Senator Joni Ernst (R‑Iowa) argues that food assistance should prioritize actual groceries, not fast‑food chains like Burger King and Taco Bell. With growing concerns over how taxpayer dollars are being allocated, the bill has the potential to spark a much-needed and possibly heated debate on the future of welfare programs.
Ernst’s bill is a direct challenge to practices that most people who aren't moochers living off the dole see as wasteful and out of line with the original intent of SNAP.
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The first human to have ever been infected with the H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed late Friday. The person was an older adult with underlying health conditions, the Washington State Department of Health said in a news release.
The person had a backyard flock of mixed domestic birds. No other details were released out of respect of the family’s privacy.
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Ohio lawmakers are considering the “CASH” bill, which would require businesses and government offices to accept cash for payments up to $500 — and ban them from charging extra for it.
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Is it time to start thinking
about 'stocking stuffers'?
Click on the picture for more information on Barb has in her Etsy store.
They're all simple yet elegant - and they all come to you with free shipping!
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Marked down further today to $ 139.95
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A Yankees fan, and a suppressible gag reflex - I'm sure that is one very popular gal !
ReplyDeleteI don't get fries or a drink. Water is fine. It's the only way I can afford to get a burger. That is a Rare treat. Bacon,sausage,burger, I cook. Stuff TO cook? Holy Schitt!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see how many fast food joints crash by taking MY money away from them.
I like the kitchen!
ReplyDeleteThe Oakland-Fed stuff? TDS is real.
Yesterday the the 62nd anniversary of the day the cabal assumed control, a businessman/politician was put in charge and there were no more questions asked about whether the war in Viet Nam was a civil war or not.
I just realized that a baby born on the day of the assassination could now draw Social Security.
DeleteI remember it happening.
Okay, now I feel old.
On your Tile backsplashes my wife never likes them. She likes the solid flat that is down next to the sink on the backsplash as it is easier to clean. She is a lover of Soapstone.
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ReplyDeleteFast food never should have been allowed on SNAP. Fast food was a way to make food cost more than it should. Door dash said "hold me beer."
Death Valley National Park stopped taking cash. I asked one of the rangers why. He said the cost of the armored truck to haul the cash to Las Vegas cost twice as much as the cash being hauled. I prefer using cash. Some places still give a cash discount. For some, handling the cash costs too much.
Great news about Oakland, CA. If I didn't have a son and his family there, I wouldn't give a shit.
ReplyDeleteI like the tile job!
ReplyDeleteAbout the handouts for fast food...I hate to think of electronic benefits taking trade away from small local businesses and feeding it to big chains, but can the control freaks admit that many poor people do not have kitchens? If they're going to eat meat or eggs, realistically, somebody's going to have to cook those things. And it's more pleasant for everyone if they can sit down and eat with flatware and wash their hands, rather than eating with their hands and wiping their hands on their shirts.
Do the busybodies WANT poor people to eat things like eggs and apples and bean soup, or do they want poor people to stick to the poor diet many of them prefer--candy, chips, sugary cereals, "energy drinks," things that are meant to be grabbed and gobbled right out of the packaging?
As for the cash bill? We need a constitutional amendment. If the government has the power to coin/print money, then that money must be the national standard of trade. The money-handling industry (parasites!) need to feel a heavy, heavy push back against efforts to prevent people paying in cash. There need to be NO restrictions on the amount of cash people can use, and there needs to be a legally recognized right to charge up to 10% IF a business accepts a third party payment.
Have you been to a grocery store recently? How about the grocery section of Walmart.? Even if you don't have a kitchen, there are plenty of options that beat fast food. I know several people on SNAP. One lives in a shed without running water or plumbing. She does have an electric skillet. She is too lazy to cook her own meals, gets fast food all the time, and could eat way better if she used what she has and used the grocery store instead of McDonald's. Eggs and apples do not require a kitchen...you can get precooked eggs. Bean soup? Which fast food joint serves bean soup? (which I eat straight from the can anyway). By the way, the majority of the people on SNAP have kitchens. Holding up the minority extreme as your baseline is dishonest.
DeleteI'm not anonymous. I'm Pris cilla King.
ReplyDeleteI like your kitchen; my wife will not have grouted tile.
ReplyDeletecash: too much of it disappeared into the cashiers' pockets so many stores just stopped accepting it as their profits dropped towards zero and their cashiers became wealthy
The watch is uncanny, you're probably the only guy in the army named Jackson.
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