Reply #23: Nice Theory

[Chef]

But, believe it or not, George McGovern and Bob Dole (two farm state senators)were instrumental in getting the Food Stamp Program started. First, the stamps allow for more variety in the diet. You must admit the commodities were a little heavy on the carbs. There was quite a bit of theft of the commodities, especially the butter. Today, the physical stamps have just about been eliminated by electronic benefits transfer cards which are a debit card, so stigma problems are reduced. Finally, while the cheese was tasty, if you knew how it was processed, you might not be so fond of it. It is stored in large blocks in limestone quarry caves. Every so many years, it is brought out of storage and "reprocessed". Melted down, formed back into blocks and restored. When some is needed (like for prisons or schools) it is processed into family sized blocks. Since a few agricultural industrial firms (ADM and CONAGRA) control the food supply, it far more lucrative to ship food out of the country so there is no surplus to "rot in the fields".