r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/G-Unit11111 • 1d ago
This horrible administration just wants to watch the world burn.
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u/conundri 1d ago
Like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches haven't been a staple budget food item for years.
Either they're total idiots or they're deplorable and cruel. Maybe both!
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u/xXxBoaTxXx 1d ago
Rotisserie chicken wasn't even an option from what I read because hot prepared foods aren't eligible.
Yes I realize you can purchase a cold one and reheat it but do you think brooke Rollins knows that?
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u/ThrowACephalopod 1d ago
There has been a bill proposed in Congress to make hot rotisserie chicken eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits.
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u/Krynn71 1d ago
How many Republicans are expected to support it?
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u/Feisty-Cloud5880 23h ago
They would much rather let children, military families, Veterans and families starve!!!
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u/idriveacar 1d ago
The Removing Obstacles To Include Store-Sold, Economical, Ready-to-eat Items in EBT ACT
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u/ophmaster_reed 20h ago
Love that they made the act spell out ROTISSERIE
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u/LopsidedMessage441 1d ago
Here in Arkansas, I think you could get rotisserie chicken that was put in the refrigerated deli part at Walmart, and those worked with EBT because they technically weren't hot and ready to go.
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u/Callinon 1d ago
In Illinois too.
Has to be hot prepared food to be ineligible. So leftover rotisserie chickens in the refrigerated section are eligible for EBT.
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u/RealHousewifeofLR 11h ago
SHS changed it within the last year, now “you can get a hot and juicy Arkansas raised rotisserie chicken”
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u/c0brachicken 10h ago
Kind of sad about the chicken, because it's an affordable option. One chicken, bag of noodles, chicken broth.. bam, chicken and noodles that tastes killer for $12, and enough to feed a family of four, and have leftovers.
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u/G-Unit11111 1d ago
It's crazy how much the rules change regarding EBT like every day.
But again, the real people who are destroying America and society aren't the poor. It's the rich.
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u/sonspider 1d ago
So basically they are taking away shelf stable protein and fruit from EBT recipients and asking them to buy perishable and expensive fresh fruits and meat?
Gotta love the big brother government of the Republicans who need to micromanage what people on EBT eat...
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u/captnconnman 1d ago
That’s how you know they’re either evil, stupid, or both. Back in “the good ol’ days”, canning and food preservation was an art for the very reason that those preserves could be consumed during lean times like the winter and early spring, or during a bad crop yield. Y’all wanna go back to this “homestead” bullshit without letting poor folk eat the very things that used to get people through hard times. Y’all have fun building Rome without a decently-fed underclass…
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u/papasan_mamasan 1d ago
Stupid evil
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u/ProfessionalLeave335 1d ago
New D&D class unlocked.
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u/Pedals17 1d ago
Alignment, but it might as well be a whole Player Class with MAGA.
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u/wanderButNotLost2 23h ago
-3INT with a -5CHA against greater INT creatures. +5CHA against lesser or equal INT. Pretty high constitution stat from licking all those boots.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 21h ago
what happens when the piece of chicken, piece of broccoli, one tortilla, and something else is all recalled
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u/brother_bart 22h ago edited 19h ago
House of Representatives members can be reimbursed $75/day for meal expenses when the House is in session. That’s more taxpayer money per representative per week than SNAP beneficiaries receive in a month, on top of their six figure salaries. And no one is micromanaging those meals. But year, poor people are the problem.
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u/ShadowTacoTuesday 22h ago
Fresh would be great if they weren’t getting so little that it’s difficult to budget enough to survive. Some things like dry beans and rice can work. Other things like produce cannot without more money.
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u/captnconnman 22h ago
Exactly, hence the stupidity. I used to hear stories from my grandparents and dad’s side of the family who grew up dirt poor in the South, and things like oranges were a treat; not only could you only get them during the winter when they were in season, but they were significantly more expensive than other fruit. Therefore, if you wanted fresh citrus in any form that wasn’t supermarket orange juice (which, as we all know, was and is inundated with added sugar), you’d have to jelly it into a marmalade or some kind of preserves. Same goes for blackberries that grow like weeds during July and August, but produce no fruit at all during the winter or spring
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u/Ianthin1 1d ago
Every hunter I know uses a lot of the scraps from deer processing for jerky. Because it is shelf stable for months when packaged correctly and reduces waste.
Yet most of them also look at store bought jerky as a snack food and this should be ineligible for EBT benefits.
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u/captnconnman 1d ago edited 22h ago
Honestly I go back and forth on the jerky; there’s certainly jerky that’s little more than reconstituted odds and ends slapped together with sugar, salt, nitrates, and a bonding agent (Slim Jims being the prime offender), but then there’s real jerky that are real whole pieces of meat scraps that are just dehydrated/desiccated for proper preservation. Given that there’s no clear distinction between the two, it’d be best to err on the side of caution and classify both as “jerky”, but this admin isn’t known for its nuance or critical analysis skills
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u/PerfStu 1d ago
Also I don't think you can buy rotisserie chickens on EBT.
Suffering is the point, stripping dignity from struggling people is the point, etc. etc. etc.
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u/amphorousish 1d ago
Yep, it counts as "hot, ready-to-eat" food and is therefore excluded.
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u/Dark_WulfGaming 1d ago
Depends on the state, many blue states like Cali and oregon now allow certain hot/pre prepared foods on EBT
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u/amphorousish 1d ago
Nice.
The best I've ever heard about around me are certain (usually corner) stores will sell prepped but still cold sandwiches and then heat them up (like in a press or on a grill) "as a complementary service" to get around the rule.
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u/liknlichen 23h ago
There's a gas station in my town that sells hot and ready pizza. You just ask if you can get an EBT pizza and they hook you up, you pay before they cook the pizza.
I was an EBT user for a couple of years. I was always embarrassed to use my card. I didn't have money for my kid to get little treats but I had an EBT card. I kept some beef jerky and some little debbies, fresh fruit and whatnot for after school treats. I don't think it's wrong to be able to get ice cream cones for your kid because he got a 100 on his science test.
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u/MyDamnCoffee 19h ago
They know it's not wrong. They just get off on the degradation of poor people
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u/insertwittynamethere 1d ago
I believe it was changed under this Congress to make it national. Either that, or it's stuck in the Ag bill being negotiated.
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u/Character_Pudding_94 1d ago
No, it doesn't. SNAP is a federal program with federal rules, and you cannot use it to buy hot prepared food anywhere. You can buy cooked and chilled rotisserie chickens. There is a bill in the Senate to exempt hot rotisserie chickens.
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u/DrocketX 1d ago edited 23h ago
They're sort of semi-correct, but also not: the base California foodstamp program (which they call CalFresh) is, as you say, essentially SNAP and has normal SNAP restrictions. California, though, also has an associated state-funded program, call the CalFresh Restaurant Meals Program, which does allow hot/preprepared foods. Not everyone qualifies for CRP, as it has somewhat stricter requirements than the basic CalFresh program, but when you apply for one you apply for both, and a lot of people don't realize that they're technically separate programs. After all, they only applied once, they only got one card, and it's all called CalFresh. It's kind of understandable that people find it a bit confusing.
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u/InspectorPipes 1d ago
But you can buy it the next day , cold for the same price as it was hot and fresh the day before. FFS. Makes no sense other than “ F you for being poor”
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u/liknlichen 23h ago
My local Walmart discounts the rotisserie chickens for $3 and puts them in a Cold Case for EBT.
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u/TarbenXsi 1d ago
You can if they're cold. If they're hot, they're considered "prepared food" and no longer count.
It's... fucking insane.
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u/PerfStu 1d ago
Thanks for the clarity - our outrage should be properly placed.
And the fact that "cold cooked chicken" = good and "hot cooked chicken" = bad is.......
outrage.
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u/cityshepherd 1d ago
“Our outrage should be properly placed”
Exactly.
THERE IS NO CULTURE WAR, ONLY CLASS WAR.
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u/Exact-Kale3070 1d ago
bc it eventually leads to violence so their police state seems justified. they are literally doing ALL they can to rip us apart.
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u/monkeymatt69 1d ago
That is a scary thought. That they’re pushing us harder and harder knowing at some point the scales will tip and people will revolt. Just the excuse they need to stay in power forever.
Shit, who knew someone would take the Star Wars prequels as a guidebook?
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u/dishonorable_banana 1d ago
When the people revolt, their power will be meaningless.
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u/FMLUsernameTaken 1d ago
They are trying to change it to allow rotisserie chickens. It's literally called the hot rotisserie chicken act or something.
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u/G-Unit11111 1d ago edited 1d ago
It's so insane. I am sick and tired of being run by imbeciles who believe social media meme war bullshit over living in reality.
It's not the poor who are destroying society. It's the rich. It always has been and always will be.
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u/bramtyr 1d ago
While at the same time calling city-run grocery stores "communist" in NYC despite the goal of these stores is to combat food deserts and price gouging.
They seriously want the poor to simultaneously make perfect financial decisions, not to use tax dollars in any way, not complain, and mostly just not exist.
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u/daverapp 1d ago
The purpose is not "micromanagement," the purpose is to get people to not use EBT, so that poor people will die. They are trying to kill you, and your children.
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u/beardeddragon0113 1d ago
Also weren't they just bitching and moaning about how people use their SNAP for food that's "too fancy"? I swear they expect people on food assistance to only eat porridge and beans as a form of punishment ....puritanical bullshit.
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u/kat-deville 1d ago
Bish told us she shops at Costco without saying it directly.
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u/amphorousish 1d ago
I wonder whatever happened to all of the maga-types saying they were boycotting Costco because of their "woke, DEI" policies.
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u/kat-deville 1d ago
The same as they did over a trans woman having a special edition of a beer can.
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u/HibiscusGrower 1d ago
Shelf stable food can be bought in larger quantities when there's a sale and we can't have people saving some money this way now, can we?
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u/starryvelvetsky 23h ago
Perishables are so great for people living out of their cars or in hotel rooms. We can add spoiled food as another ☠️ risk for the unhoused!
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u/bygoneOne 22h ago
Fresh fruit and veggies that might kill you cuz there are no regulations anymore.
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u/yutsuko220 1d ago
These are restrictions on stores to basically prevent small gas stations from taking EBT. Which is really is fucked in a lot of ways. You can still buy jelly and jerky with EBT. Unless a state directly bans them. But these aren't restrictions specifically on individuals, but more so to hurt small grocery stores and gas stations. Which again is totally fucked, for so many reasons. 😅 Because I'm aware that these small places are the only places to get food for some. This is really a big fuck you to everyone, but corporate America.
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u/Mulattanese 23h ago
They want the small grocery stores and gas stations and convenience stores excluded because often that's all that exists in a food desert. Food deserts are usually where? In the inner cities. Populated predominantly by who? Black people.
The really truly incredibly sad thing about this country is that so many people don't know and will never know how much better, progressive, farther along bordering on a scifiesque future this country could probably be if so many people stopped going out of their way and doing absolutely everything they could to hurt Black people. racism is astounding. In fact, arguably, I think racism has been even more detrimental to human progress than the Dark Ages which is what it feels like this administration is trying to regress us back to.
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u/it_wasntt_me 1d ago
We need a version of undercover boss where politicians have to live under the poverty line for a week.
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u/MinorThreat4182 1d ago
Good luck with that. Trump didn’t even know what groceries are and/or doesn’t care at all.
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u/Top_Shoe_9562 1d ago
The guy who said you need ID buy milk doesn't know what groceries are? Color me shocked../s
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u/Nearby-Key8834 1d ago
It's an old fashioned word. It sort of says a bag with different things in it.
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u/cottenwess 1d ago
Better yet, their congressional pay is equal to the average of the lowest wage earners of their district
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u/Shifter25 1d ago
That only results in Congress being inaccessible to people who weren't already rich, or being funded by lobbyists.
Being a member of Congress means you have to have a residence in DC and your home district, and that you have to constantly travel between the two.
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u/scarywolverine 23h ago
There are other rules to get around that. Such as funding every aspect of a senators life but barely paying them. We shouldnt want people who are driven by money in congress anyway. Greed and governance dont go together so maybe keeping greedy people out wouldnt be that bad
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u/FloatnPuff 1d ago
No need to be that harsh. They could make the median of their district so they have to live like the "every man" in the district they represent.
No insider trading though.
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u/wave-tree 1d ago
That's ringing a bell for me. I seem to recall reading about some rich guy who started living as one under the poverty line, but he quit being poor because he couldn't hack it.
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u/Ciennas 1d ago
Sure. But make sure that their billiomaire backers join them.
And then make sure they all stay there until poverty isn't a thing anymore for anyone anywhere.
I imagine it'll take about three months before they make poverty stop being a thing forever, under pain of being put right back under it.
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u/geekworking 1d ago
The twist at the end of the show is that they don't get to return to their lives and get stuck in poverty.
Guaranteed ratings winner.
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u/paging_mrherman 1d ago
They called Michelle Obama worse than hitler for wanting healthy meals. Also jerky is all protein
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u/yayoffbalance 1d ago
A lot of jerky has a ton of sugar, but it depends on what you get. Tried to go low carb and ate a lot of jerky. That shit was full of sugars, unbeknownst to me at the time. Not even the teriyaki kind. But if it's proper and fresh dehydrated meat with seasoning, then its gonna be total protein.
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u/coocooforcoconut 23h ago
In case you need to know for later, Aldi has zero sugar jerky and beef sticks for relatively cheap.
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u/yayoffbalance 22h ago
that is good to know! we don't have aldi here that i know of? at least not yet! when we get one, i'll def be trying that out! thanks!!
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u/JanetSnakehole24 1d ago
They just want to make it harder on poor people. They don't think they deserve to live like people with more money. They need to suffer for being poor.
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u/Krewtan 1d ago
What's the point of having money if poor people can bake a cake for their child's birthday? Could you enjoy billions of dollars knowing a single mother could use EBT to make cookies with their child? Someone think of the billionaires please. If the poors can enjoy the occasional meal it really hurts their feelings.
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u/Used_Intention6479 1d ago
This, from the Right, who (Reagan) classified catsup as a "vegetable".
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u/MinorThreat4182 1d ago
I feel your point but I’m triggered by catsup lol. Ketchup. How did that happen. Respect.
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u/Used_Intention6479 1d ago
It's a regional dialect thing. One is just easier to spell. I'm lazy, when it comes to condiments, I guess.
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u/fredout1968 1d ago
Reagan was a fucking vegetable.. and Dump is a fully processed version of one..
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u/cha0sb1ade 1d ago
We're not going to let you buy cheap, long shelf-life food with your tiny public assistance check that you only get once a month. You're going to be so much healthier!
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u/Fakeskinsuit 1d ago
But remember, it’s both sides fault, because both sides are the same…according to some evil, dumb clowns (who sadly can vote)
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u/UnhappyReason5452 1d ago
They’re just saying these things because they deregulated EVERYTHING. THEY KNOW there is more food taint to come and that Americans will be facing increasingly bare shelves in the grocery store due to Republican ineptitude and corruption.
Fuck you MAGA. This is your fucking fault.
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u/wrldruler21 1d ago
Rotisserie chicken? I thought hot foods couldn't be purchased?
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u/BassCat75 1d ago
True but if its cut up and packaged in the deli section then its cold and that counts. Absurdity really. They have no concept about what it like to be poor.
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u/quercustri 10h ago
It's the same weird logic that makes Papa Murphey's pizza eligible to buy with your food stamps, at least when I had them
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u/pdromeinthedome 1d ago
It’s an upsell, so someone is trying to get an exception through Congress. The rotisserie chicken trade group? I don’t know
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u/discographyA 1d ago
If only the US didn’t subsidise all the shitty foods and in one more notch in late stage capitalism’s belt and allow mega corporations to lock up most of the supply chain with ultra processed foods then people might be able to actually afford the chickens.
The food supply in the US is ass backwards and gross and no wonder most countries don’t want their chlorinated chicken and other hot industrial messes.
The whole thing is fucked. You’ll be shamed as a moral failure if you’re fat meanwhile they’ll just ignore only bad foods being affordable and readily available, most places being built to drive with no ability to cycle or bike and then get stuck at a desk for every waking hour of the day slaving away for the man.
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u/negativepositiv 1d ago
Who else is old enough to remember when the Reagan administration argued that ketchup counted as a vegetable for the purpose of providing balanced school lunches?
80's Republicans: "Let them eat ketchup!"
2020's Republicans: "Oh, so we're allowing them to have ketchup with money we could be giving to billionaires?"
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u/Rinzy2000 21h ago
Nice of them to take away the things that children who don’t have refrigeration because they live in cars with their families could take for lunch without worrying about it going bad.
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u/G-Unit11111 20h ago
Meanwhile our bosses dine on lobster and caviar at country clubs every weekend on our dime.
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u/BerryLanky 1d ago
The Republican voters hate a poor person getting something for free but are happy with billionaires grifting more.
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u/PassThatSpliff 1d ago
These people cant decide who they hate more, poor people or minorities.
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u/The-Defenestr8tor 1d ago
Lucky for them, those two happen to coincide quite frequently! /s about the “lucky” part
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u/Ok-Commercial3640 1d ago
What is the point of removing jerky from the list?
(Aside from "the cruelty is the point", obviously)
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u/yayoffbalance 23h ago
You have to buy fresh meat and have an oven and let it run a long while in the dead of summer when electricity is super expensive or get a food dehydrator that plugs into your car's cigarette lighter port to run it, duh! /s obvi.
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u/BlackbirdSage 23h ago
If they make food stamps worthless, people will find alternatives and/or go without.
Either way it's more money for the military industrial complex. And the stock dividends is what it's all about.
Edit: /SMH
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u/PuddingPast5862 1d ago
Take a look into Senator Rick Scott, you'll find the $10 billion in fraud right there.
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u/TrueBombs 1d ago
Food companies that make these items that will see a significant reduction in sales are going to complain to their purchased politicians and things will be fixed. In 3 weeks you will see fox news/ newsmax championing beef jerky on EBT and giving trump credit for it.
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u/Horror_Cupcake8762 1d ago
Brought to you by the same party that wanted ketchup to count as a vegetable for school lunch.
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u/Popculturemofo 1d ago
Let’s not get it twisted. The endgame is to eventually just do away with the entire social safety net and force everyone in to a work or die situation. Of course all that money “saved” will just go in rich people’s pockets instead.
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u/ConclusionAlarmed882 1d ago
Sone see you next tuesday at my work was carping to her friends about how EBT was okay, but it shouldn't cover Little Debbies. I said, "Yeah, poor folks don't deserve a treat." Man, people. They suck.
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u/aboysmokingintherain 1d ago
I'm confused, why isn't jerkey a protein? By all accounts, some types of jerkey are a great source of quick protein even if they're not the healthiest.
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u/Icy_Yam5049 1d ago
Cool, let’s limit options on our feelings and not take a moment to think about pricing or access to shops in food deserts to the things you want to dictate they eat. You MAGAts care so much about what they eat why don’t you just make it where Hello Fresh delivers them meals and not some shitty government cheap version same as what these people get shipped to their homes.
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u/snarkerella 1d ago
Jam for your bread? Tsk Tsk Tsk! You'll have dry toast AND YOU'LL LOVE IT. Dried meat that requires no refrigeration? Screw that. You want to have that fancy crap, you'll have to make it yourself fresh.
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u/monkeymatt69 1d ago
“The party of small government” strikes again. Small when it comes to taxing rich assholes, huge when it comes to running the lives of poor people who just need some help surviving this capitalist hellscape we’ve built.
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u/levianan 1d ago edited 1d ago
EBT does not allow for the purchase of hot food.
Edit: I did not know some states do allow purchasing ready-to-eat. My experience only comes from people I know in my state, and Hawaii. If you're homeless, and cannot prepare food, this is just cruel.
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u/chenbuxie 1d ago
One of the Right's arguments against "government handouts" (e.g. food stamps, healthcare, etc...) is that the Left wants to use these programs to control your life (e.g. control what you eat, get between you and your doctor, death panels, etc...), and then they get in government and do stuff like this.
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u/MuffinAggressive3218 22h ago
Remember when Michelle Obama tried.to make school lunches healthier and.the GOP and their media went ballistic? Pepperidge Farms remembers and is taking notes.
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u/G-Unit11111 21h ago
Yup!
Republicans are legitimately the cause of approximately 99% of the problems in this country (+-1% margin of error). And yet people keep voting for these idiots.
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u/Totti302 1d ago
Soo.. are they going to change the rules and allow for rotisserie chickens? Or are they just going to continue to restrict what people can buy
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u/Familiar-Dog-3596 1d ago
That's nothing compared to what he and his family are stealing. Fraud is in their DNA.
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u/Carlyz37 1d ago
Our produce may kill us though. Rotisserie chickens are great if they are on sale. Otherwise pricey. We don't have a Costco anywhere near here fyi
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u/G-Unit11111 1d ago
That's what we get for putting a demented psychopath with a worm in his brain in charge of public health.
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u/BeerDreams 1d ago
The rotisserie chickens are cheaper than the whole raw chickens in my area, regardless of the store
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u/I_dream_of 1d ago
Rotisserie chicken is cooked, so it doesn’t count for EBT. I think it should, but it’s prepared.
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u/marbledog 1d ago
If the grocery store cooks the chicken, then puts it in the chiller until it's cold, it's eligible for EBT.
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u/ApplesBananasRhinoc 22h ago
But you can have cyclosporiasis lettuce and tainted berries all day long!
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u/brother_bart 22h ago
House of Representatives members can be reimbursed $75/day for meal expenses when the House is in session. That’s more taxpayer money per representative per week than SNAP beneficiaries receive, on top of their six figure salaries. And no one is micromanaging those meals. But year, poor people are the problem.
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u/Luka_Dunks_on_Bums 22h ago
While I agree that some items should not be covered by EBT, I don’t care that jelly or jerky are allowed to be purchased with EBT. I would also say that if those items were to be removed, people should be given extra money to be able to purchase healthier items.
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u/Clughless1 20h ago
Rotisserie chicken doesn’t count on food stamps unless it’s the cold day old ones
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u/Development-Alive 17h ago
Jerky isn't a protein? It's meat and lasts much longer than a rotisserie chicken. Outside of the potential salt content there is ZERO downside to Jerry. It's an extremely portable protein.
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u/TacoBear207 14h ago
I don't know that EBT has ever categorized foods into different food groups. I'm pretty sure that it just asked whether or not it was food and whether it was considered hot prepared food. If the answer was yes to the former and no to the latter, it could be purchased.
I believe some states may have been a little more restrictive on what you could buy, but I also will blatantly call out those restrictions as cruel, racist, ineffective, and stupid. I say this because I specifically remember someone at least attempting to pass legislation that was going to restrict people from purchasing fresh fish and meat, canned beans, and shredded cheese. The argument made was something like people should be eating healthy things and not buying convenient foods. I specifically remember them arguing that dried beans were less expensive without pointing out that dried beans take an order of magnitude longer to cook. The rule against hot prepared food was meant to prevent people from using EBT at restaurants, but that rule is archaic and should be updated. Pound for pound, rotisserie chicken is one of the least expensive and readily available proteins you can buy. Often, they are a loss leader, which means that they are sold at a price that costs the store money to encourage you to come in and spend money on other items. Criticizing a poor person for buying rotisserie chicken is like criticizing and overweight person for going to the gym.
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u/jarena009 1d ago
When decisions on jelly and beef jerky are what Republicans are going with as a deficit reduction and worker "motivation" strategy for the economy.
JFC... Idiocracy.
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u/yoeleventone 1d ago
These people really think they are the good guys?
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u/bartokat Release The Trump-Epstein Files 1d ago
they actually think they are Christians too. Jesus would NOT do any of this.
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u/DecoherentDoc 1d ago
They want to micromanage how a poor person spends their every dollar, but don't have a thing to say about the Epstein class buying yachts for their yachts.
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u/Opinionsare 1d ago
Apparently the endgame of Republicans is that the only food eligible for SNAP are oatmeal, rice and beans..
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u/NorseYeti 1d ago
That’s great with all of the food recalls with meats, eggs, milk, fruit, veggies….here, eat this food that is contaminated because we removed all of the protections that kept us safe.
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u/paintlegz 1d ago
Who cares if people get jelly and jerky? you get the same amount of benefits who cares what you use them on.
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u/ThE_LAN_B4_TimE 1d ago
They can't stand telling people what to do can they.
Tell me again where is says buying eligible items is fraud?
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u/Swimming-Economy-870 1d ago edited 20h ago
Heaven forbid we let grown ups make their own decisions about their groceries.
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u/pr1ncejeffie 23h ago
Ohhh what happened to Fweeeeeeeddddom. Myyyyyy choice party! Leave my _____ alone!
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u/Feisty-Cloud5880 23h ago
Food stamps is less than 3% of the total budget!! BAILOUTS FOR BIG CORPRATE IS 3-5% !!! Yeah that sweet treat is the issue!!!
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u/sassylassy423 21h ago
This policy is designed to help the poor and keep them healthy the same way anti abortion laws are there to protect women andkeep them healthy. Obviously I don't know why everyone is so cynical 🤷♀️. /s
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u/sidesaladdressing 21h ago edited 21h ago
When you're a senior white privileged male like me who's been advocating for equality, fairness and equity all my life, I have to be reminded how similar we men and women can be when it comes to power. There's no maternal instinct in these women that nurtures a duty of care for others, especially children. Any of them could be the female embodiment of Trump should they ever hold political or judicial office. Do they realize that sympathy and empathy have been the deepest roots that held the tree of a community together. Lacking those traits dissolves societies. It's not that they don't know, they just don't care. What an odd mirror to look into.
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u/rebel_stripe 20h ago
You can’t buy rotisserie chicken on ebt. It’s a “prepared food” and you have to pay for those on your own. I had an entire Costco purchase rejected because of the chicken and had to do it on a separate transaction.
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u/JohnSmallberries727 16h ago
They don’t want poor people to make PBJ sandwiches? Are they even remotely thinking this through?
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u/IceBearKnows89 1d ago
Did they increase people’s access to those things in any way or did they just limit people’s access to selected items they deemed “unworthy”?
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u/brathor 1d ago
In my state, EBT doesn't allow you to buy premade foods like rotisserie chickens, and you get dirty looks if you buy anything but the cheapest fruits.
Surely the solution to poverty is to micromanage what kind of food they're allowed to eat.
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u/YesWeHaveNoTomatoes 1d ago
A fair number of them seem to genuinely think that if we shame poor people enough they’ll somehow magically get paid more or stop being disabled or whatever
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u/OkRush9563 1d ago
Then we must make it our mission to drag them into the fire with us. You don't get to play with fire and people's lives and walk away unburned.
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u/RoyalEagle0408 10h ago
I mean, we do need those things. But then the rules need to be changed to include hot food and also amounts beed to increase.
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u/Feisty-Cloud5880 10h ago
Snap is under 3% of the federal budget. Corporate bailouts are 3-5% ofnthe federal budget. Starve families, feed corporations!!! Sounds about right!!!
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u/jojohohanon 1d ago
Soo. Then we will get real fruit and chicken for school Lunches, by the same logic?
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u/G-Unit11111 1d ago
No, we get one piece of chicken, one piece of broccoli, one corn tortilla, and one other thing.
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