FOOD STAMPS GONE: Good Bye SNAP - Hello "America's Harvest Box"!

The reason you can't hold a job might be psychological.

No one at Yale is stealing your job. They know how to use paragraph breaks and can thus get better employment.

Quite a nice place to get away for the day

Hey Pesqu'ile

Yes, it looks real nice. I lived on the Canadian border through high school (Quebec) about 60 miles from Montreal. Grew up listening to CHOM FM and drinking Molson Brador. Both of these were available in Ontario, well at least Toronto as I was growing up. I have been to most of the provinces camping the whole way and its a very nice country

lol you must be old

I am familiar with cortisol's relationship with fight/flight/freeze and can appreciate your research and the fact that you have a brain. You make a good point and I am sure that could defiantly help.

or buy NY strips & lobster...

The welfare queens I saw were buying 2 carts of steaks & shrimp. Then they had to leaf through 2” of 100’s & 50’s to find a 20 to buy the smokes.
And they loaded it into an Escalade.

A better alternative would be to provide local food warehouses that only stock healthy alternatives to be sold through the program

The only way to pay for them is through the EBT or Snap card.

These cards would not be valid for anything or anywhere else.

Consumers could shop at these places and choose foods based on their family's tastes and possible food allergy needs.

If you don't trust the government that much, don't depend on it for everything you need.

It's simple.

If you think a man is evil, do not marry him.

If you think a business is evil, do not sign a contract with them to do more business.

And yes, it takes sacrifice and hard work to not accept handouts, but plenty have done it because they chose not to accept the strings and stipulations that came with the free bread.

I'll pass that along to all the elderly who depend on that. Should make them feel all warm and fuzzy. Gee honey you worked all your life paid into retirement, allowed Uncle Sam to raid the piggy bank and never pay it back and your just not worth it

Should definitely cut down on fraud. Can't throw fruits and veggies at your lap dancer.

All i know is that government cheese back in the day and the canned pork and beef with the USDA

labels was the bomb , we used to buy it from neighbors and cousins , can't find cheese like that anymore .

old fake news that is never going to happen because too many people have "special food issues" which makes it impossible for them to eat just any ole food outta some box of generics ... plus the homeless don't cook ...


as for "extra" (FEBs check in Jan) money on the card, that ain't happening either ... do you actually KNOW someone who got "extra" ? or just read about it on the internet

makes no sense, what-so-ever - gov shutdown or not

dp

Honey, it’s not the same thing. The poor are going to get folic acid poisoned crackers and gmo roundup soaked potatoes,

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You mean the exact same thing they are buying with their food stamps???

What are you doing about horrendous PTSD (besides collecting in it)?

If I told you how to fix it, would you? Unlike the physical therapy you avoid, it costs taxpayers nothing.

Check your cortisol. Don’t let doc tell you “normal”. Check the number. Find natural means to get that number into the optimal range. Tell me if PTSD is still “horrendous” or just some quick reflexes and smart instincts.

PTSD saved my sweet bippy AGAIN two years ago. I don’t think it’s “horrendous” and I’ve never felt sorry for myself. Even when I was so depressed I didn’t think I’d see fifty I knew I became such a pain in the ass doing what was right and doing what (and whom!) I loved.

It’s only shitstorm when you deplete cortisol. Keep cortisol optimal and you get back control over arousal. There’s a lot you can do alone (without therapist or doctors).

Women with PTSD get low progesterone in midlife. It makes us whiny. Thirty dollars a month for a good progesterone replacement..

Post traumatic stress changes are very real. It’s called growing up. The world is not safe and adults aren’t meant to believe it is. I don’t know about you, but men without the reflexes and hypervigilance, men who still fear death, seem awfully boyish to me. PTSD is just adulthood with hormone imbalance. It’s not “horrendous” ffs, to know about life.

I begged and cried and raged and bullied trying to get ptsd treatment out of publicly funded sources. This was in a good liberal state. Same situation in Nebraska or Missouri gets folks zombies up real quick. They don’t care about your life. Their job is to sort you as gonna get free shot and not gonna get free shit. They turn on a dime, too. One day they are refusing to do their fucking job because they think you have hidden riches but still want free shit and the next day they’ve changed your tune and you are the noble and worthy exception to the rule. You still don’t get good treatment for PTSD.

Keep the free shit if you enjoy it. I don’t care if you get free shit.

I get mad hearing about “horrendous” PTSD eating up women’s lives. It’s cortisol and progesterone. You may always have a wonky HPA but you don’t have to be crippled by it.

No o e has to be crippled by PTSD. Fix your cortisol and ptsd is contained.

Maybe food stamp show be treated like unemployment except the disable and elderly. They would need to show they are looking for work while collecting.

They are. Many states have a program called workfare or something like that, where able bodied adults that are not caring for children or a disabled family member or a full time student, must register in a back to work program and put in a certain number of hours community service. Varies from state to state and some are exempt due to distance from job programs.

Where I live, there are some fresh fruit, vegetable and meat suppliers that accept EBT. I do that, though I know that many do not.

Further, I just used a part of this month's allowance to buy heirloom seeds, because I garden.

For me, this is a temporay situation. I am actively seeking employement, though it may take awhile (there are few jobs available where I am currently living...small place.)

The whole point of my initial post was to show that not everyone that is in need of assistance is a loser.

Maybe food stamp show be treated like unemployment except the disable and elderly. They would need to show they are looking for work while collecting.

Thank you so very much for the information and clarification.

This thread seemed to bring out a lot of emotionality in many of us.

I will get to my doctor and have that checked.

I am hesitant to take any hormones, because cancer has run high in my family, but will try and keep an open mind, as well as discuss it with my doctor. He is a good guy.

And, fyi, I am no longer crippled by the PTSD. I went undiagnosed for a long time. WHen it was dignosed, I sought to help alleviate it through more natural means. The medical establishment wanted me on high doses of Xanax. That is not my thing.

Much gratitude to you.

I get EBT.

I got horrendous PTSD while living in the Arabian Gulf in the three years leading up to 9/11. For most of you, the horror began on that date. For me, it began in 1998 when I was stationed in Bahrain.

I have been disabled for 5 years now, but I have worked 4.25 out of those 5 years, full time...including in a factory doing very hard physical labor, approaching the age of 50.

Because of my time in the factory, I developed carpal tunnel syndrome. I had surgery on both hands within the course of 2 months.

I am not a slacker, and have a hard time even asking for help.

It has taken me months of hard work to get my hands to work again. I declined physical therapy, because I know I can do it myself, at no cost to taxpayers.

I am grateful for you ALL for paying into a system in which I can rehabilitate.

Not every disabled person getting EBT is a loser.

When you lump us all into that 'box,' it is incredibly hurtful.

I spent almost 18 years overseas supporting service men and women, and I am proud and grateful that I did.

I took small children into my own home who had dually-deployed parents...and accepted NO money for doing so.

The hate I am seeing here breaks my heart.

I get EBT.

I got horrendous PTSD while living in the Arabian Gulf in the three years leading up to 9/11. For most of you, the horror began on that date. For me, it began in 1998 when I was stationed in Bahrain.

I have been disabled for 5 years now, but I have worked 4.25 out of those 5 years, full time...including in a factory doing very hard physical labor, approaching the age of 50.

Because of my time in the factory, I developed carpal tunnel syndrome. I had surgery on both hands within the course of 2 months.

I am not a slacker, and have a hard time even asking for help.

It has taken me months of hard work to get my hands to work again. I declined physical therapy, because I know I can do it myself, at no cost to taxpayers.

I am grateful for you ALL for paying into a system in which I can rehabilitate.

Not every disabled person getting EBT is a loser.

When you lump us all into that 'box,' it is incredibly hurtful.

I spent almost 18 years overseas supporting service men and women, and I am proud and grateful that I did.

I took small children into my own home who had dually-deployed parents...and accepted NO money for doing so.

The hate I am seeing here breaks my heart.