Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire More Winning. Food Stamps Replaced with Food Boxes?.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/13/whi...g-food-boxes-instead-of-food-stamps.html

From the article:

The Trump administration is proposing replacing a portion of the federal food stamp program with actual boxes of food delivered to recipients' front doors, putting the U.S. government directly in charge of what goes on the dinner plates of more than 16 million low-income households.

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According to a summary of the proposal compiled by the Agriculture Department and obtained by CNBC, the boxes would replace about half of the current program's cash benefits. All food would be grown domestically and include "shelf-stable" items such as juice, pasta, canned meat and beans. The USDA estimated it would save $129 billion over a decade, driven in part by the government's unique purchasing power.

"It lowers the cost to us because we can buy prices at wholesale, whereas [beneficiaries] have to buy it at retail," Mulvaney said. "It also makes sure they're getting nutritious food. So we're pretty excited about that."

The biggest backlash will come from Walmart and other big grocery retailers.

They'd save way more if they made it temporary only.

And drug test.

And make the recipients pick up trash alongside the road, or dig ditches.

Good way to get rid of surplus MRE's.

The biggest backlash will be from the pieces of [bleep] that use the handout to buy dope instead of food. Letting them starve to death would save even more tax money

Aint that the truth.

I have never understood the mentality of I dont have a job, cant afford to eat, my house was destroyed by a natural disaster, so .gov is responsible.

I left the best part out for someone to find

But the proposal drew swift opposition from many fronts – including the $840 billion supermarket industry, where food stamps drive 7.5 percent of sales, according to Customer Growth Partners. The firm estimated that Walmart alone reaps more than one-fifth of all food stamp sales.

"Perhaps this proposal would save money in one account, but based on our decades of experience in the program, it would increase costs in other areas that would negate any savings," FMI chief public policy officer Jennifer Hatcher said. "Retailers are looking to the administration to reduce red tape and regulations, not increase them with proposals such as this one."

'The government has NO right to tell people what they should eat'

Well, when the government is paying the bills, they have the right. Just like teenagers, they want all the perks of being an adult but NONE of the responsibility.

We’ve been screaming for this for years...IT’s a good start! I “Ain’t Tired of Winning Yet”! memtb

I gots to halfs muh cheetos and froot loops ya herd

The “only” ones to take a big hit....will be the drug trade! memtb

Maybe we could alter the contents of the boxes based on recipients BMI scores. If you're a little fatty, we cut the calories back a bit lol.

Pee test the bassturds !

And the candy, soda and junk food industries.

+1

The first thing the public would notice is how much food would be completely wasted.

I'm all for it if for no other reason than to watch the negro's burn down their neighborhoods upon implementation.

Sounds like a great idea that will create a rebellion. I'm all for it.

It'll definitely cut into their beer and cigarette sales.