[Dr. Howard]

(07-24-2013 08:43 PM)kosko Wrote:  

(07-23-2013 03:11 PM)Menace Wrote:  

Even 1% ain't shit. Real wealth starts in the 0.1% and up. You can eat cheaply and you can eat real food, but you need personal discipline and some brains, two things many poor people often lack. Alternatively, their lives are so shit during the day, that they just want the gratification that Doritos provide (but broccoli and rice would not provide).

You can eat a clean diet easily: frozen veggies, peanut butter, oat meal, brown rice, beans, eggs, sweet potatoes, canned fish. None of this stuff is outrageously expensive. I assume that WIC/TANF covers all these products. In fact, I think one way to control obesity would be to restrict what government assistance can be used for. I would abolish its use for any soft drink or dessert items.

Time is a big thing to. Poor people have to put in more hours for less return -- your hard pressed to eat good when you have no time to make good meals, if Mcdees is cheap and fast you'll eat that trash. 

WIC/TANF does not cover that much it appears but basically mostly family's get that, many with young kids. All that baby shit will burn through that money and your left getting chips and pop for food. The Gov't makes it worse because they price factor WIC/TANF and all assistance on "replacements" and "Calories". If your getting your protein from salt and fad packed beef hot dogs the Gov't doesn't factor in its pretty much dog food, and just looks as it as "Beef Protein" product. The Govt via its assistance programs views some shit ass chub meat the same as a steak, and they view a Mcdees hamburger the same as a a regular hamburger this how they get away paying so low for food benefits each month. 

Some of it is indeed ignorance tough you see them old Chinese lady's spending next to nothing on groceries and still eating okay -- most Americans ain't trying to make fish broth out of fish heads and soak beans overnight. 

Crock pot shit is cheap, eggs are cheap, its hard to get good protein for cheap but if your resourceful and by in bulk for a family its doable - Mario Batali was able to get by being crafty and extremely strategic in what he purchased. But he has the time and expertise to think these things through.

WIC's Equivalent in Canada is very limited but WIC in the USA is a gravy train. In 2012 I had the good fortune to go grocery shopping with a mother and daughter who were on USA WIC. They had $300 plus to spend a month from this program and ate very well. Steak, organic everything and they still had a tough time burning it up every month. They were also the kind of people that were not on it permanently.

There's no reason to eat shit on WIC except personal choice.