02-16-2018, 01:48 AM
I was on SNAP while I was applying for disability, and I admit that I ate well. I even bought such luxuries as asparagus and strawberries. The trick? I did not buy candy, pastries, snack cakes, ice cream, or potato chips on SNAP.
SNAP gives people freedom to choose their foods, and that can accommodate religious values (one could eat in according to one's religious or ethical teachings, or to allow adjustments for such conditions as diabetes and gout). The box could offer coffee to Mormons, pork to Muslims or Orthodox Jews.
Would I change anything? Sure. I would issue a cookbook to anyone getting SNAP, suggesting how people could cook from scratch (which is laborious but cheaper. Of course my tiny kitchen makes that impossible.
Trump's idea of a box of pre-selected food suggests either the offering of the old surplus commodities (which have obvious limitations), or, worse, sweetheart deals with a supplier. Of course, dealing with President Trump reminds me of an old saying about dealing with a shady businessman: after you shake hands, make sure to count your fingers.
SNAP gives people freedom to choose their foods, and that can accommodate religious values (one could eat in according to one's religious or ethical teachings, or to allow adjustments for such conditions as diabetes and gout). The box could offer coffee to Mormons, pork to Muslims or Orthodox Jews.
Would I change anything? Sure. I would issue a cookbook to anyone getting SNAP, suggesting how people could cook from scratch (which is laborious but cheaper. Of course my tiny kitchen makes that impossible.
Trump's idea of a box of pre-selected food suggests either the offering of the old surplus commodities (which have obvious limitations), or, worse, sweetheart deals with a supplier. Of course, dealing with President Trump reminds me of an old saying about dealing with a shady businessman: after you shake hands, make sure to count your fingers.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.