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No, it's not.It is about the Nanny-Statism involved over Individual Liberty.Sending free food to a person is humiliating to them?there are ways to do it-------way back when I was young----
impoverished people DID get some staples.----government
stuff like American cheese, oil -----I think also rice. That
sort of stuff plus some "food stamp" allotment seems ok to me. Just about everyone eats it-----the target seemed to
be children and HOME GROWN stuff. ----also peanut butter.
As far as the PRE-PACK meals in the envelope------that's
MILITARY MRE s----------FORGET IT!!!!
but that isn't the goal of this... it's a) put money into the hands of their buddies who own/deliver the food; and b) humiliate people.
iirc, the reason they gave out "government cheese" is because there was a huge dairy surplus and it helped dairy farmers (or some senator who represented dairy farmers).
I am fully aware of the SURPLUS issue ----AND I SUPPORT
ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE------So long as it
is beneficial ---------keeping THIS COUNTRY food independent is very important -------I see no reason to subsidize Portugese sardines or products from Indonesia or
unidentifiable fish sauce from china. We SHOULD be producing wheat and rice and milk for ALL ------right here.
-----and tomatoes from Jersey......,for American "red gravy"----for New York pizza.
er..... which has what to do with humiliating people?
In what utterly bizarre world is that?
Damn us all for not flying out Emeril so he could cook her the type of meal you think she deserves for her illiteracy and air of entitlement.
Individual liberty is not taking the handout at all.
As they say, beggars can't be choosers. If you don't like the charity people give you, you are perfectly welcome to buy what you want. That's individual liberty.