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Fact Check: Health Insurer's profits not so fat
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<blockquote data-quote="Chajara" data-source="post: 53348731" data-attributes="member: 97019"><p>Then maybe you should tell the government to stop subsidizing cheap corn, soy, and canola and put more effort into getting poor people (actually, everyone) to buy fresh fruits and veggies and cooking more. But that would involve getting Congress to stop taking money from industry lobbyists on top of finding ways to get grocery stores into poor neighborhoods instead of liquor and corner stores, and in addition to that we'd need to start teaching actual life skills like cooking in schools. And that would be haaaaaaaaard.</p><p></p><p>You can only put so many restrictions on food stamp cards before they become basically useless due to lack of grocery stores and lack of time or skills to cook. When the nearest grocery store is over an hour away by bus and you can only buy what you can carry and the Dollar Store or corner store only has Hamburger Helper and pre-packaged processed junk food and you don't know how to cook anything besides that anyway it's sort of hard to not get fat due to eating junk. The government does, at least, provide vouchers to get fresh fruits and vegetables at local farmer's markets and it's a great thing for those who have access to them. They were used often when I worked for a local farmer and helped him set up and sell at his market.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chajara, post: 53348731, member: 97019"] Then maybe you should tell the government to stop subsidizing cheap corn, soy, and canola and put more effort into getting poor people (actually, everyone) to buy fresh fruits and veggies and cooking more. But that would involve getting Congress to stop taking money from industry lobbyists on top of finding ways to get grocery stores into poor neighborhoods instead of liquor and corner stores, and in addition to that we'd need to start teaching actual life skills like cooking in schools. And that would be haaaaaaaaard. You can only put so many restrictions on food stamp cards before they become basically useless due to lack of grocery stores and lack of time or skills to cook. When the nearest grocery store is over an hour away by bus and you can only buy what you can carry and the Dollar Store or corner store only has Hamburger Helper and pre-packaged processed junk food and you don't know how to cook anything besides that anyway it's sort of hard to not get fat due to eating junk. The government does, at least, provide vouchers to get fresh fruits and vegetables at local farmer's markets and it's a great thing for those who have access to them. They were used often when I worked for a local farmer and helped him set up and sell at his market. [/QUOTE]
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