Comments on: Anatomy of a Food Stamp: 5 Facts You Didn’t Know

By: Merchandiser

Merchandiser — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:57:00 +0000

“It’s quick and painless to apply for food stamps…”
I am a single Mom of two living on less than 27000 a year…I was denied food stamps, but depend on child care assistance to keep my job. It is not painless to sit in an SRS office and have your life peered into by a case worker. It is not painless to have to ask for help as an adult and it is not painless to be turned away!

By: Sara Ost

Sara Ost — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:25:00 +0000

Thanks for your comment. I think the real problem here is that our federal government so heavily subsidizes the agribusiness producing these unhealthy foods. They’re cheap because they’re supported by our tax dollars. That’s not good for Americans.

A quick bit of feedback: we’re not proposing everyone buy organic with limited food stamp allotments; we’re presenting the facts about the food stamp system in order to demonstrate just how impossible it would be for a family to eat in a nutritious way with the resources available.

By: Sarahsupernova

Sarahsupernova — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:16:00 +0000

So what are you saying ultimately? That food stamps should only be valid for purchase of, for example, grains and produce? And no processed foods? That could be a valid point.

But otherwise, you’re just ranting about food stamps. Are you jealous that you don’t have an extra $100-$200 bucks to spend on groceries? Are you saying people shouldn’t be receiving them?

I’m very unclear on what your point is.

By: Eivolution75

Eivolution75 — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000

After reading this article I can safely say that you need to do further research into the world of food stamps. Do you even realize that most families that receive food stamps budget those stamps out to pay for food for the entire month??? So forcing them to buy organic instead of buying four packs of hot dogs to feed their kids for the month may not work, but you would never know that. I can also tell by the statement you made about no lines you clearly have NO idea of what you are talking about. You have to produce months of paperwork and wait in a process that takes 5 hours to an entire day at a county office filled with other people wanting the same thing while being degraded by the county workers.

You may have been impressive if you took the 30 day approach and surrendered your salary down to legal food stamps eligibility limits, took on a few other mouths to feed and then went down and tried to apply for food stamps yourself. You would get a very different outlook. Now I agree that we should be eating healthy after all my profession is in Holistic Health Care, but when you speak like this on topics you clearly have no real understanding of someone has to tell you about it. I took the liberty to do so this time….