And I guess the USDA's assumption is that these people never leave their homes to go to work, do other shopping, visit friends, do business with the government, etc--every trip to get food must be a special-purpose trip from their home.
I am toastally doomed! Is there a way I can pamper myself now to remedy the situation? Or is the process irreversible, and it's too late?
This whole thing is just some redistributionist's wet dream. You should see the food carriers that people are pulling around up here. Way more than I could comfortably carry on my back, but I have no car either and I can carry all I need on my back.And I guess the USDA's assumption is that these people never leave their homes to go to work, do other shopping, visit friends, do business with the government, etc--every trip to get food must be a special-purpose trip from their home.
This whole thing is just some redistributionist's wet dream. You should see the food carriers that people are pulling around up here. Way more than I could comfortably carry on my back, but I have no car either and I can carry all I need on my back.
I wonder just how many so-called poor people don't own or have access to a car anyway?
This morning I decided to see if Costco has the California sourced extra-virgin olive oil that was mentioned in a thread here 4-6 weeks ago.. So I walked downtown, took a bus to Costco (along with 4-5 older ladies who were also bus-bound Costco shoppers.) No California olive oil, but I did buy some avocado oil and some Italian oil with source and vintage on the bottle. Maybe this gives a bit more security, as it is at least traceable. Since I haven't done an oil haul before, I decided to go light, and bought 6 liters in glass bottles. Did 50 deep knee bends while waiting for a bus back to Pike Place, then walked the hill going home. No big deal at all.
Want to know a food desert? Downtown, where condos start around a million $.
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I would never say that cars may not be handier in many ways, Also, I know that not everyone has a car. For example, I don't.I think there are plenty of poor people who don't have access to a car. There is no way someone making minimum wage or a little above could afford a car, even if the car was given to them.
It's one thing to shop for one person when you have plenty of free time in retirement. It's another thing to have a low paying, physically demanding, full time job and a family to shop for.
My spouse and I do a lot of errands without using our car. We enjoy it, but we notice how much more time it takes to complete our tasks. And, when we do the big shopping trips we always drive, we couldn't carry our food by foot or public transportation.
Have you ever peeked into other people's food carts ? I have and the poorer they look the worse the food is . There is no decent food in their carts just crap . IMO a basic food course should be mandatory for food stamp receipents .
Education might help, but sometimes it just comes down to economics. If a mom is trying to stretch her paycheck (even when supplemented by SNAP) she is looking for cheap things to fill bellies. For $0.99, she can get a package of store-brand "Oreos" that will be a whole week of after-school snacks for her two kids. Or, for that same $0.99, she can get a pound of apples when they are on sale. What's that, about 3 apples, four at the most? That will only last two days.
I do play a variation of the "peek in other people's cart" game. I notice that obese people have crap in the cart, but carts filled with fresh fruits and vegetables tend to be pushed by people with smaller pant sizes.
I was thinking about this thread when I went grocery shopping this afternoon. We are positing that poor people walk or take the bus. So on a bus should be a sampling of poor people, including yours truly. So why do some of these poor people, the Asians, weigh about 90 pounds, and others, the non-Asians, weigh about 190 or 290 pounds?Education might help, but sometimes it just comes down to economics. If a mom is trying to stretch her paycheck (even when supplemented by SNAP) she is looking for cheap things to fill bellies. For $0.99, she can get a package of store-brand "Oreos" that will be a whole week of after-school snacks for her two kids. Or, for that same $0.99, she can get a pound of apples when they are on sale. What's that, about 3 apples, four at the most? That will only last two days.
I do play a variation of the "peek in other people's cart" game. I notice that obese people have crap in the cart, but carts filled with fresh fruits and vegetables tend to be pushed by people with smaller pant sizes.