Guy Whitey Corngood
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Thu Oct-13-11 03:39 PM
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| 60. Interesting post and run. nt |
| -Food stamps for fast food argument? |
ChandlerJr |
Oct-12-11 03:37 PM |
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Moot point. You can't buy fast food with food stamps. |
tridim |
Oct-12-11 03:40 PM |
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Actually, in some states you now can do just that |
cbayer |
Oct-12-11 03:42 PM |
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Damn, that's awful news. |
tridim |
Oct-12-11 03:46 PM |
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that's changing |
Enrique |
Oct-12-11 03:44 PM |
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not so, in some circumstances |
grasswire |
Oct-12-11 03:50 PM |
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Good comparative info. Thanks. |
virgogal |
Oct-12-11 03:40 PM |
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If a homeless person cooks, is it a home-cooked meal? n/t |
leftstreet |
Oct-12-11 03:42 PM |
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I believe in Ohio one needs a permanent address to get benefits. |
JohnnyRingo |
Oct-12-11 03:49 PM |
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The OP is bullshit. Nothing in the linked article about Food Assistance programs |
leftstreet |
Oct-12-11 04:26 PM |
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Wow... you should have told me to duck. |
JohnnyRingo |
Oct-12-11 05:54 PM |
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It's not duck, it's chicken! |
leftstreet |
Oct-14-11 12:26 AM |
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How on earth can you spend $9.26 on beans and rice. Are those gold-plated beans? |
Speck Tater |
Oct-12-11 03:45 PM |
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Yep, even if you buy small packages it's not even close. |
tridim |
Oct-12-11 03:48 PM |
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Maybe they're organic beans from Whole Foods. I paid 52 cents a pound for pintos most recently. nt |
Speck Tater |
Oct-12-11 03:51 PM |
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Oct-15-11 02:20 PM |
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They're using a recipe with bacon, green peppers, etc. |
closeupready |
Oct-12-11 03:57 PM |
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One possibility is that they're adding in the cost of all the spices as well. |
Systematic Chaos |
Oct-12-11 03:59 PM |
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Also, it didn't specify how many servings. |
Speck Tater |
Oct-12-11 06:19 PM |
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Gives busy parents more time to do 'parenting'...? |
closeupready |
Oct-12-11 03:45 PM |
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It's a BAD IDEA. |
Mimosa |
Oct-12-11 03:46 PM |
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And perhaps a little dill? |
aquart |
Oct-12-11 04:06 PM |
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And how much for the transportation to a decent grocery store? |
eyesroll |
Oct-12-11 03:47 PM |
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+1 for having a clue |
w0nderer |
Oct-13-11 07:19 PM |
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+ 2 for reality check |
lunasun |
Oct-15-11 01:42 AM |
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yeah, but you could get 4 McChickens for $4,50 |
hfojvt |
Oct-12-11 03:48 PM |
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that's a very good point |
Enrique |
Oct-12-11 03:53 PM |
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And chow down on handfuls of it, right on the spot n/t |
eridani |
Oct-14-11 03:48 AM |
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Now show us how to cook that under a bridge with a piece of old newspaper for a heat source.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-12-11 03:49 PM |
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assuming you have an oven, and electricity/gas, and a home for that matter |
Motown_Johnny |
Oct-12-11 03:49 PM |
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Access to a car and a nearby grocery store. |
EFerrari |
Oct-12-11 04:39 PM |
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There are a couple of other points here. |
cbayer |
Oct-12-11 03:49 PM |
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It does apply to grocery prepared meals. |
tridim |
Oct-12-11 03:53 PM |
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the other people in the store will sure think they have the right to decide what you can get. |
ejpoeta |
Oct-12-11 04:07 PM |
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More good points |
cbayer |
Oct-12-11 04:45 PM |
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When I was in your sister's shoes, I spent all day Sunday shopping |
EFerrari |
Oct-12-11 08:52 PM |
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I did the same |
Amaril |
Oct-16-11 11:27 AM |
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ha! |
Divine Discontent |
Oct-15-11 02:44 AM |
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There's nothing about this OP that isn't BS. unrec |
MerryBlooms |
Oct-12-11 03:52 PM |
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Impossible, but also unfair |
Spike89 |
Oct-12-11 03:56 PM |
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Great post |
cbayer |
Oct-12-11 04:34 PM |
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+100,000 |
Starry Messenger |
Oct-13-11 03:46 PM |
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good post! |
Divine Discontent |
Oct-15-11 02:45 AM |
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+lots |
CreekDog |
Oct-17-11 01:10 AM |
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Chickens are almost $10 all by themselves. That estimate |
EFerrari |
Oct-12-11 04:01 PM |
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Maybe you are buying chickens in a gold plated mansion. |
former9thward |
Oct-12-11 04:43 PM |
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Then you're awfully lucky. |
TheWraith |
Oct-12-11 04:52 PM |
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i am sure the price varies depending on where you live. I remember when I could |
ejpoeta |
Oct-12-11 04:52 PM |
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I know. Chickens will never be on sale for 4.00 here again. |
EFerrari |
Oct-12-11 04:57 PM |
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No, Safeway. They're about 8.50. |
EFerrari |
Oct-12-11 04:56 PM |
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I traveled for about 2 months this summer to quite a few states. |
former9thward |
Oct-12-11 05:06 PM |
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I've been having to stretch and fret to feed us here |
EFerrari |
Oct-12-11 05:20 PM |
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Less than $5 at Safeway in my area n/t |
quiller4 |
Oct-17-11 01:21 AM |
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The article linked says nothing about food stamps. |
polly7 |
Oct-12-11 04:07 PM |
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Why are you trying to bring reason into the discussion? |
Retrograde |
Oct-13-11 03:05 PM |
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And just how tasty |
FloridaJudy |
Oct-14-11 02:01 AM |
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I'm all for letting people buy and eat what they want. Even the poor. |
WinkyDink |
Oct-12-11 04:24 PM |
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People are so naive when it comes to the plight of the poor. Unrec. n/t |
demmiblue |
Oct-12-11 04:28 PM |
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Not this bullshit AGAIN. |
TheWraith |
Oct-12-11 04:49 PM |
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+1 |
leftstreet |
Oct-12-11 04:52 PM |
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Demonizing the poor is much more important than facts. *sigh |
MerryBlooms |
Oct-12-11 05:06 PM |
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This is the same place |
xmas74 |
Oct-13-11 11:52 PM |
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rice and beans should have been in those baskets!!!haven't you heard??? |
lunasun |
Oct-15-11 02:23 AM |
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I had someone at the store behind me in line |
xmas74 |
Oct-15-11 12:34 PM |
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hugh |
H2O Man |
Oct-12-11 08:54 PM |
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A roast chicken? Come on. |
distantearlywarning |
Oct-12-11 09:36 PM |
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Seriously, people of DU really need to think about this kind of crap before they post it. |
lunasun |
Oct-15-11 02:31 AM |
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I have a coupon for 2 Thickburgers for $5, it sure beats pinto beans and rice. |
JVS |
Oct-12-11 09:37 PM |
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Here are the facts in my neck of the woods... |
MrMickeysMom |
Oct-12-11 09:45 PM |
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bought a chicken, cooked, for $5 tonite |
blueamy66 |
Oct-12-11 11:34 PM |
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True.... |
MrMickeysMom |
Oct-13-11 05:39 AM |
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true. |
w8liftinglady |
Oct-13-11 06:36 AM |
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what is your point? |
blueamy66 |
Oct-13-11 09:14 AM |
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What? |
MrMickeysMom |
Oct-13-11 08:55 PM |
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so you have a car, and a house, and a stove, and electricity/gas, and pots and pans |
Motown_Johnny |
Oct-13-11 04:44 PM |
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Oh my god.... |
blueamy66 |
Oct-13-11 08:44 PM |
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when you post, it's a little more Republican |
CreekDog |
Oct-14-11 01:47 AM |
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How did I complain about food stamps? Re-read my post. |
blueamy66 |
Oct-14-11 09:16 AM |
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all I am saying is that some are less fortunate than you |
Motown_Johnny |
Oct-14-11 07:28 PM |
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and a household 6-figure income |
CreekDog |
Oct-14-11 01:48 AM |
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who is "they"? |
blueamy66 |
Oct-14-11 12:34 PM |
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pretend you don't know |
CreekDog |
Oct-14-11 01:28 PM |
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still waiting to know who they is |
blueamy66 |
Oct-14-11 04:08 PM |
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who is going to pay for your Medicare and Social Security if people don't have kids? |
CreekDog |
Oct-14-11 12:58 PM |
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ignore time |
blueamy66 |
Oct-14-11 04:09 PM |
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i don't think you're ignoring me because of any of that, but because answering will... |
CreekDog |
Oct-15-11 02:33 AM |
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Weak counterargument. |
tabasco |
Oct-15-11 12:42 PM |
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Weak liberal = you |
CreekDog |
Oct-15-11 03:34 PM |
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I didn't know it was a pillar of liberalism |
tabasco |
Oct-16-11 11:02 AM |
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"Stop having kids" is the Republican way of looking at the problem |
Hippo_Tron |
Oct-14-11 07:51 PM |
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I agree, but it would also be good to see these kids as an opportunity rather than a burden |
CreekDog |
Oct-15-11 02:30 AM |
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If that becomes a serious concern, we can always allow more immigration |
Hippo_Tron |
Oct-15-11 12:45 PM |
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yes, i can roast that chicken on my hot plate! n/t |
Scout |
Oct-13-11 09:37 AM |
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Get next to a copy of Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed" at once |
KamaAina |
Oct-13-11 03:19 PM |
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Yeah, people on food stamps just end up using them on Winstons and Big Macs |
Taverner |
Oct-13-11 03:26 PM |
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Interesting post and run. nt |
Guy Whitey Corngood |
Oct-13-11 03:39 PM |
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I beg to differ .... |
etherealtruth |
Oct-13-11 05:22 PM |
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I did use the wrong choice of word. I shoul've just said ''obvious''. nt |
Guy Whitey Corngood |
Oct-13-11 07:02 PM |
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Eat them Beans and Rice, 3 times a day, 7 days a week... |
BiggJawn |
Oct-13-11 07:58 PM |
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no cable |
CreekDog |
Oct-15-11 01:12 AM |
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Where I live in Australia... |
foreigncorrespondent |
Oct-13-11 09:23 PM |
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unrec. |
Whisp |
Oct-14-11 12:02 AM |
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Plus a car to get to a decent grocery store, plus a working kitchen to make |
Zoeisright |
Oct-14-11 09:27 AM |
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Oct-15-11 02:21 PM |
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Unrec for divorce from reality. |
frustrated_lefty |
Oct-15-11 03:40 PM |
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