But junk food fills you up quicker and tastes way better![]()




But junk food fills you up quicker and tastes way better![]()
If you are willing to do for one year what other's won't, you can spend a lifetime doing what other's cant.
Wait a minute.......there was a point in time where EBT cards were being used at a stripclub??? holy shit i wouldnt wanna work at that club. I prefer my customers NOT be on welfare lol
I think it's a little silly to use QVC as your price point. Steak does go on sale quite often. Just bought some chuck at $1.67 a pound. If you are thinking of well marbeled filet mignon instead, then yes, it will be more expensive, but there are plenty of low cost options.
People think that eating healthy means buying the most expensive "organic" foods from special stores. My local supermarket stocks a $1 can of frozen juice that is purely juice from concentrate and a preservative, no high fructose corn syrup or any other fillers. Fresh fruit often goes on sale if the shipment comes in delayed. We were shoveling down $1 cartons of strawberries for a week when the store was trying to get rid of them. Fresh baked whole wheat bread can often be bought for $1.25. Frozen veggies are often $0.88 and canned veggies are even cheaper. You don't have to be a great cook in order to make spaghetti either.
A month or two ago my husband and I had serious money issues. It seemed like all the debt collectors came out of the closet at once. We ate for a month off about $100 and we ate healthy still. It wasn't easy, and it wasn't perfectly balanced, but it was much cheaper for me to pack him some leftovers for lunch then for him to hit the dollar menu.
Eating junk food is an extra. I understand that everyone needs something extra from time to time. A candy bar during a hard day or a snack from the gas station when late work is fine, but spending $300 at the gas station for all your food is not the smarter choice.
Eating healthy takes planning. I guess that extra 20 minutes before grocery shopping to look at the sale papers and plan out your week is just too hard for some people.




My aunt eats a strictly organic diet, she's a freak about it, and she admitted to me yesterday that she does usually spend more shopping at Whole Foods for herself than she does at Meijer for her husband.
I'm not interested in your diet, that's you, I personally like my junk food and eat what tastes good. I'm not going to suffer through a bland meal if I don't have to, my figure is where I want it to be.
I'm just saying that people on food stamps do not have to go shop at Whole Foods (do they even take EBT?) if they don't want to. Not everyone has the same beliefs as you, and some people are sticking with that they grew up eating!
In regards to the steak, I was in a hurry and just googled steak and copied and pasted the first link. I don't eat steak regularly, I usually eat ground beef and vegetarian sausage (Morning Star brand...mmm) and eggs with nine or twelve grain toast. My diet is primarily made up of those items because I can prepare them quickly which is a necessity with my son, he's very demanding.
So, people on food stamps are able to buy junk food because the government says it's ok, my point was that whether they spend $365 at Meijer or $365 at Whole Foods they are still using the same amount of tax dollars, so what do you care? It's not like they get more if they run out before the next month, what you get is what you get.
If you are willing to do for one year what other's won't, you can spend a lifetime doing what other's cant.




And a 10 oz bag of chips is not comparable to a stir fry portion, so that comparison is null and void. You'd have to compare a 10 oz bag of Cheetos with a 10 oz bag of rice patties or whatever it is they make for healthy eaters.
And btw, those nasty rice cake things are DISGUSTING. NO flavor, and eating 10 ounces of them would make me hungrier than I was before because I would be fantasizing about a 6 oz Erma Burger from Max and Erma's.![]()
If you are willing to do for one year what other's won't, you can spend a lifetime doing what other's cant.
I think it is perfectly comparable. I pack my hubby the extra stir-fry from the night before so that he doesn't have to buy snacks like chips at the gas station. A 12oz portion vs a 10oz bag of chips is similar in size of meal and cost point. The stir-fry takes a few minutes of effort more, but other than that, they are pretty similar.
I never talked about eating bland things like rice cakes or even being on a vegan or all organic diet. I'm just talking about eating real food instead of junk. I think that what you mentioned for yourself (sausage, egg, toast) constitutes real food.
The point I'm trying to make is that grocery shopping for real meals that have some nutritional value is much cheaper in the long run than buying only what you can get from the gas station. People hear balanced meal and think that it must be some calorie counting organic nut. I'm just talking about eating real food instead of amassing snacks.




I'm not going to argue this out anymore, it's making me hungry. I see your point and somewhat agree with it, but I've been trying to have a sense of humor in this thread since last night and no one has picked up on it![]()
If you are willing to do for one year what other's won't, you can spend a lifetime doing what other's cant.
I'm sorry I didn't pick up on the humor. There was a lot of welfare abuse where I grew up as well as a lot of families barely getting enough food to survive because the parents didn't understand how to buy food for their kids. They didn't see the difference between snacks and food.
I think a lot of people on this thread just have strong feelings on the topic. I'm not saying that humor wasn't wanted, just not expected.



i see ur point. in the US u do not have to even pay into the system to use the system.
now i do know junk food is much cheaper than typical "healthy" food which could b a major reason for ppl on EBT to purchase junk food. unfortunately the shittier it is for u the cheaper it is. i dont necessarily have an issue w/ ppl using EBT to buy junk food. i cant say if i were on public assistance i would not buy some junk food. i would i know i would.
i did have a friend one time who literally bought all junk food. i mean nothing this chick bought could have remotely constituted a meal.
i do have an issue for some abusers who have plenty of money to buy non-essentials like cigs, weed, expensive clothes, nice cars, etc. n then turn around and need the government to pay for food. priorities.
Please see above argument about expense of junk food vs. normal food. The only time it comes close to being cheaper is if you are purely talking pre-made food that takes zero effort to prepare, and even that is arguable if you walk through the grocery store's frozen food section. Junk food seems cheaper, but if you understand how to grocery shop on a budget, and calculate out your per meal cost, real food (or healthy food) wins. This is speaking of normal food, not designer organic stuff.
As a side note. Does anyone remember the classes for grocery shopping, budgeting, running finances, basic cooking/housekeeping and etc? When growing up I know they were offered by the community, at least in my part of Los Angeles. Does the government run any of these? Do your communities have basic living classes like these?
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