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Originally Posted by donb9006
Let me rephrase it...it's EXTRA money put into the food production economy through government debt.
If the poor didn't get "free food", I doubt so many would be obese. So, IMO, there is definitely "extra" food in the system.
Supposedly they don't HAVE the money to pay for food. If they do, why are we paying them?
Good luck with that...make the poor do something? Ha...that's a good one!
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The food stamp program does not dictate what food can be bought with the card. If a family receives $350 on their card per month, they can buy $350 worth of lobster tail or $350 of chicken, turkey, and spaghetti. Which goes further for feeding the family during the month?
The Federal government does not tell you what you can buy with your Social Security retirement each month, does it?
Regarding dairy subsidies, I remember reading in history books about dairy farmers dumping milk in sewers because of low prices caused by over production. Dairy subsidies were created to buy the milk at a guaranteed price to prevent this - so I doubt that elimination of a dairy subsidy and putting milk on the "free market" would raise prices. If dairy farmers thought they could get more money on the "free market", they would not be spending so much money in lobbying their Congress reps to keep it in place.