I wondered the same myself. I know that when I was raising my kids, I wish I'd have had $500+ to spend on groceries. I would suspect a lot could be resolved with education. For instance, teaching the value of buying things like meat that needs to be prepared vs. higer priced but more convenient things like chicken nuggets, etc. I was lucky. My parents never had much. But my mom could make a roast on one day, and then a stew the next that would last a couple of more days. some people don't have the example to use food left over to make different meals another day.

 

:thumb: The girl mentioned that when they ran out of food all they had left was Ranch dressing. I imagine that would be a bit more of a luxury if you were on an extremely tight budget and possibly indicative of the rest of their purchases.

I wondered the same myself. I know that when I was raising my kids, I wish I'd have had $500+ to spend on groceries. I would suspect a lot could be resolved with education. For instance, teaching the value of buying things like meat that needs to be prepared vs. higer priced but more convenient things like chicken nuggets, etc. I was lucky. My parents never had much. But my mom could make a roast on one day, and then a stew the next that would last a couple of more days. some people don't have the example to use food left over to make different meals another day.

 

That's why Home Economics really would serve many communities so well! I hate it that it has fallen by the way side.

Got a suspicion them food stamps ain't being used for food.:irked:

Got a suspicion them food stamps ain't being used for food.:irked:

 

 

Honestly, it's quite possible that they are, but for high priced convenient foods, sodas, chips, cookies, etc. It's less convenient, but the money stretches further when you buy foods that need to be prepared.

Honestly, it's quite possible that they are, but for high priced convenient foods, sodas, chips, cookies, etc. It's less convenient, but the money stretches further when you buy foods that need to be prepared.

 

Maybe. Are there any limitations on food stamps, besides alcohol and Cigs? Do they come in some sort of coupon form, or is a card used?

Exactly how well is welfare,disability and food stamps paying that you could pay $120 for one pill, am sure an addict would have to have more than one pill a month?

 

They steal anything they can get their hands on. A lot of welfare recipients live with family members and lie on their paperwork to make it look as if they are the only provider or live on their own. There are also those that sell pills for another dealer and are paid in pills. Addicts are the world's best at working the system and getting every penny they can get. A lot of time with the help of some bleeding heart social worker that is just trying to "save the world." It is easier to get welfare benefits than it is for a laid-off worker to get the unemployment due him that his employer has had to pay into the system for.

Maybe. Are there any limitations on food stamps, besides alcohol and Cigs? Do they come in some sort of coupon form, or is a card used?

 

 

They now are a card. And, I'm not aware of any limitations other than you can't buy the things you listed, or things like paper products, etc. Sodas, chips, cookies, candy, all are allowed. WIC has limitations, but not food stamps.

I noticed the kids eating off of paper plates, too. I really wish that there was a way to include courses on "stretching your dollar" for those on public assistance. Honestly, some people don't know how to do this, because they didn't grow up in that type of environment.

They steal anything they can get their hands on. A lot of welfare recipients live with family members and lie on their paperwork to make it look as if they are the only provider or live on their own. There are also those that sell pills for another dealer and are paid in pills. Addicts are the world's best at working the system and getting every penny they can get. A lot of time with the help of some bleeding heart social worker that is just trying to "save the world." It is easier to get welfare benefits than it is for a laid-off worker to get the unemployment due him that his employer has had to pay into the system for.

 

I'm not a social worker. I'm a teacher, but I, too, have been accused of trying to "save the world." Honestly, I'd rather try to save the world then let it go to Hades in a handbag. I may try to save 1000 of them, and only end up saving one, but it is worth the world to that one.

I noticed the kids eating off of paper plates, too. I really wish that there was a way to include courses on "stretching your dollar" for those on public assistance. Honestly, some people don't know how to do this, because they didn't grow up in that type of environment.

 

Most high school home-ec classes teach a section on budgeting and living within your own financial constraints.

I noticed the kids eating off of paper plates, too. I really wish that there was a way to include courses on "stretching your dollar" for those on public assistance. Honestly, some people don't know how to do this, because they didn't grow up in that type of environment.

 

 

So true. Of course, I have issues with paper plates, etc, environmentally, as well as economically. :lol:

 

Also, I don't know what the soil is like in the particular areas where the segments were aired. But, I also wonder if there would be a way for them to grown vegetables, etc.

Most high school home-ec classes teach a section on budgeting and living within your own financial constraints.

 

Our school hasn't had a home economics class in about ten years. When we did offer them, they weren't required.

So true. Of course, I have issues with paper plates, etc, environmentally, as well as economically. :lol:

 

Also, I don't know what the soil is like in the particular areas where the segments were aired. But, I also wonder if there would be a way for them to grown vegetables, etc.

 

Good question on the vegetable growing issue. I wonder how the hilly terrain (being that many live in the "hollows") would effect the amount of hours of sunlight and how that affects the crop choices that they might have.

 

I grew up in a "hollow." We grew our veggies up on top of one of the hills, near my uncle's tobacco fields. We didn't grow anything besides flowers down by our house.

Got a suspicion them food stamps ain't being used for food.:irked:

That's fairly common. One way around the system is they use their food stamp card to buy soft drinks by the cases and then sell them on the street for half price in order to get cash to buy drugs. I've heard people say they have had people buy steak for them on food stamp cards and then pay them half what it cost. These addicts will do anything to supply their habit, at the expense of everyone around them--- their family, friends, and John P Taxpayer.

Good question on the vegetable growing issue. I wonder how the hilly terrain (being that many live in the "hollows") would effect the amount of hours of sunlight and how that affects the crop choices that they might have.

 

I grew up in a "hollow." We grew our veggies up on top of one of the hills, near my uncle's tobacco fields. We didn't grow anything besides flowers down by our house.

 

We live in a "hollow" and we just ate our last gallon of corn that I put up and we are down to our last two gallons of green beans. Our garden gets plenty of morning sun because in the evening the mountain blocks the sun. We raise a garden because it just taste better and better for us than what you can buy in a store. There's a difference from being poor (not alot of money) and being "sorry". It takes a great effort to raise a garden. These people have limited income and make poor decisions. These are the same type of people that are lined up to buy lottery tickets and would LOVE to have one of the governor's gambling casinos, that he's so anxious to have, built in their community. I know people that play the lottery who work hard and play for fun. These 20/20 individuals are looking for an easy way to get money with as little effort as possible. It's just plain and simple ignorance! Getting these kids to see that how they live is not "normal" and that there is hope for them is the only way the cycle will ever end.