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user-inactivated  ·  4021 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Too much of too little: A diet fueled by food stamps is making South Texans obese but leaving them hungry

Ugh I had a good response written out by hubski bugged out and it didn't post.

The long and short of it was, I admit I haven't though this out entirely, but I have this feeling, perhaps naively, that there exists a much better solution to the problem.

There's been a lot of increased food stamp spending in the past few years and I'm not at all convinced it's working.





cgod  ·  4021 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think that without the food stamp program there would be more severe hunger. No program is perfect but I think that there is more danger in the current political climent that food stamps gets gutted and replaced with nothing rather than a healthier alternative.

user-inactivated  ·  4021 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't disagree with that, unfortunately I have very little faith that the current political climate can solve any large problems in a rational way.