Day 2: nobody's starved

[Foxfyre]

My sister has always led a frugal life style and she's a fabulous cook. She can make anything. Bakes, cans, makes soups and many dishes that you just don't see anyone making anymore. I love going to her place for meals.

That was my mom who learned to cook during the Depression. She could come to my house or that of another family member and we would think we needed to go to the store to get something to prepare for dinner. She would say let me look in the kitchen. And she would invariably find plenty--a sleeve of soda crackers, canned veggies, a couple of slices of bacon or whatever--and the next thing we knew it was all repurposed into a delicious hot meal on the table.

Blessed are those who can manage brilliantly with very little.

 

[initforme]

YOU pay for it init. I didn't take them to raise.

It would probably cost me 10 cents.

 

[leftwinger]

The more I think about it, the less sense SNAP makes. I think the government should stop giving out $$$ period. Instead, to citizens with proper ID, give actual food. Plenty of beans, rice, powdered milk, vitamin/mineral supplements. And that's it. And the able bodied will be required to show evidence that they worked for wages or did community service for so many hours per week to get that.

Nobody starves. The 'poor' will be much healthier and we save the taxpayer billions. And we make great strides into ending a culture of entitlement mentality.

Its hard for a single mom with many babies, the 30 yr old grandmother helping is not always enough. Cooking, cleaning, diapers, shopping. How? The men stop by, they want some more. No car? You can't carry babies and bags on a bus.

I do not have the answers. Free delivery from Walmart?

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

SNAP benefits "aka the gravy train" came to an end yesterday (at least, the federally funded benefits did). States have had to step up and perhaps - will even have to eliminate a bit of their bureaucracy in order to keep payments flowing.

As best I can tell:
1. Nobody has starved yet (despite doom and gloom predicted from the democrats)

2. Chuck Schumer is still responsible for this government shutdown.

I sincerely hope that one day soon , you will wake up on a cold morning to the realization tat you don’t know where your next meal will come from. Before you smirk, and think that it can’t happen, you had better stop and think again. It all comes back around. Karma is a *****

Or maybe, like millions of people in this so called great and free country, you will have to choose between buying food , paying the rent , filling that needed prescription or keeping the lights on. Maybe you have a baby who is crying for formular.

Many people live like that. Many of them work and those who don't have good reasons not to . Anyone who denies that reality either has their head way up inside that smelly place where the sun don’t shine, or they are flat out lying. Which are you?

 

[ColonelAngus]

Not in Indiana

What does Indiana limit now?

• Indiana – Jan 1, 2026
  Restricting: Soft drinks and candy

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

2. Chuck Schumer is still responsible for this government shutdown.

I also hope that you will find yourself drowning in debt from medical bills because you had to drop your insurance coverage Schumer is trying to prevent that from happening to millions of Americans

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

It is amazing one can buy soda, candy, and Twinkies with EBT.

If they couldn't ., you people would be the first ones to scream about freedom of choice and lamenting the rise of the nanny state like ya all did when Michelle Obama took on the issue od school lunches .

 

[Foxfyre]

Its hard for a single mom with many babies, the 30 yr old grandmother helping is not always enough. Cooking, cleaning, diapers, shopping. How? The men stop by, they want some more. No car? You can't carry babies and bags on a bus.

I do not have the answers. Free delivery from Walmart?

I would imagine there are plenty of volunteers who would would deliver bags of beans, rice, powdered milk to those who wouldn't be able to go get it themselves. There are rarely any shortage of volunteers to manage the thrift shops, food pantry, deliver Meals on Wheels etc.

But somehow they manage to get to the store to spend those EBT cards yes?

But no, being poor and trying to manage a household, babies, a job, etc. when there isn't enough money to cover everything isn't easy. I've been there and speak from real life experience.

But those who cannot or will not properly care for their children with at least reasonable minimum necessities of life should not have those children. The authorities used to take them and place them in good orphanages until the parents could get their act together enough to provide for those kids themselves.

I would sell anything of value I have, work any job I could get, even beg in the streets before I would allow my children to go hungry. I am nothing special. Any parent worthy of the name would.

 

[ColonelAngus]

I also hope that you will find yourself drowning in debt from medical bills because you had to drop your insurance coverage Schumer is trying to prevent that from happening to millions of Americans

I am a NAZI, you should prolly put me on ignore.

 

[scruffy]

Nobody starves in 2 days, kid.

Nobody starves in this country.

Show me a single case of starvation in the United States

 

[Foxfyre]

Nobody starves in this country.

Show me a single case of starvation in the United States

I am guessing that if it happens--and probably does in isolated cases--it is deliberate and intentional, i.e. like those horrible stories of very small children locked in rooms or buildings and starved to death. Or of course the cases of eating disorders where people kill themselves by starving themselves to death or to the point something else kills them.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

I think a standard cook book with recipes using staples, i.e. milk, eggs, flour, sugar, economical meats, cheeses, rice, potatoes, beans, fresh fruits and vegetables, should be issued to SNAP/WIC recipients when they sign up. SNAP/WIC/EBT should be limited to these items. The cook book should have chapters dealing with ways budgets, meal planning and menus to educate these people on ways to stretch their limited resources.

I swear when I was a kid this thing was in every kitchen I went into.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4331789144/better-homes-and-gardens-new-cook-book?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_-books_movies_and_music&utm_custom1=_k_EAIaIQobChMI79Gb4arUkAMV5DfUAR3TqjD0EAQYEiABEgJ_-PD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_22607285723_180038461173_754746905481_pla-314262775427_m__4331789144_14897971&utm_custom2=22607285723&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22607285723&gbraid=0AAAAADtcfRJNT3kcoTNP_skETX-nNmW4q&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI79Gb4arUkAMV5DfUAR3TqjD0EAQYEiABEgJ_-PD_BwE

 

[Missouri_Mike]

I swear when I was a kid this thing was in every kitchen I went into.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4331789144/better-homes-and-gardens-new-cook-book?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_-books_movies_and_music&utm_custom1=_k_EAIaIQobChMI79Gb4arUkAMV5DfUAR3TqjD0EAQYEiABEgJ_-PD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_22607285723_180038461173_754746905481_pla-314262775427_m__4331789144_14897971&utm_custom2=22607285723&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22607285723&gbraid=0AAAAADtcfRJNT3kcoTNP_skETX-nNmW4q&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI79Gb4arUkAMV5DfUAR3TqjD0EAQYEiABEgJ_-PD_BwE

Dang try this

Better Homes & Gardens Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, (Paperback) - Walmart.com

Buy Better Homes & Gardens Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, (Paperback) at Walmart.com

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[Doc7505]

1. You don't know that.
2. Republicans are being blamed for the shutdown.

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Is that why it's called the "Schumer Shut Down"?

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Nobody starves in this country.

Show me a single case of starvation in the United States

Right, Starvation is not a widespread problem in America,. People are not dying in the street,

But food insecurity is widespread, affecting tens of millions of people who struggle to access enough nutritious food due to factors like poverty, high food prices, and systemic issues. In 2023, approximately 47.4 million Americans, including 13.8 million children, lived in food-insecure households. Rates are disproportionately higher among Black and Hispanic households, rural communities, and single-parent families.

What is food insecurity?

• Food insecurity is the lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life.
  
  
• It is caused by insufficient income and affordability rather than a lack of food production in the country.
  
  • The term "very low food security" describes a more severe level, where households regularly skip meals or reduce food intake because they cannot afford it.
    
    So Is that acceptable to you?? Yes or no

 

[Captain Creeper]

The nation is blaming Republicans. You will learn.

No, they are not. A certain segment of goofballs are blaming Republicans.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

I am guessing that if it happens--and probably does in isolated cases--it is deliberate and intentional, i.e. like those horrible stories of very small children locked in rooms or buildings and starved to death. Or of course the cases of eating disorders where people kill themselves by starving themselves to death or to the point something else kills them.

So you're ok with malnutrition and hunger but just not ready to endorse outright starvation? Is that right? People outright dying is too messy, Not a good optic . But quiet suffering is another matter , something tat you can ignore. ?

 

[Foxfyre]

So you're ok with malnutrition and hunger but just not ready to endorse outright starvation? Is that right? People outright dying is too messy, Not a good optic . But quiet suffering is another matter , something tat you can ignore. ?

If that is what you got from my post, you really REALLY need to join a lot of your comrades here in a good remedial reading comprehension course. Hope you're having a really lovely day though.

 

[Concerned American]

I swear when I was a kid this thing was in every kitchen I went into.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4331789144/better-homes-and-gardens-new-cook-book?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_-books_movies_and_music&utm_custom1=_k_EAIaIQobChMI79Gb4arUkAMV5DfUAR3TqjD0EAQYEiABEgJ_-PD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_22607285723_180038461173_754746905481_pla-314262775427_m__4331789144_14897971&utm_custom2=22607285723&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22607285723&gbraid=0AAAAADtcfRJNT3kcoTNP_skETX-nNmW4q&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI79Gb4arUkAMV5DfUAR3TqjD0EAQYEiABEgJ_-PD_BwE

It is in our kitchen and has been for about 50 years.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

It is in our kitchen and has been for about 50 years.

I don’t remember how it got there but not more than a couple days after our wedding we suddenly had a new one stuffed with copies of recipes from my mom, her mom, aunts and grandmas. I have no idea who put that together.