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2012-01-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Don't we need a food-stamp prez? - Frank J. Flemming

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Posted by DarthVader 2012-01-25 10:28|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 That is a great read.

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-01-25 11:54|| 2012-01-25 11:54|| Front Page Top

#2 If Obama is re-elected, he has a good chance of becoming the "3 hots and a cot" president.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-01-25 13:22|| 2012-01-25 13:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, food stamps are the one form of welfare that makes complete sense, at least in the Bizarro world of American agribusiness.

Since the start of the 20th Century, America has had too much food. By the time of the Great Depression, farmers could no longer afford to ship food, because prices were too low.

So every year, the government both pays farmers to not grow food, and still buys thousands of tons of food, to expensively warehouse until it rots.

Just doing things the way we do them today, every poor person willing to cook unprocessed food could eat for free, and the government would *save* money.

And it wouldn't hurt the retail market, either, because people who can afford to buy their food much prefer processed food to unprocessed.

So the end result would be people eating the food instead of it just spoiling and being thrown away.

Perhaps the solution would be to set up government food distribution sites, where the poor who were authorized would just be given free food, based on how many family they had, and how much at one time, the site had excess of particular foods.

Say Tuesday, 20 lbs of potatoes per person, because we have too many potatoes. Wednesday, lots of flour and oranges. Thursday, 1 gallon cans of peanut butter.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-25 18:31|| 2012-01-25 18:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Well before there was food stamps there were USDA Commodies which were distributed to the poor and those on Welfare. Flour, Rice, Beans (lots of beans), Powdered Milk, Powdered Eggs, Big Blocks of Cheese, etc...

When I was a young kid we used to get some for awhile. Huge blocks of cheese with the big USDA stamp on the side of the package.

See also Government Cheese and Powdered Eggs

Of course nowdays distributing government commodies would be probably be considered RACIST....

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-01-25 18:49|| 2012-01-25 18:49|| Front Page Top

#5 I had posted a couple of lines from this as my Facebook status for the day. It disappeared. I guess somebody took offense and flagged it for removal. Liberals... no sense of humor.

Posted by Glenmore 2012-01-25 19:09|| 2012-01-25 19:09|| Front Page Top

#6 "They'll turn us all into beggars 'cause they're easier to please
They're feeding our people that Government Cheese"
The Rainmakers

Posted by Glenmore 2012-01-25 19:13|| 2012-01-25 19:13|| Front Page Top

#7 You're gonna end up eating a steady diet of government cheese and living in a van down by the river!" -Matt Foley (motivational speaker in SNL skit)

Posted by Lord Garth 2012-01-25 22:01|| 2012-01-25 22:01|| Front Page Top

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