Berkley where a pound of coffee costs $10.00.
Also I believe that the original intent of food stamps was never to be the sole resource for food, but rather a means to SUPPLEMENT people with low incomes. Therefore going on the premise that $1.00 per meal is all there is, is misleading. What about Food Banks, Soup Kitchens,Churches, free meal programs for school children?
I think the 99cent stores take food stamps. Not the Dollar Tree, but 99cent. I get my fruits and veggies there. Blueberries, Strawberries, lettuce, carrots, onions, garlic, mangos. Also, dried beans and sometimes eggs and yogurt. Some of the food costs more than at the grocery market, but overall, very good deals can be found there.
Food stamps are corporate welfare for the supermarket/ agribusiness industry. They should be phased out. Lets face it, more Americans need to live within their means and have better family planning.
ya it is ridculous for people to be buying chips and soda and candy bars with food stamps, also stupid for people to buy expensive and organic foods with them as well, they should be used to shop in the most smartes way possible, however i dont believe in telling the public consumer what they are allowed to buy with them like Bloomberg telling NY that soon they will not be allowed to buy soda with them, i think thats outrageous, it does nothing at all and stops nothing at all
@noahman1234 why not im not on food stamp but what people do with it is not our problem hell let em buy all the chips n sweets they can so when i go pay cash for it it makes me think the value of a dolla has whent up!
i can say that you can eat healthy on a food stamp budget. i have done it. it takes a lot of will power but it is worth eat. i also have a child and he eats fruits and veggies all the time, i barely give him any sweets. all you have to do is cut out the snak and the junk food.
This looks like a wonderful idea, I have always thought about this issue and the poorest of us have so little choice in their foods. It's just not right. I was on Food Stamps once, I remember buying the Top Ramen! Yuck! Now I grow my own veg, eat meat sparingly, but I do buy as much Organic stuff as I can. I am grateful that I can.
Education is the key! And growing our own food again! :)
SolarisOrion2: All of your points are addressed in the film (but not in the trailer).
yoavpotash 1 month ago
For starters; people who are on a strict budged such as FS don't buy their groceries in an Organic Yuppy Grocery Store in Berkley where a pound of coffee costs $10.00.
Also I believe that the original intent of food stamps was never to be the sole resource for food, but rather a means to SUPPLEMENT people with low incomes. Therefore going on the premise that $1.00 per meal is all there is, is misleading. What about Food Banks, Soup Kitchens,Churches, free meal programs for school children?
SolarisOrion2 1 month ago
EXCELLENT...NICE WAY TO ADDRESS HUNGER HERE IN THE STATES..CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS!... :D
maryhadalittlelamb25 6 months ago
I hope you two keep fighting for a change in food subsidy policies!!!
DIYMarta 7 months ago
Were they eating organic yuppy food. 10 bucks for a pound of coffee? Go back to your comune hippies.
DobermansRock 8 months ago
I think the 99cent stores take food stamps. Not the Dollar Tree, but 99cent. I get my fruits and veggies there. Blueberries, Strawberries, lettuce, carrots, onions, garlic, mangos. Also, dried beans and sometimes eggs and yogurt. Some of the food costs more than at the grocery market, but overall, very good deals can be found there.
Juliana65 9 months ago
Food stamps are corporate welfare for the supermarket/ agribusiness industry. They should be phased out. Lets face it, more Americans need to live within their means and have better family planning.
david1965af 10 months ago
I knew that Ramen noodles would have to be involved somewhere!!
angelinajoanie 10 months ago
I know I can't survive on $1 a meal!
mcdonaldanthony 10 months ago
The "Great Recession" has been so bad that its turned well educated Middle Class people. Into people relying on Public Assistance to survive.
FRSFreeStatePlus 1 year ago
ya it is ridculous for people to be buying chips and soda and candy bars with food stamps, also stupid for people to buy expensive and organic foods with them as well, they should be used to shop in the most smartes way possible, however i dont believe in telling the public consumer what they are allowed to buy with them like Bloomberg telling NY that soon they will not be allowed to buy soda with them, i think thats outrageous, it does nothing at all and stops nothing at all
msnikish 1 year ago
Fuck the food/health police!
handinside 1 year ago
um sorry but no. I know MANY families who use and abuse food stamps.
beyerprep 1 year ago
Stop leting people on foodstamps by soda's ;sweets;and potato chips
noahman1234 1 year ago
@noahman1234 why not im not on food stamp but what people do with it is not our problem hell let em buy all the chips n sweets they can so when i go pay cash for it it makes me think the value of a dolla has whent up!
reddragonchild 1 year ago
whattt the fuckkkkkkkk, america is fucked up, it doesn't really take good care of her citizenss (eating from a containerrr!!!)
pinc8387 1 year ago
when is this coming out?
jalaibilla 1 year ago
i can say that you can eat healthy on a food stamp budget. i have done it. it takes a lot of will power but it is worth eat. i also have a child and he eats fruits and veggies all the time, i barely give him any sweets. all you have to do is cut out the snak and the junk food.
jalaibilla 1 year ago 2
lol LMFAO WHAT A SAD SICK VID BUSSIE
heavenlycharm86 2 years ago
awesome
cdm0014 2 years ago
This looks like a wonderful idea, I have always thought about this issue and the poorest of us have so little choice in their foods. It's just not right. I was on Food Stamps once, I remember buying the Top Ramen! Yuck! Now I grow my own veg, eat meat sparingly, but I do buy as much Organic stuff as I can. I am grateful that I can.
Education is the key! And growing our own food again! :)
Clarion13 2 years ago 6