Perhaps now that we will not be shipping so much surplus overseas, it can be used for low income families, like they used to, peanut butter, cans of bully beef and pork, flour, beans, what have you. Make the surplus go into a market solely for low income people. I was on the board for a food pantry, one of the biggest issues was that families wanted all those prepared foods because their kids would not eat a bowl of oatmeal, or the parent did not know how to cook, seriously, they do not know how to make food, so the government enables this, and those kids grow up not knowing how to run anything but a microwave. I tried to run cooking classes, no one showed up, and I have a phd in how to be frugal and not starve. Plenty of good fresh and organic veggies are donated, and wilted on the shelf, carrots, potatos, cabbages, onions. If a person knows how to make do, they can afford to buy meat and eggs. One chicken cooked in a pot with veggies and rice or pasta can feed a small family at least one meal and leftovers for lunch the next day. It's a cycle between government agencies, farmer bail outs, and politicians. And do not have babies if you cannot afford them. Somehow that worked a long time ago, the big French Catholic families in my state were pretty poor farming families, they ate every single day, nobody went hungry, and then Vermont got liberal with their public spending for single mothers, and it became a place to migrate to for single moms from Massachusetts, "move to Vermont, they give more benefits!" Now we have more young people who expect a handout because they cannot work because of nervous disorders. Apparently the nervous disorders don't effect their ovaries
I once met a woman, who had a real, though in her words workable disability. She meant that she can and does work. She could have gotten many handouts from the government, but she wanted her independence and peace of mind. She told me about her sister, no disability, but moved from one state to another to get more benefits. The sister had NEVER held a job, and wanted to keep it that way. Sloths will sloth.
Amazing what you are telling me but I am not surprised. I used to belong in an outdoor club in Oregon and yes, many are what I termed upper middle class. What I found out there is many do not know how to cook. I am just amazed what the hell do they eat?
anything they can zap in a microwave, ramen,hot pockets, frozen pre prepared chicken, mac and cheese in a box, instant potatos, canned soups, frozen pizza, soda. I know its amazing, but many are 3 generations off from knowing what or how to cook. Generational welfare. At my age, I grew up with a mother who cooked, her mother lived with us, my father knew how to cook. My son learned how to cook, and lucky me, he does it well. I never allowed a micro wave in my home.The kicker is, these are people who do not have full time jobs, some of them literally have all day to cook. I wish I did, I love to.
Perhaps now that we will not be shipping so much surplus overseas, it can be used for low income families, like they used to, peanut butter, cans of bully beef and pork, flour, beans, what have you. Make the surplus go into a market solely for low income people. I was on the board for a food pantry, one of the biggest issues was that families wanted all those prepared foods because their kids would not eat a bowl of oatmeal, or the parent did not know how to cook, seriously, they do not know how to make food, so the government enables this, and those kids grow up not knowing how to run anything but a microwave. I tried to run cooking classes, no one showed up, and I have a phd in how to be frugal and not starve. Plenty of good fresh and organic veggies are donated, and wilted on the shelf, carrots, potatos, cabbages, onions. If a person knows how to make do, they can afford to buy meat and eggs. One chicken cooked in a pot with veggies and rice or pasta can feed a small family at least one meal and leftovers for lunch the next day. It's a cycle between government agencies, farmer bail outs, and politicians. And do not have babies if you cannot afford them. Somehow that worked a long time ago, the big French Catholic families in my state were pretty poor farming families, they ate every single day, nobody went hungry, and then Vermont got liberal with their public spending for single mothers, and it became a place to migrate to for single moms from Massachusetts, "move to Vermont, they give more benefits!" Now we have more young people who expect a handout because they cannot work because of nervous disorders. Apparently the nervous disorders don't effect their ovaries
I once met a woman, who had a real, though in her words workable disability. She meant that she can and does work. She could have gotten many handouts from the government, but she wanted her independence and peace of mind. She told me about her sister, no disability, but moved from one state to another to get more benefits. The sister had NEVER held a job, and wanted to keep it that way. Sloths will sloth.
Amazing what you are telling me but I am not surprised. I used to belong in an outdoor club in Oregon and yes, many are what I termed upper middle class. What I found out there is many do not know how to cook. I am just amazed what the hell do they eat?
anything they can zap in a microwave, ramen,hot pockets, frozen pre prepared chicken, mac and cheese in a box, instant potatos, canned soups, frozen pizza, soda. I know its amazing, but many are 3 generations off from knowing what or how to cook. Generational welfare. At my age, I grew up with a mother who cooked, her mother lived with us, my father knew how to cook. My son learned how to cook, and lucky me, he does it well. I never allowed a micro wave in my home.The kicker is, these are people who do not have full time jobs, some of them literally have all day to cook. I wish I did, I love to.