NBC: Gov. Abbott asks USDA to approve waiver banning junk food purchases with SNAP benefits

[Oompa Loompa]

Honestly, the Target by me is pretty chill

Unless you're there on a Saturday morning, you pretty much have the entire aisle to yourself no wait at the checkout.

As opposed to the local Walmart, where there's congestion in every aisle, an ever-present hint of BO, and people in sweatpants yelling at their children.

The one that's in the city about 12 miles away is even worse...supposedly (I wasn't personally there to see it), one of the infamous pictures on that "PeopleOfWalmart" website was taken at that one... it was the pic of the guy who was in the checkout line wearing a t-shirt tucked into his tiger print speedo.

Perhaps it just my location. Lululemon all over the place.

 

[Fantine]

I know that most of the qualified people in the Food and Drug Administration have probably been furloughed to make room for Fox News hosts, but hopefully there are a few dietitians left who could figure out sample healthy menus based on products that would be allowed in the new system and determine how much that would cost. They could get them to compare that cost with the amount of SNAP benefits people qualify for and see whether it was possible for that amount of money.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

I know that most of the qualified people in the Food and Drug Administration have probably been furloughed to make room for Fox News hosts,

How do you know?

 

[Fantine]

How do you know?

I said "probably." That leaves room for doubt.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

I said "probably." That leaves room for doubt.

"I know he probably" = You don't know. What does the pope say about slandering?

 

[Hank77]

I don't think it necessarily has to be restricted to just whole foods. (although obviously that's the preferable option if possible)

For instance, when considering these products:
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The ones on the left-hand side are clearly less unhealthy than the ones on the right-hand side, and price differences are negligible.

For the same price, you can get grilled chicken strips instead of chicken fries

And for 20 cents more, you can get real chicken over the processed chicken nuggets they made from chicken paste and caulking gun.

The price per oz. is the actual cost. I love unit pricing; it saves both time and money.

In both examples, the more processed foods cost less per oz.

 

[RDKirk]

T Cooking fast, though, is a lot harder to pull off. It's possible, but it narrows your options significantly. Even eggs, which is about as cheap, easy, and fast a meal as possible, can still run you 10-20 minutes if you have an electric stove and need to wait for the pan to heat up. Now think of something like a sandwich and how long that would take to make the bread, cook the meat, and make any condiments. Oh hey - on top of all the work requirements we want to put on this stuff, you also have to make your own mayonnaise. Or peanut butter and jelly, looool. Drag your three kids to the pick-your-own-berry farm so you can spend all the next day in the kitchen over a giant pot of boiling water.

The work involved is certainly a factor, especially if the mother has a job (which conservatives want to happen). She works all day, takes a bus to the child care center to pick up the kids, hauls the kids with her to a market which has healthy foods (not in her neighborhood), picks up what she can carry on the bus with kids, spend an hour on the bus getting home.

It's past 6 pm. The kids are yowling in hunger. She's got a two-burner apartment range with 3 feet of counter space to make dinner.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

How do people expect the homeless to eat wholefood? I have knowledge on how to grow some foods . I know how to persevere food. Most people , that I know don't know how to how to bake from scratch, grow vegetables and fruit . Or to persevere food. These things should be taught in school.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

The price per oz. is the actual cost. I love unit pricing; it saves both time and money.

In both examples, the more processed foods cost less per oz.

But barely...

Is someone really noticing a fraction of an ounce difference per serving?