People are eating less meat, both for health reasons and for economic reasons. So, to support the meat industry, there's a new proposal to give extra money to people who already get food stamps, with the condition that the extra money can only be spent on animal products. [link]
Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.
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Hil R. - Dec 03, 2009 2:41:25 pm PST #22806 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Trudy Booth - Dec 03, 2009 2:58:24 pm PST #22807 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Well, that'll address some of the people who aren't eating it for economic reasons. The not vegetarians/vegans will surely appreciate the break from the All Carb diet a lot of them end up on.
Hil R. - Dec 03, 2009 3:04:00 pm PST #22808 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Pretty much all the studies and programs addressing nutritional needs have shown that most low-income people get plenty of protein and need more fruits and vegetables. The studies done in the sixties and seventies showed protein deficiency, which was why all the programs giving dairy and peanut butter and meat were started, but most of the more recent studies have shown a reversal of that.
sarameg - Dec 03, 2009 3:07:36 pm PST #22809 of 30001
Do not watch Bones tonight while eating.
The meat industry will not benefit from this episode's start. No one would want to be eating meat while watching it.
Gah.
Trudy Booth - Dec 03, 2009 3:07:49 pm PST #22810 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Getting poor people more access to a wider variety of food really doesn't seem like a problem to me. Not everbody considers meat, cheese, and eggs akin to cigarettes. A fresh produce supplement would likely be welcome to consumers and producers as well.
Amy - Dec 03, 2009 3:08:01 pm PST #22811 of 30001
Because books.
Yeah, that was pretty foul.
smonster - Dec 03, 2009 3:08:44 pm PST #22812 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
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Damn, Bones started off gross tonight.
t /random
Hil R. - Dec 03, 2009 3:09:42 pm PST #22813 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Getting poor people more access to a wider variety of food really doesn't seem like a problem to me. Not everbody considers meat, cheese, and eggs akin to cigarettes.
Wider variety sounds good. But this isn't a wider variety, it's extra money that can only be spent on specific things. And the things that it can be spent on are also the things that are already heavily represented in WIC and school lunches and other programs like that.
Hil R. - Dec 03, 2009 3:10:49 pm PST #22814 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm watching Bones in HD. That was not a scene that needed the HD.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2009 3:10:56 pm PST #22815 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This doesn't surprise me - the original purpose of the food stamps program was to help the agriculture industry, nsm to feed poor people. This is just government cheese with a new logo.