Exactly, and many people that have food insecurities have cellphones worth hundreds of dollars and smoke pot and drink and do drugs. But somehow they can't afford food. LOL 😂
Imagine a world where governments waste money on researching a problem they caused and then demanding more taxpayer funding to “fix” it. Repeating this process over and over again. Sounds like the definition of insanity to me.
Problem reaction solution. They use this method on everything. Create crime to scare the normies and take all of our money. Create food deserts to scare normies and take all our money, create climate change to scare normies and take all our money, create cov ID to scare normies and take all our freedoms and money and health
Man I wish I was apart of the government. The scam is so easy, and if someone doesn’t like the scam. You can just force money out of them. It’s great. Then you can take 12 months to get someone’s tax return.
look at crime waves and also homelessness, more ways to destroy the middle class and take MORE money to fix a problem that already has a solution, but the grift goes on....I predict LA will NEVER, EVER, solve homelessness. Too profitable a scam right now.
No , it is just business as usual, history will teach you that . And it always ends in collapse…. Remember « panem and circense » in Rome. Just now there is an insane equilibrium with technological progress.
That doesn't make sense in today's modern society. Am I, a 76 year old woman, living in a large city, supposed to set off with my fishing pole, or gun, every day and go cattch or kill my dinner? Ridiculous. Think before you give bad advice
@@f308gtb1977🤣 ok gr00mer. DemocRATs gave us high taxes, high gas prices, high food prices, high electricity prices , highest inflation in 40 years, opening the borders and rolling out the red carpet for illegals...yeah Republicans are the problem 👌
@@f308gtb1977👈low IQ democRAT that supports his fellow democRATs throwing hundreds of billions of American tax payers money at foreign countries , then claims its Republicans going on spending sprees 😂
Actually history shows us that when people like John stop that’s when the atrocities start. So if we keep supporting people like this yes people do wake up. The establishment wants you to believe what you already do.
@user-rd6mt5qp6h that’s not the deal. It’s not just work 40 hours and be handed everything. For one someone has to work hard and produce the food. And the massive chain that is involved. The only reasonable way to feed people is for government to get out of the way. Unless you think it’s productive when government deliberately destroys donated food because it could be poison? Oh I know when FDR burned oranges and then the dust bowl happened. Government is the reason food has gotten so expensive. Wake up and stop being a duped commie.
It's been a real thing around here in Louisville for a while, but the answer is teaching people to grow their own fresh foods and building communities of local growers. I just hate to see real issues get blown off because that idiot Biden mentioned it.
@@Sweethands4No, but one president's policies cause tons of problems. Forcibly hutting down the economy, brazen money printing, unlimited foreign expendatures, etc. This stuff adds up and equates to this shithole.
@@Sweethands4 and the hundreds of politicians, thousands of other government employees, millions of private citizens, and billions of dollars which follow his lead, because he's in the most powerful position in the most powerful country in the world.
Obesity was also a problem during covid, but we never heard about it. They should have been talking about healthy lifestyles, but instead we heard nothing but talk about vaccines and masks.
300,000 people die in America every year because of over eating. Ever notice all of the talk about diabetes? If people ate right , they wouldn't have diabetes. The governments food pyramid is a lie.
I clocked this 10 years ago when I kept seeing billboards stating that 1 in 4 American children went hungry. That just did not make sense to me. I pulled up the study and saw the verbiage mentioned in the video. I welcome more voices calling this scam out. I do realize that there are people who are struggling, and the food bank is one charity to which I regularly donate. However, I can't stand when surveys are designed to manipulate "outcomes". The true irony is that with the current inflation rate we are now at a point where this myth might actually become true.
"altruism" has become a marketing tool for everything. Look at all advertisements, whether public or private sector. It appears that everyone is selflessly saving the world with their company or product. It's all BS.
I stopped donating to any food banks when I saw the people taking the food from the food banks during CoVid. None of these people were hungry. They were driving up in their huge cars; etc. They were just using generous Americans gifts of food, so they wouldn’t have to buy groceries. Here’s my message to all hungry Americans: IF YOU ARE HUNGRY, GET A JOB!
@@shawnaweesner3759the answer is actually the inverse. Quit your job. Mass file for benefits, bankrupt the system and the country until the DC schmucks realize they work for the people. Not big pharma, not lobbyists, THE MFN CITIZENS. It will take one month, maybe 2. Check out the dow during COVID. Lockdowns cut it in half.
I couldn't even if I did have that. Just the thought that I am consuming almost an entire month's rent just makes me retch. Guess that's just silly peasant thinking. ;p
I grew up poor. We had no air conditioning or heat. I grew up in the Panhandle of Florida. I was not fat, I was a skinny kid. Real hunger is a great motivator to get off your ass and go to work. These crooked politicians want to control. That's why they encourage people to get on the draw. That way politicians have more money they can skim their cut off the top.
@@actually5004 ssi is a scam. I live in a European country now and we pay into a pension that the employer matches. America has a buy now, pay later or never mentality or allow others to pay and see if there's any left for you when it's your turn. It's a scam. Poor kids.
My daughter works in a local library. During summer months the government used the library as a collection center for a food program. They pre-packed brown bag lunches to guarantee poor kids would have a lunch during the months school was closed. All you had to do was show up and take the lunch. Kids complained to the librarians they didnt like the food. There were peanut butter sandwiches on multi grain bread, small white milk, apple or banana. Good lunches. The janitor found the garbage cans stuffed with tossed lunches. They yelled they wanted Coke, Chips, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell. My daughter was allowed to take all leftover bags at the end of the day. New bags came each morning. Two things...I grew up poor with five kids. Lots of times we didnt have nice lunches. Two...Im disabled with severe health problems and I have very limited funds. No one offered me good food like this. However I ate it and I appreciate it.
Older adults grew up in a time when stuff was plentiful but learned and could still see the lingering effects in society when things weren't. Younger generations have grown up in a time of plentiful stuff and have never seen the effects of when it wasn't. Older generations weren't just told stories about it they could see the emotions that the people telling the stories had when doing so. When telling those stories to our children the same emotions don't come through. I'll never forget my grandfather telling the story of him and his parents loading up in a covered wagon heading to the nearest hospital 140 miles away because his infant brother was ill. Who passed away almost halfway there and turning around to head back home to bury him in the local cemetery. I'll never forget the look in his eyes telling how his mother held his brother the entire time heading back home. She was determined to protect her son even in death until he was laid to rest properly. Even though I myself did not endure such hardship the emotions of my grandfather have stuck with me.
Yeah, it's crazy. I remember growing up in a time when I wasn't eligible for free/reduced lunches because my mother made just over the cutoff for eligibility but she still didn't have the funds to give me. So I just straight up didn't eat lunch K-12. The kids on those programs all went for chocolate milk, soda...anything junk and they would either sell their actual lunch or toss it in the trash. They were all mostly overweight. Meanwhile, I regularly got embarrassed by the sound of my stomach growling in class.
Each day I have a home made sandwich, two carrots, an apple and 3 squares of dark chocolate for lunch. Other people at work choose to buy lunch from stores near the office. What they spend on one high fat, high salt, high sugar, high calorie 'lunch', feeds me for an entire week. And the kicker is, they're all mostly WAY bigger than me and probably SHOULD be eating less. They always give the same excuse 'I don't have the time to make lunch'. I have a kid who I often have to drop to school before going to work (and make her lunch for her) and then cycle to work. I still find the time to make lunch (the night before). Govts can't stop people making lazy, unhealthy choices, and giving them extra freebies only encourages laziness and lack of personal responsibility.
I had a friend who worked for the DSS and her job was to inform people already getting hand-outs of all the other "benefits" they are entitled to. She would visit them at their homes and they ALL have new cars, huge TV's, and wasted money all over the place.. She was very unhappy about being put in that position but she was working for her retirement. after over 20 years, She finally lost it and quit giving up all retirement benefits but regained her self respect.... The system is horrible, they drag people, mostly single mothers, and once your IN, it starts a new generation of entitled people. Kids grow up thinking that life is more about welfare applications than job applications and the pattern continues...
@@Pete.across.the.street My wife worked at a food pantry for years; many recipients would return their whole frozen chicken and other more healthy choices because they either did not want to take the time to prepare their food or were never taught how to prepare food. If there are any starving adults (in the U.S.), it's because of mental issues, substance abuse issues or the combination of the two; If there are starving children, it is because the parents have the previously stated issues along with possibly a poor work ethic.
I am 74 and live on a farm in southern Ohio with my wife of 55 years. We just put a side of beef, a hog and two lambs in the freezer. I have enough room for 2 deer. That is our meat for the year. We have the shelves in the basement full of canned vegetables, beans, and rice for the winter. We plan ahead and living on a farm with our Amish and Mennonite neighbors, we are insulated against food issues.
Not everyone can plan ahead. Some people are descendants of people who didn't live in a climate where planning ahead was selected for thus being given genes which make it impossible to consistently plan ahead.
you mean like this content that claims people arnt that hungry... like this content saying that "sense the country is rich, people must not be that hungry..." i love how republicans understand that the gov is against us but refuses to believe anything bad is happening to anyone when you put it in the context of the gov taking care of people like they drink childrens blood, but they would never impoverish people of color.. its an even playing field when black people cant get work, but its a witchhunt when white people cant spout irrelevant bully propaganda...
@@genogold ... Idk about all that . Where are you getting that information ? Because most of the people I've met on EBT are junkies and addicts or homeless ( traditionally at least ) and they aren't very obese . Feels like your commenting from emotions .
Who is eating 10k calories a day? Most fat people become fat by not exercising. They could eat 2k calories a day and be fat, because they eat like garbage and sit for 18 hours a day.
Reminds me of the time I watched two women split $300 worth of crab legs on two EBT cards at kroger and walk out to an E350 Mercedes. Meanwhile, I'm paying more in taxes alone than a person can legally make and still receive food stamps, and I'm driving an 18 year old buick...
I hear stuff like this all the time. Workers in schools saying they have to eat store brand hot dogs while welfare bums pick their kids up from school in an escalade
I have that beat. I had a regular customer who would come in wearing real fur coats. She'd buy close to a thousand dollars of the best steaks and wines we had, and put it all on an EBT card. Then she'd put it in her Maserati and leave. No joke. That isn't counting the hundreds of people who would come in and buy a cart full of junk food that you can't live off of on an EBT card. Gallons of mountain dew. Meanwhile I was slaving my butt off for $300 a week and didn't qualify for food stamps myself.
I had a lady come up to me and tell me “she went to visit her dad in the hospital this past weekend and he died, she got home and her husband was sleeping with another women. The husband took off with him everything and she didn’t want my money she just wanted me to buy her some food at Walmart.” She didn’t recognize me and I definitely recognized her. She has been using the same story for years and people just give her cash. Literally same exact story for years. God bless her little heart.
We are the real invisible men. Ralph Ellison got that wrong. I just tell the beggars to look at me closely. Do I look like I have any money? Having said that I gave my last two dollar bills to individuals in line at the Aldi who can't do basic math when shopping. And given the state of govt. education I can fully believe they can't do math. The young dude in fairness seemed simple and the old lady was half a mess too but appreciative. The ones outside 7-11 that I know have govt. apartments can whistle Dixie.
@@eamonnmckeown6770 Im from SF, CA where there is not only a HUGE "homelessness" problem but it is a "sanctuary" city, so a HUGE pop of illegals. I NEVER give $ to strangers on the street. I know for a fact that it delays ppl getting help for themselves. The shelters and charities that help ppl help themselves to a better life DESPERATELY want ppl to not only come to them for help but stay on the path to independence.
@@tanyachefShelters don't help people get out of that life. They just warehouse. I live in Central Florida where one of the shelters here (practically the only one in my area) are only supposed let people stay for 90 days. They have people living there for a year. If the staff likes the person the person is guaranteed a bed. I met people on the streets who have been trying to get into that shelter. Yeah good luck. I was homeless 8 years ago, I was blessed to find low income housing because I am disabled. There are no shelters now. I have met one woman who was put out of a shelter because her full time job required her to work over 40 hours sometimes. They wanted the women in the shelter to go to Bible studies and retreats. Someone with a job had to work around the administration's schedule. Go on with that. Those who run food banks do try to provide decent and healthy food. Especially the faith based ones. The homeless shelters are a joke.
@@tanyachefI was also homeless in Bay Area and all nonprofits did out there was get rich off of the homeless. I was on the verge of fading out there. In desperation I told a friend to lie and say he was going to provide a home for me so some group with the city would pay my Greyhound ticket. A woman from Oakland told me to that because she saw that I was not going to make it there. I got to Georgia then Florida when it was still possible to get into a homeless shelter. Thank God for that woman. She must have been an angel.
Being a produce department manager in a large regional chain of grocery stores that cater to a multitude of ethnicities and tax-brackets, I can safely concur that the “food desert” is yet another unicorn…brought to us by a government that continues to offer solutions to problems that don’t exist.
Type 'grocery store' in google maps in any random spot in america and anyone can see it's bs. Except in rural areas. Because it's often a 30 minute drive to get groceries.
I'm conservative by nature & always enjoyed John Stossel. When I was a kid, I loved his 20/20 segments and he is one of consumer rights passion hero's. With that being said, both and him should try not affording a vehicle and residing in inner city areas where it's mostly package stores that sell cigarettes & lottery tickets! It is physically difficult to haul a couple bags on a city bus, especially when it is cold like here in the northeast. Then have to walk. I am relatively fit, I walk 1-2 hours a day for leisure, so I am fairly healthy and active. But I am being honest when I've seen places where there are not grocery stores and certainly no farmers markets which are expensive in this region, let alone fruit stands. I'm just being honest and John Stossel has a home here in Massachusetts, he should know the days of having markets built into your apt complex facility or in walking distance are increasingly marginalized & rare, thanks to a car obsessed culture and promotion of drugs and anti-health. For instance, there is a marijuana shop on nearly every corner, they are becoming more visible and accessible than a grocery store or supermarket or even a small food market. It's disgusting & dispicable!!! It's by way of design due to democrat stranglehold. Here in Mass it is majority democrat and all that's promoted is depressed existence. Marijuana, food stamps, welfare, assistance for everything. Instead of decent business being recruited in, that pays well, it's all been driven out!!! There are food deserts but what they are not admitting to, is the fact that they created this design in our city neighborhoods. Along with crime and of course not promoting work causes many not to be able to afford to drive. Getting in your car and driving to the store, loading up, that's a major luxury!!! One I'm in shock of having let alone feel blessed, after twenty years of being on foot and hauling everything, it has resulted in permanent damage to my cervical discs and I'm a healthy person, I hate drugs, cigarettes, I definitely wasn't typical "poor" but ended up diagnosed with lupus while attending cal tech and then wound up at mount Holyoke and a couple good aspects were that I was on a great bus system and had an apt situation where I was disciplined thanks to my parents to save up and be smart with what I have. So I'm rising above but most are lazy and don't want to be smart, weren't raised right, and this liberally lax govt babies & caters to that to continue being voted in & ultimately control the masses. I did have brain washed therapists and lawyers and others, try to keep me down "where I belong", that's a mechanism they are conditioned to do as their "job", because if we all rise above then they aren't exactly needed anymore, are they!!! I learned to ignore them all and keep going. As far as this segment is concerned, there are urban food deserts and I'd imagine in Mississippi and poor southern areas where funding for buses is not prioritized, but this is by design I believe. Conservatives WANT business and success and growth and prosperity for all!!!!! Because then everyone wins. Don't let alone tell you different. Of course most politicians now are corrupt and only out for their personal gain & wealth. But these democrats know lack of success and stress promises little success and that's their aim hating their own nation. They want to obliterate America and replace it with something very ugly & desolate with zero hope.
@@RealMTBAddict While I understand your general sentiment, oats are also terrible for the human diet. Whole real (non grain) foods are the human diet, and they are not super easy to make, but not as difficult as some would believe.
@thecurious926 they'll have a good deal every now and then to get you hooked. Once everything is full priced, it's probably closer to $10 for a couple items
@@thecurious926I mean if breakfast is one breakfast sandwich then I guess yeah. For me breakfast there even with deals is about $12. I guess cause I get 3 shots of espresso, and I eat like 2 sandwiches and two hash browns. I'm not fat, I just work a ten hour shift and I don't get to take much breaks so I eat big cause I have fast metabolism.
If I remember the rules from when I was growing up, food stamps were NOT supposed to be used for fast food. There were certain foods that were marked as "eligible".
Government didn't create a new class of dependent people, it shifted women from dependent on husbands to dependent on government, and it shifted men from paying to support a family to paying to support the welfare system.
@@paladinsix9285 As a bachelor for life (hopeless romantic, nice guys finish last, standard cliche), it's incredibly stark how much less I need to do to make ends meet compared to a guy who has to feed other mouths and a wife's materialism.
There is something that is very true. People that are "food insecure" usually go to food banks. What I have learned traveling the U.S. as a fulltime RVer and watching people that go to food banks is, they do not know how to cook or prepare food. Half of what they received at these food banks was thrown away or given to people like my wife and I who know how to cook and prepare food. In turn we would make meals out of what they gave us and we would feed them. If people are going hungry, it's because of laziness or ignorance.
I agree. I am a disabled veteran. I sometimes need to get assistance from a food bank. Fortunately, my Great Aunt taught me to cook, because my mother was terminally ill for several years. I cook better than most young women I know. I bring casseroles, or chili, a roast, or baked goods to our monthly VFW potluck dinner. Often, the volunteers at the food bank will give me extra vegetables, whole grain oats, and other healthy foods so many people "in need" turn their nose up at.
Home Economics classes in schools have been done away with due to budget cuts. People can still teach themselves basic cooking skills from online tutorials if they have the drive to do so.
@@3namechangezalowdevry90day7 We have access to more information right at our fingertips. I learned a lot from my mom just watching her make meals. Now, people do not have parents that know how to cook.
@@3namechangezalowdevry90day7Have you seen what they learn now? Ethnic studies, gender studies, climate science, social skills, "language". They have math, but there are no textbooks, they do problems on the white board which if a white student finishes first it becomes a lesson on diversity issues. Kids can't multiply in their head, spell, and don't know basic American history.
I remember seeing a documentary that had a family of migrant farm workers who claimed that they were obese because all they could afford was McDonalds, "forced" to buy Big Macs, fries and large Cokes. I rolled my eyes and quit watching the documentary. Our family of 4 has gone on vacations and we found it quite cheap for breakfast to buy a quart of milk, cereal and fruit. We ate far better and cheaper than McDonalds. For lunch buy a loaf of bread and cold cuts and make sandwiches. You can have little packets of condiments if you so desire. Again, cheaper than McD's. Some people are only victims of their own stupidity and lack of creativity.
Truth! I am a disabled veteran. I prepare my own meals. If I am out doing volunteer work for the VFW, I bring a "Brown Bag" lunch. Occasionally, a friend will treat me to a meal out. Often at a nearby tribal casino, the meals are around $20, but I can get 3 meals out of one.
I surprised that Stossel did not cite that EBT (food stamps) are accepted at McDonalds, Domino pizza, etc. Maybe it is not a national thing but I know for a fact that in the Bay Area of CA (SF, Oakland, San Jose) that this is the case. My daughter befriended a girl that was the daughter of a poor single mom, that was the daughter of a poor single mom. It wasnt until I saw how these women live that I understood what a big problem this is bc these women are essentially "married" to the State/Fed Gov. All 3 are obese.
I want to start my own food insecure program. Except, I can't morally justify threatening peaceful people with violence to force them to obey me and pay me like the government does.
The local laws are weighted against you..grow a garden in your front yard? Probably not. Use empty city lots to grow food? Not legally, in many places. Sell locally? Do you have a permit?
I’m a 62 yearly on man and a quad amputee living solely on disability, but somehow I don’t qualify for any food assistance and as a result I experience real food insecurity. It doesn’t seem to matter that I worked full time for 45 years including the last 20 while disabled where I was paying into the system. Even now what I receive in disability isn’t a benefit I paid into the system. It’s very frustrating to see able bodied people and illegals get treated better than someone like myself or the many vets that are mistreated.
As a Guatemalan living in Guatemala that works as an interpretar for the US I know: You are right! Most illegals are just lazy people, rude and liars! I interpret for them every single day.
Exactly. And that's the shit that pisses me off. I work and my mom is on disability yet she gets upset when there's a delay in the food stamps but I don't mind because I simply tell my mom, 'no problem for the next 2 weeks. I will just not go out, I will buy a pizza for all of us, get some canned food, we will get through.'
There are places with far fewer grocery stores per capita, but that is just the market responding to what the locals purchase. The Obamas are welcome to invest in opening a grocery store in those areas, but the chips and pop would be shoplifted and the fruit and vegetables would rot on the shelves and eventually the grocery store would go out of business and shut down. Case in point, see the 4 Walmart locations in Chicago. If Walmart cant figure out how to succeed, good luck.
DemocRAT voters love to loot stores. Many stores leave all democRAT neighborhoods because they have been looted too many times. Then the democRATs cry when the businesses leave 😂😂😂
The tricky part for the government is to get to the position where they tax all of our income and then turn around and give it back to us, if we are obedient children. How to make a master slave relationship look altruistic and better than freedom is tricky and usually doesn't work long term.
Excellent work! It's amazing how clear and practical all the reports on this channel are without the need for sensationalizing the content with flahses, sound effects, and alarmist words. Yet it's still informative and entertaining. The big news industry sold themselves for big money and integrity became an afterthought. I'm so glad you have this channel and continue to practice journalism with integrity and purpose. It may be a slow grind, but this content spreads and it will continue to grow. Keep doing what you're doing John Stossel.
Yes that’s the point. Have you ever seen John’s story where in NY activists go around and getting anyone and everyone on food stamps because it expands there budget.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Just grocery shopping is more expensive than ever before, add on taxes on essentials and it should be illegal. I’m astonished it was allowed to get this bad
@pureblood3813 unions should be illegal. It should be illegal for ups drivers to charge $150k a year to drive someone else's truck delivering boxes. It should be illegal to have to pay $20 an hour to fast food employees that dropped out of high school. Yes you should've made it illegal to raise the min wage above $1 an hour.
@@Skyking6976 have you never seen a controlling parent manipulate their adult child by providing them with a car and paying for their college tuition? When the state becomes our provider that’s the kind of relationship that can easily develop.
@@iymspartacus7089 Yes…my point being this “manipulate” you speak of, did it take 60 years? Why is everyone complaining about it NOW and not 50 years ago? I actually got that question answered when I started watching Jordan Klepper videos from Trump rallies on TH-cam. The things those people say is scary…
When you live in rural america where towns are less than 1k people, it can be very hard to find affordable produce. Most of us grow our own and preserve what we can, but it can still be very difficult.
Think long term. The generators will only get you so far. Consider incorporating different ways of food preservation rather than keeping your eggs all in one basket. Canning and dehydrating are also good alternatives and even a freeze dryer if you can afford it or if you know someone that has one, that maybe they would let you buy a session or 2 to use on what you produce for yourself. Also, consider learning how to forage seasonally. Being able to identify what the wild edibles are if you haven't already. This skill goes far. Good job, keep up the good work but always keep in mind that it can all be lost with the right situation. Half the plants that like to grow as weeds in our yards are edible and more nutritious yet are unwanted.
@@5points7019 i understand. I don't know anyone near that does any of that. If t comes to that extreme, I'm sure I'll still be better off than majority of the population in usa.
A few months ago, I myself noticed that fast food was more expensive. I just looked at my budget. Eating fast food I would spend $30 a day plus I would still need to buy snacks and drinks in between. That comes to $210+ a week for one person to eat. When I buy groceries for the week it is about $100 a week for me as a single person. And if I want, I can have a $15 meal or two from fast food. And it is still much, much less than fast food. So a few months ago, I brought this up to my family on FB and they all nearly laughed me to scorn. I didn't have time to explain. And I didn't have all my facts and figures yet calculated to prove my point. Now I do and this video will help too. I am saving over $100 a week by not eating fast food. Sure the electric bill may go up a little with all the cooking but my electric bill has never been over $150 and that is with or without cooking. Another benefit is in the winter it helps to heat the home while providing a meal.
@@bobcaygeon1864 Yeah thats why they do witholding. Most people are only concerned with their "take home" pay. If they all had to stroke a check the government would screech to a halt. The way it should be.
I work in a retail store. I’m guessing 1/4-1/3 of our customers buy junk food with food stamps then whip out their cash to pay for other stuff like make up, home decorations etc… Today is Halloween, on all the holidays the insane amount of candy purchased on food stamps would blow your minds!!
@@Skyking6976 I think the point she is trying to make is NO ONE NEEDS SUGAR. It is a want vs a need AND it is really really not good for you. With childhood obesity at record highs and sugar consumption increases rates of heart disease, diabetes, etc in adults, our gov has no business sponsoring ppl to buy it.
I work in a gas station/ convenience store. Here, they buy garbage (snack cakes, candy, chips, soft drinks, energy drinks) on welfare, then spend cash or use their food stamp welfare cash for alcohol and tobacco. 😡😡😡
Did you hear what Kamala H. said. She said they are wondering how we are going to put food on their tables. Squarely putting the responsibility for citizens to feed them selves, in the hands of politicians.
I've been a paramedic in NYC, for nigh 25 years, in the worst neighborhoods, and have seen two cases of starvation, which is what is implied by "food insecurity." Both were cases of utterly profound mental illness. While obesity is rampant.
As someone who was on foodstamps and has worked at food pantries, the system is very broken and they are making things worse in most cases. They do it on purpose.
It's been several years, but once when I sought supplemental groceries from a food pantry they sent me home with so much for just 1 person, I chose to leave some of it behind.
I asked for medical help in 2021. They also put me on food stamps as part of it. I was getting 370$ a month as a single male. Yeah it was helpful but damn that's a lot of money. I even asked if they could stop it and they said no. Legally I could not share food with my family either. Just fyi.
Bull shit. When I got married, my wife had a 2yo. I made $300/week. She was going to college. She got $250/month in child support. If we didn't get $400/month in food stamps, we wouldn't have been able to pay other bills, she wouldn't have been able to finish college as she would have had to get a job instead. She finished college, got a job as a teacher and we didn't need assistance after that. You can argue about terminology like hunger, food insecurities all you like, the fact is that many need assistance to survive, and many more need assistance in order to get to a point where they will no longer need assistance.
"The way the [welfare] programs are organized, poor people are only paid to do things that are counter-productive - such as breaking up their families, such as not earning above a certain level of income." - Thomas Sowell
Sowell is an antiquated trickle down economist who believes every problem in the poor/black community can be solved by having a nuclear family. He is still living in 1950.
Thomas Sowell is a genius who uses history and FACTS. As a very educated black economist professor at Stanford's Hoover Institute that was a former Leftist himself, he is like Leftist kryptonite.
I make roughly 4k a month and am a single dad to three boys one who is disabled. According to the government I make too much to receive disability income for him and too much to qualify for any other government assistance. John is completely correct the system is designed to make you dependent on the government. The working middle class gets the shaft every time. And before anyone tells me to go school or get a better job I have an education and make well above the average wage for my industry where I live.
The working lower middle class especially. Making just enough to not get subsidized, but not enough to afford their own mandatory insurances, increasing rents/mortgage rates, and doubling food prices
Confused…you tried to get disability for the boy and other programs but don’t qualify. So you tried to be partially dependent on the government but at the end are complaining the government is designed to make you dependent???
@@stevencooper4422 The counterfeit $ to fund these Big Government Bureaucratic Boondoggles of fraud, waste and abuse has produced the inflation the is hurting the Poor Working Class the most.
How did we go from "victimhood means you're weak" 60s to 2010s, to "victimhood is all powerful" now? 😢 There's a happy medium and we grossly overshot it. Appreciate you Mr. Stossel.
Mt grandparents were poor, they lived through the depression and the rationing of WWII. They lived frugally all their lives and I remember from growing up as a kid in the 50's until their death that they lived poor but they lived well. They kept a garden in the summer and then canned and pickled food for the winter, my grandfather hunted small game for meats, although he enjoyed fishing as a sport and a past time, he also provided seafood for meals. My grandmother would buy cheap staples like flour and sugar to make breads, pies and cakes. They've been gone for years now, but I'll always remember holiday feasts they prepared for us with healthy and delicious foods they made themselves. There was no sense of sacrifice and they left me a lesson I will always hold close to my heart.
You only had one thumbs up! Wish I would have seen a couple thousand!!! Lots of discontented people, just because they aren't grateful for what they do have, and instead they only think about what they don't have.
Govt: How can we make everyone food insecure? Govt: We can define it so that if you eat the chicken at the fancy restaurant, because the lobster would break your budget, you’re food insecure. Govt: We can define it so that if you’ve ever felt you couldn’t afford good food you’re food insecure. Govt: We can spend and give away so much money that inflation causes food prices skyrocket so much that people feel like they can’t afford to eat. Govt: Excellent ideas, let’s do all of them!
I have personally experienced this and 100% agree with John Stossel. I was quite young and had two children. I noticed everytime I got a job, all of my benefits were cancelled. I think things are more lenient/enabling now than in my time. (1980's). I finally got a good full time job and just went without. Did my son wake up crying because he was hungry? Yes. At that time all I had was bread and water to feed him. We never got kicked out of our rental. We never lost power. I made sure bills were paid. But that also meant I went without a lot of things, including food. Back then there weren't cell phones, etc. but I wouldn't have had them, because I couldn't afford it. No cable. Remember back in the day there were three channels without cable? These people on aid need food education and help to get off aid and stop being a gov slave. Yes I said it, because the gov wants to control these people. Being poor then is nothing like "poor" today. Because I have lived being poor, I have less sympathy for these people. The gov is not there to help us. The sooner they realize this, the sooner they'll be free. It's hard, but so worth it.
@BookZealots... Yes..I think about how, as children, we are government surplus food while my mother worked full time and my father (they were married) was allowed to start other families and contribute no one single penny to our care. We had no cable, no phone, no bikes, no car. We had a refrigerator with condiments but (often) there was nothing extra. My mother said that, no matter what happened, we would never live in any projects (and we never did). But that was in the days when more Americans (even those struggling) has some sense of pride. That is not as much the case today. 😞
It would seem if the government wanted you as a “slave” they would’ve continued to give you aid. Once you earned above a given threshold, you no longer qualified and off government help. So…where does the “slave” thing come in?
@@Skyking6976 I was below poverty level; below $19k a year. I should have still "qualified" for medicare, but everything was cut off. And I guess the gov. does what you say to keep them as slaves. If you know, you know.
Carbs are cheap and/or easy. Red meat, the single most nutrient rich, non-fattening food products sold in American grocery stores, is becoming more and more expensive.
As acountry, we don't know what it is to go hungry. Imagine going to your local grocery store. Only to find it closed till further notice. Then you find out all the grocery stores are shutting down.
There was a time my wife and I needed food stamps. The bureaucrats got really pissy when we tried to terminate the program. They didn't make it easy. I also had to pay back a significant portion we had been granted even though at the time we needed it.
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 No wonder about it. I mentioned it here because I get people all the time who don't believe me when I tell them what happened.
We volunteered for a food pantry for years; occasionally a neighbor would be in between jobs and we would open the food pantry and load them up; often, those same people would get a job and then give back a little volunteer time. There were just a few of the regular recipients who would volunteer, but there were many who never lifted a finger for a nonprofit. Lots of takers in the world.
Exactly. My husband said he learned to eat fast so he could get the last piece of chicken. His Mom used to stretch the ground beef with corn flakes. His Dad was in the Air Force, but they were POOR. This was in the 1960's-70's.
Undeniable facts, groceries are 2-3x more expensive now than they were in 2020 and the grocery store has empty shelves frequently now, prior to 2020 almost never. I think this is all part of the "you'll own nothing by 2030" plan.
Last winter i bought a bag of those mini sweet colored peppers for close to $4. My husband loved them so i saved some of the seeds. In march i hoped to germinate them, ALL of them germinated. I had at least 2 dz pepper plants producing tons of these little peppers. Not all produce in the store will do this, theyll either be genetically modified not to or sprayed with sprout inhibitors. I have peppers galore on the counter trying to finish the ripening process since the hard freeze we had this last week. I saved seed again and will repeat this process next year. People need to get back to the basics. Help one another. Teach one another. Stop depending on the gov for help and turn to each other to help, and be helped if needed.
I noticed i bought a lot of raspberries, blackberries and blueberries from costco every week. They also sell plants. I planted the plants in my backyard. The blueberries didn't take hold. but the raspberries and blackberries produce pounds of fruit every year. Now its saving money and all organic as i don't put anything on them.
@@davidhill850 thats good!!!! ive got some free range raspberries that decided to call my property home, behind my fenced in area... they are producing nicely too. if you are interested and depending on what grow zone you live in, you can get better quality blueberry bush starts from MiGardener next spring. they cost $20 each but they are very healthy stock and worth the price. i had bought 2 blueberry stock from a local store, 1 didn't even make it to the ground before it died on me. so, i ordered one from this company and the local bought ( standard brand you find at any store) barely grew any bigger than what i started with while the quality one is 4x its size and showed up healthier looking than the one i bought at the store. they are both in their own raised bed (fire ring) right next to each other. im planning to invest in 2 more from MiGardener next spring and have my own blueberry patch for years to come. im also going to increase my asparagus beds next spring as well as the space and location of my free range raspberries. sometimes we get lucky with store bought and sometimes theyre duds. it cant hurt to keep trying but i know the MiGard stuff is practically guaranteed and worth the price. i hope your berries keep up their hard work!!!!!
I grow blueberries, too! I struggled a lot in the beginning and then sort of hit on the right combo. Acidic soil, shallow planting, but they love being buried and they love a good mulching, feeding... My main problems are that there's one spot on my box where the ground is cursed such that nothing will grow there, and also that buying plants from home depot/Lowe's, etc seems to risk disease moving into my plants. Had a scare this year and am still keeping my fingers crossed that this spring they'll be okay. But the flavor is absolutely worth it and irreplaceable! I hope you keep at it and find success!
@rachelclark6393 I wonder if your local extension office could do a soil test if you brought them a sample from that section that's being stubborn. It could be a disease or heavy metal toxicity etc it could be alot of things. Talk to them and see if they have any answers. I just planted this this last spring so I have a few years to wait before I reap any harvest but I'm excited! Gardening teaches patience and how to not have instant gratification.. a character trait that seems to be depleted more and more in today's world.
@@5points7019 I think that s the logical next step for us, because we've tried a few different things trying to rule out pest pressure, nutrition, fungus, etc. It's worth noting there used to be a garage where our garden is, and the blueberry box would have been just to the side of the old entrance. So I could see previous homeowners having dumped something noxious out of the door to the grass on the side. If so, I would be trying for remediation! Maybe sunflowers or poke weed? I've heard both hyperaccumulate heavy metals. The question is probably what to do with the afterwards. I doubt it's safe to put them in compost🤷🏽
I work at a high school and the junk they serve the kids for breakfast and lunch is insane. This morning was pizza, a chocolate chip cookie, and a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Washed down with a sugary apple juice. That was a healthy breakfast according to our government.
I live in an inner city neighborhood and it's true. I know whole families that get food stamp and rent paid by the government, and guess what? None have jobs or are trying to find one. Pathetic.
Is it the gentrified inner city your talking about? That myth of 'it's the lazy black people' who are on welfare is easily debunked. When you look on the SSA website it breaks the recipients down by race and the RAW numbers, not percentages, shows that white Americans overwhelmingly are the largest recipients of food stamps. Believe me in this wicked nation, if black people made up the majority of recipients law makers would have BEEN killed the program a long time ago. Hell even Karen went on Tik Tok and said the quiet part out loud when she said she would rather her family die of wretchedly before agreeing to Universal Health Care because 'black people' would have access to it. Another thing folks like you forget is Black Americans were self sustainable BEFORE integration. Everytime we stood steadfast, despite the elites lying to the poor whites and getting them worked up to destroy black folks gains. The pandemic showed our resolve. While whites were losing their minds laid off black folks started businesses and the SBA showed that they were the number one group to have created new businesses during that time. So you can miss me with your white fragility BS!!!
Ok yes, BUT. My wages have not kept up with inflation. My kids notice-- they say "we used to have more food in the house." We cook all of our meals from scratch and we don't eat out, like ever. I qualify for SNAP and if I didn't have it, I could not feed my family.
A party sized bag of Doritos costs almost $10 where I'm at. A 10 pound sack of potatoes cost around $6-$7, and I can do so much more healthy things with that. Healthy food isn't more expensive, people are just too lazy to cook for themselves and are buying the option that they can just pick up at the drive through, pop in the microwave, or open up and eat right there. It isn't difficult to cook healthy food for yourself and your family. Throw a piece of chicken on a foil lined baking sheet with some vegtables or some potatoes, season it up, pop it in the oven at 350° for 35 to 45 minutes, and you'll have a delicious meal that barely took any effort to make. There's a whole genre of videos on TH-cam and other platforms on how to eat delicious and healthy meals on the cheap, but you have to make the effort. We have the entire internet right in the palm of our hands and we can easily find all of this knowledge, but many of us don't use that knowledge and instead believe the stupid shit that idiot politicians like Kamala Harris say.
In the past, food stamps could only be used for generic staple foods, which meant recipients had to cook. Then the processed food companies lobbied to be included. Then the snack companies lobbied to be included. Then the soda companies lobbied to be included. And now the grocery stores are lobbying to include prepared hot foods like the grocery store cooked chickens, pizzas, etc. I also remember talk about the fast food companies wanting to be included too. Every business wants government (taxpayer) money.
@@LuckyCharms777 Yes, every business PAYS THE TAXES that fund these ridiculous handouts, so they would like to recoup some of that money if possible. Blame the simple-minded taxpayers that keep voting for politicians that promise them free stuff. That's why Democracy sucks.
@ThatStonedBunnyi have seen videos from several immigrants who covered generosity of food banks in time of covid. they all praised food from there. noone said anything about something rotten. at least one filmed from NY. thats as big as it gets.
I noticed a similar trend when I volunteered at a food pantry. I don't think I saw as high a rate as you did, but it was depressing. Talking with some, they often had health problems or high stress at home. These days though, who doesnt?
I noticed the same at the food bank I volunteered at. The shoppers were mostly overweight, but to be fair, the goods were mostly bread, pastries, and cereal. Nothing healthy, unless you consider canned soup healthy.
Concerning the 'food desert' concepts: the grocery stores and even pop up stands refuse to operate in those areas due to extremely high rates of theft and violence. But we're not allowed to say that in the mainstream, for fear of being labeled a 'racist'
Govt policy ironically works towards making food more expensive. Green policies, taking more and more land out of agricultural use, supporting the war in Ukraine (one of the worlds largest wheat producers) making the cost of food production more expensive through inflationary policies linked to Covid economic policies.
A pundit and a journalist serve different roles in the media landscape. A journalist primarily focuses on gathering, verifying, and presenting information in an unbiased manner. Their work often includes reporting news, conducting interviews, and investigating stories. A pundit, on the other hand, is more of a commentator who offers opinions, interpretations, or predictions about news events. Pundits often have expertise or insights in a particular area, but their main role is to analyze and interpret rather than report facts
Not really, he’s failing to ask the question why so many don’t want to “work hard” and that’s because of low wages that don’t allow you to afford the basic necessities like rent and utility bills.
Food deserts? Okay, but how much shoplifting, robberies, and assaults on employees can a grocery store stand before they have to throw in the towel and abandon certain neighborhoods?
I regrettably lived in Albuquerque NM for a while. Most if not all the people that lived around me were on welfare. And they all sold it somehow plus the large majority of people were on drugs . They also got themselves on pain management programs to get pills then they sold those as well. No of them worked my last neighbor was a two time convicted felon with tats covering his face head and body he used his criminal record as a badge of honor.
My kids schools provide free breakfast and lunch and constantly claim that 1/6 children in our country are living with hunger. There are commercials on the radio about it every day. The actual survey question asked to students was something like, "Have you been hungry in the past year?" I am sure my kids would have said yes to that (I assure you, they have no shortage of access to food) and I am surprised the result was only 1 in 6. I am guessing that the pollsters had to lower their actual result to get something a bit more believable by the general public.
Crazy. I was born at the very end of the baby boomer generation. To me, food insecurity means your cupboards are literally bare. We never bought the more expensive name brand foods. I can afford name brand stuff now if I want, but just out of habit I can't bring myself to pay a buck or two more for name brand when the cheaper version is sitting right there.
Interesting fact I learned from one of those "How to Budget" books I read 20 years ago. Very often, the store brand is _exactly_ the same as the name brand. The author said her husband worked at a canning factory. They just slapped a different label on the can depending on what time of day the factory was churning out canned vegetables. Day shift: Name brand. Night shift: Store brand. For this reason, I tend not to care about brands anymore.
@@martabachynsky8545 One of my instructors had a similar story. He had toured a distillery, and was describing to the class what he saw. The product was made in large quantities, and the facility had everything needed to bottle the product, label it, and package it for shipment. The tour host explained that the finished product was provided to a number of different buyers, all with different bottles, labels, and pricing. He noted, however, that they were producing just the one distilled product for all of their customers.
I'm carnivore... Don't knock it... My point is, I went to Aldi and had a cart full of organic beef, steaks, uncured and unpreserved bacon, whole milk yogurt, non-pasteurized European cheeses, pasture raised eggs. Also had some organic berries... Three cartons for my kids. Sounds expensive, right?? The woman in front of me had an equally full cart of cereals, breads, chips, crackers, frozen dinners... You name it... Carbs and sugars basically and our bill was almost the same cost!! Just a few dollars difference. You can eat high end nutritious foods and find deals and sales. Don't let the government tell you otherwise.
Yep, just got to be willing to buy the ground beef and not the New York strip, eggs instead of avocados, but smart shopping is tricky for a lot of people.
You had me at pasture raised eggs. Well, no, you have an attractive shopping list over all. Grass fed dairy and beef are great too. And Blueberries are amazingly healthy. Dr. Suneel Dhand has great advice here on TH-cam.
Yep, carnivore here too in our family and our grocery bill has not increased. A disgusting bag of chips is the same price as a pound of turkey sausage or a dozen eggs. It is much harder to overeat on protein and fat. You can quite easily over buy and over eat carbs to the point that you are killing yourself and your wallet.
yep 2lbs of organic 80/20 is $12.84 at my Aldi. That will fill you for a full 24 hours when formed into burger patties pan fried in butter and make sure to flip them in the butter/fat when finished cooking. No snacking req'd. Food insecurity would be 1lb a day. $6.42. The humanity. lol. See how far $6 gets you in a fast food restaurant.
Remember back in the day when one president said "ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country?" Those were the good old days.
Its strange that people want to mock the obese. That the claim McDonalds is cheaper than fresh foods is a claimable factor. The reason it is as that people were never educated on how to make fresh wholesome foods. Our education system doesn't teach a mandatory basic culinary class. Nor does it teach basic home economics in the fashion to make budgets, cut spending and costs and work on areas to save money. The famous phrase "give a man a fish he eats for the day, teach a man to fish he eats for life". Our education system fails to teach kids "how to fish" in todays society. Blame the foundation of our education system for this issue of the past not the obese people of today that the education system has failed.
People who mock the obese without understanding the full situation are ignorant. The food most affordable and accessible for poorer people are foods high in refined carb and sugar, but in this case corn syrup which is worse. Nutrition deficiency can manifest itself in both underweight and obesity, the latter happen once insulin resistance kicks in. This in why in third world countries they are giving out white refined flour as food aid and you have you obese mother with malnourished children. The people who are giving out the food naturally presume that the mothers are overeating and depriving their children. Particularly if you a poor and living in the city without a vehicle, fast food chain are around every corner, it take more work to haul groceries by hands.
I would argue that food deserts are a thing. The town I live in is very small and has a couple surrounding towns that are even smaller. The grocery store here has been circling the drain for some time now and it’s probably only a few years before it’s gone. That will leave many people with access only to a Dollar General and a gas station because the next grocery store is 15 minutes away by car. Not a big deal for most people but for those without transportation and out of delivery range, it’s very difficult to access healthy food. That being said, I very much agree with Jon on this issue. The government has absolutely perpetuated this problem.
Yep it’s all government created. Now if some hardworking guy wanted to start a small grocery store In Your area, imagine all the red tape and approvals he’d need to get started. They make it next to impossible for a working class person to get ahead.
I recall the local food program here, that offered free lunch and dinner to ALL who showed up, stating their numbers as "This summer we fed 3000 people, and next year we hope to double that!" And I'm here thinking, should you HOPE that next year you only have to feed 500? Then I looked into the programs and learned the Federal Government was paying these organizations $$ per meal served. So, clearly the motivation is to serve more meals so you make more money.
Democrats want more dependants because that's who votes for them. Republicans want more entrepreneurs because that's who votes for them. So Democrats focus on the message "no one left behind" while Republicans focus on the message "you keep what you earn." Both parties will happily vote for policies that empower government at equal expense to everyone else (like the Patriot Act), it's only when the voter bases would be unequally impacted that they disagree. The reason the Dems are still worse is that, since their policies are designed to increase government dependence, they are unsustainable almost by definition. You can't have a group made entirely of dependants, while you can have a group made entirely of producers.
Never forget that SNAP isn't a subsidy to the poor, it's a subsidy to the whole food production industry from farmer to processor to retailer. Another subsidy that raises food prices is the ethanol mixing requirement, growing crops on land that could be feeding people but instead just makes fuel and food more expensive for everyone. It's almost like a government mandate that distorts the market factors in play creates incentives to do unproductive things. Remove the regulation and see what happens, that's what we should be doing; If all or more of the farmers keep making ethanol then that's fine but I doubt that oil refiners and fuel produces would keep paying if they were not required by law to do so.
I'm insecure regarding our government's ability to make good decisions about how they spend our money.
Assuming your money being taxes!? Are you aware that taxes collected goes towards only the interest of government debt?
Vote harder and harder each year
We are simply tax slaves, Take ze drugs & Eat ze bugs..
Exactly, and many people that have food insecurities have cellphones worth hundreds of dollars and smoke pot and drink and do drugs. But somehow they can't afford food. LOL 😂
Sorry, But when did you get your first Clue. lol
Imagine a world where governments waste money on researching a problem they caused and then demanding more taxpayer funding to “fix” it. Repeating this process over and over again. Sounds like the definition of insanity to me.
Problem reaction solution. They use this method on everything. Create crime to scare the normies and take all of our money. Create food deserts to scare normies and take all our money, create climate change to scare normies and take all our money, create cov ID to scare normies and take all our freedoms and money and health
Orrr.. intense wealth building.. remember.. the collector gets 90% of what is collected.
Man I wish I was apart of the government. The scam is so easy, and if someone doesn’t like the scam. You can just force money out of them. It’s great. Then you can take 12 months to get someone’s tax return.
look at crime waves and also homelessness, more ways to destroy the middle class and take MORE money to fix a problem that already has a solution, but the grift goes on....I predict LA will NEVER, EVER, solve homelessness. Too profitable a scam right now.
No , it is just business as usual, history will teach you that . And it always ends in collapse…. Remember « panem and circense » in Rome. Just now there is an insane equilibrium with technological progress.
"Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish...he eats for a lifetime". Ancient wisdom that holds true no matter the age we live in.
But that’s probably considered sexism, or somehow Racism, in today’s society.
"If someone however hogs all the fish for himself then just tell the other guy to pull himself up by his bootstrap"
@@srdjan455 Victim Mentality 101 right there. You are setting yourself up for failure son. Stop it.
That doesn't make sense in today's modern society. Am I, a 76 year old woman, living in a large city, supposed to set off with my fishing pole, or gun, every day and go cattch or kill my dinner? Ridiculous. Think before you give bad advice
Teach a man to fish ETHICALLY ! Some are too GREEDY , beyond reason and "sustainability" !
Anything the government does "for the public good" makes me insecure.
The Democrat party lead government.
The only place where any government is successful, is war and taxes. This is an old saying.
It’s like feeding pigeons in the park, more and more pigeons show up.
Don't feed the animals. It makes them dependant and aggressive.@@redlicoricerifleexpert7489
Ronald Reagan said The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: "I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help. "
Democrats have caused me to have 'wallet insecurity'. True story.
Unlike the virtuous Republican Party that continually sets spending records too.🙄
@@f308gtb1977🤣 ok gr00mer. DemocRATs gave us high taxes, high gas prices, high food prices, high electricity prices , highest inflation in 40 years, opening the borders and rolling out the red carpet for illegals...yeah Republicans are the problem 👌
@@f308gtb1977👈 found the anti-American CCP member that supports China and hamas and is spreading propaganda for Yuan
@@f308gtb1977👈low IQ democRAT that supports his fellow democRATs throwing hundreds of billions of American tax payers money at foreign countries , then claims its Republicans going on spending sprees 😂
@@f308gtb1977 Most are uniparty but if you think there is no difference you are blind as a bat.
Spread a lie long enough and far enough, it becomes accepted as the truth. Thank-you John, for your clarity of thought and courage to tell the truth.
Democrats just found ways to create new types of plantations
"The right side of history"
@@solarexcrement-he6qb the government IS the mafia.
They just got rid of the physical chains and replaced them with something else.
A plantation is the failing model they use.
They never gave up their plantations. They just morphed them over the years.
Please keep up this critical work, so that US citizens might one day wake up.
LOL. Never happen. History repeats.
Actually history shows us that when people like John stop that’s when the atrocities start. So if we keep supporting people like this yes people do wake up. The establishment wants you to believe what you already do.
@user-rd6mt5qp6h that’s not the deal. It’s not just work 40 hours and be handed everything. For one someone has to work hard and produce the food. And the massive chain that is involved. The only reasonable way to feed people is for government to get out of the way. Unless you think it’s productive when government deliberately destroys donated food because it could be poison? Oh I know when FDR burned oranges and then the dust bowl happened. Government is the reason food has gotten so expensive. Wake up and stop being a duped commie.
All it takes is MONEY.
@user-rd6mt5qp6h Well I do not disagree on the money we ship overseas, definitely needs to stop. However NOTHING is free my man.
I never experienced “food insecurity” until Biden was inaugurated and inflation went to 17% year over year while my wages stayed stagnant.
It's been a real thing around here in Louisville for a while, but the answer is teaching people to grow their own fresh foods and building communities of local growers. I just hate to see real issues get blown off because that idiot Biden mentioned it.
Yeah it's all that one person in an extravagant prison that caused everything you don't like.
@@Sweethands4No, but one president's policies cause tons of problems. Forcibly hutting down the economy, brazen money printing, unlimited foreign expendatures, etc. This stuff adds up and equates to this shithole.
@@Sweethands4 and the hundreds of politicians, thousands of other government employees, millions of private citizens, and billions of dollars which follow his lead, because he's in the most powerful position in the most powerful country in the world.
it was never a problem until the democrats created the problem
Obesity was also a problem during covid, but we never heard about it. They should have been talking about healthy lifestyles, but instead we heard nothing but talk about vaccines and masks.
You mean the Quackcines and the Muzzles?
300,000 people die in America every year because of over eating. Ever notice all of the talk about diabetes? If people ate right , they wouldn't have diabetes. The governments food pyramid is a lie.
I never got the jab. 40 years old and in top shape.
Closing gyms BBC and cancelling outdoor sports and activities didn’t help either.
Sadly that's the one major topic where John is completely blind and trusts whatever the government tells him.
I clocked this 10 years ago when I kept seeing billboards stating that 1 in 4 American children went hungry. That just did not make sense to me. I pulled up the study and saw the verbiage mentioned in the video. I welcome more voices calling this scam out.
I do realize that there are people who are struggling, and the food bank is one charity to which I regularly donate. However, I can't stand when surveys are designed to manipulate "outcomes". The true irony is that with the current inflation rate we are now at a point where this myth might actually become true.
"altruism" has become a marketing tool for everything. Look at all advertisements, whether public or private sector. It appears that everyone is selflessly saving the world with their company or product.
It's all BS.
We have hungry chuildren thanks to welfare mothers who spend their kids food money on drink and drugs.
I stopped donating to any food banks when I saw the people taking the food from the food banks during CoVid. None of these people were hungry. They were driving up in their huge cars; etc. They were just using generous Americans gifts of food, so they wouldn’t have to buy groceries. Here’s my message to all hungry Americans: IF YOU ARE HUNGRY, GET A JOB!
We are seeing same reports. In UK being peddled out
@@shawnaweesner3759the answer is actually the inverse. Quit your job. Mass file for benefits, bankrupt the system and the country until the DC schmucks realize they work for the people. Not big pharma, not lobbyists, THE MFN CITIZENS.
It will take one month, maybe 2. Check out the dow during COVID. Lockdowns cut it in half.
Government: "Give us all your money, we'll make sure most of it gets back to you in ways we deem 'good'."
"Everything the state has it has stolen, and everything it says is a lie." -Nietzsche
I can’t drink a $900 bottle of wine. I’m food insecure.
Having to by sirloin instead of filet mignon is making me food insecure.
I cant go out to eat everyday and now I have to cook at home, so am I
I couldn't even if I did have that. Just the thought that I am consuming almost an entire month's rent just makes me retch. Guess that's just silly peasant thinking. ;p
Buying a a few lbs of ground beef to shape into burgers instead of buying the pre-shaped burgers is making me food insecure.
Not having a freezer full of fancy hogindaz ice cream. Cmon pelosi, fix it.
I grew up poor. We had no air conditioning or heat. I grew up in the Panhandle of Florida. I was not fat, I was a skinny kid. Real hunger is a great motivator to get off your ass and go to work. These crooked politicians want to control. That's why they encourage people to get on the draw. That way politicians have more money they can skim their cut off the top.
He who works eats.
Some days I don't mind going hungry, heck don't even notice it, if I am at liberty with the world.
America needs people like you John, to run for office. I would vote for you, no matter what.
Get the younger generations to rely on the government for everything.
Which generation is paying for SSI but will never live to see it?
Trick the older generation into selling their children's future.
Right On
@@actually5004 ssi is a scam. I live in a European country now and we pay into a pension that the employer matches. America has a buy now, pay later or never mentality or allow others to pay and see if there's any left for you when it's your turn. It's a scam. Poor kids.
That’s the liberal way
Step 2 of the 8 steps to communism 'create as much poverty as possible' poor people are easier to control and
will do as you tell them to be fed.
My daughter works in a local library. During summer months the government used the library as a collection center for a food program. They pre-packed brown bag lunches to guarantee poor kids would have a lunch during the months school was closed. All you had to do was show up and take the lunch. Kids complained to the librarians they didnt like the food. There were peanut butter sandwiches on multi grain bread, small white milk, apple or banana. Good lunches. The janitor found the garbage cans stuffed with tossed lunches. They yelled they wanted Coke, Chips, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell. My daughter was allowed to take all leftover bags at the end of the day. New bags came each morning. Two things...I grew up poor with five kids. Lots of times we didnt have nice lunches. Two...Im disabled with severe health problems and I have very limited funds. No one offered me good food like this. However I ate it and I appreciate it.
So they decided to kill the kids with obesity.....sounds like the government
Did they have lunches for people who are allergic to peanut butter.
@@pizzapartytime1826they usually have several different options.
Older adults grew up in a time when stuff was plentiful but learned and could still see the lingering effects in society when things weren't. Younger generations have grown up in a time of plentiful stuff and have never seen the effects of when it wasn't. Older generations weren't just told stories about it they could see the emotions that the people telling the stories had when doing so. When telling those stories to our children the same emotions don't come through. I'll never forget my grandfather telling the story of him and his parents loading up in a covered wagon heading to the nearest hospital 140 miles away because his infant brother was ill. Who passed away almost halfway there and turning around to head back home to bury him in the local cemetery. I'll never forget the look in his eyes telling how his mother held his brother the entire time heading back home. She was determined to protect her son even in death until he was laid to rest properly. Even though I myself did not endure such hardship the emotions of my grandfather have stuck with me.
Yeah, it's crazy. I remember growing up in a time when I wasn't eligible for free/reduced lunches because my mother made just over the cutoff for eligibility but she still didn't have the funds to give me. So I just straight up didn't eat lunch K-12. The kids on those programs all went for chocolate milk, soda...anything junk and they would either sell their actual lunch or toss it in the trash. They were all mostly overweight. Meanwhile, I regularly got embarrassed by the sound of my stomach growling in class.
Each day I have a home made sandwich, two carrots, an apple and 3 squares of dark chocolate for lunch. Other people at work choose to buy lunch from stores near the office. What they spend on one high fat, high salt, high sugar, high calorie 'lunch', feeds me for an entire week. And the kicker is, they're all mostly WAY bigger than me and probably SHOULD be eating less. They always give the same excuse 'I don't have the time to make lunch'. I have a kid who I often have to drop to school before going to work (and make her lunch for her) and then cycle to work. I still find the time to make lunch (the night before). Govts can't stop people making lazy, unhealthy choices, and giving them extra freebies only encourages laziness and lack of personal responsibility.
And then you use the spare money to create a business, leave poverty behind and write a book about it.
I had a friend who worked for the DSS and her job was to inform people already getting hand-outs of all the other "benefits" they are entitled to. She would visit them at their homes and they ALL have new cars, huge TV's, and wasted money all over the place.. She was very unhappy about being put in that position but she was working for her retirement. after over 20 years, She finally lost it and quit giving up all retirement benefits but regained her self respect.... The system is horrible, they drag people, mostly single mothers, and once your IN, it starts a new generation of entitled people. Kids grow up thinking that life is more about welfare applications than job applications and the pattern continues...
The decay of rome
I get more, and better, information from Mr. Stossel in 6 minutes than I get from the mainstream news media in 6 months.
I wish he would spend more time on subjects like this.
And it is reliable facts.
Ditto
Yeah, but it is all BS.
@@Pete.across.the.street My wife worked at a food pantry for years; many recipients would return their whole frozen chicken and other more healthy choices because they either did not want to take the time to prepare their food or were never taught how to prepare food. If there are any starving adults (in the U.S.), it's because of mental issues, substance abuse issues or the combination of the two; If there are starving children, it is because the parents have the previously stated issues along with possibly a poor work ethic.
I am 74 and live on a farm in southern Ohio with my wife of 55 years. We just put a side of beef, a hog and two lambs in the freezer. I have enough room for 2 deer. That is our meat for the year. We have the shelves in the basement full of canned vegetables, beans, and rice for the winter. We plan ahead and living on a farm with our Amish and Mennonite neighbors, we are insulated against food issues.
Not everyone can plan ahead. Some people are descendants of people who didn't live in a climate where planning ahead was selected for thus being given genes which make it impossible to consistently plan ahead.
I'm tired of hearing government sponsored propaganda.
you mean like this content that claims people arnt that hungry... like this content saying that "sense the country is rich, people must not be that hungry..."
i love how republicans understand that the gov is against us but refuses to believe anything bad is happening to anyone when you put it in the context of the gov taking care of people
like they drink childrens blood, but they would never impoverish people of color.. its an even playing field when black people cant get work, but its a witchhunt when white people cant spout irrelevant bully propaganda...
It's TAXPAYER sponsored, the government has nothing but what it takes from us.
I agree
Welcome to socialism
And TV MONKEY MOUTHPIECES ALL REPEATING THE SAME PHRASE
Saying that a population consuming 10k calories a day per person suffers from food insecurity is the most absurd thing ever.
That's assuming everyone is obese and yes there's plenty of fat people but dude be real😂
.... Obviously they are not talking about the fluff a lumps .
@@Cassus-nt3gt "Adults labeled food insecure are more likely to be obese." Pretty sure that means they are.
@@genogold ... Idk about all that .
Where are you getting that information ?
Because most of the people I've met on EBT are junkies and addicts or homeless ( traditionally at least ) and they aren't very obese .
Feels like your commenting from emotions .
Who is eating 10k calories a day? Most fat people become fat by not exercising. They could eat 2k calories a day and be fat, because they eat like garbage and sit for 18 hours a day.
Never in the history of humanity have the “poor” been over weight.
They hate the truth
Since when do you think FAT is healthy? Or more food they eat?
Reminds me of the time I watched two women split $300 worth of crab legs on two EBT cards at kroger and walk out to an E350 Mercedes. Meanwhile, I'm paying more in taxes alone than a person can legally make and still receive food stamps, and I'm driving an 18 year old buick...
I hear stuff like this all the time. Workers in schools saying they have to eat store brand hot dogs while welfare bums pick their kids up from school in an escalade
New American Dream
I have that beat. I had a regular customer who would come in wearing real fur coats. She'd buy close to a thousand dollars of the best steaks and wines we had, and put it all on an EBT card. Then she'd put it in her Maserati and leave. No joke.
That isn't counting the hundreds of people who would come in and buy a cart full of junk food that you can't live off of on an EBT card. Gallons of mountain dew.
Meanwhile I was slaving my butt off for $300 a week and didn't qualify for food stamps myself.
Are you saying those 2 women were engaged in illegal activity? Thanks…
The new America way, why bother working, cramps their style.
This is the aftermath of the 81 million voters that voted for this expensive administration.
Yep
This was around long before Biden. He just did his part to make it worse.
And they'll call you every awful thing in the book if you decide not to vote for them.
I’m sure 100% of those 81 million were legitimate votes
Alleged 81 million
I had a lady come up to me and tell me “she went to visit her dad in the hospital this past weekend and he died, she got home and her husband was sleeping with another women. The husband took off with him everything and she didn’t want my money she just wanted me to buy her some food at Walmart.” She didn’t recognize me and I definitely recognized her. She has been using the same story for years and people just give her cash. Literally same exact story for years. God bless her little heart.
We are the real invisible men. Ralph Ellison got that wrong.
I just tell the beggars to look at me closely. Do I look like I have any money?
Having said that I gave my last two dollar bills to individuals in line at the Aldi who can't do basic math when shopping. And given the state of govt. education I can fully believe they can't do math. The young dude in fairness seemed simple and the old lady was half a mess too but appreciative. The ones outside 7-11 that I know have govt. apartments can whistle Dixie.
I agree. The beggars at the intersections with signs "Will work for food" have been outed as making upwards of $70,000 a year.
@@eamonnmckeown6770 Im from SF, CA where there is not only a HUGE "homelessness" problem but it is a "sanctuary" city, so a HUGE pop of illegals. I NEVER give $ to strangers on the street. I know for a fact that it delays ppl getting help for themselves. The shelters and charities that help ppl help themselves to a better life DESPERATELY want ppl to not only come to them for help but stay on the path to independence.
@@tanyachefShelters don't help people get out of that life. They just warehouse. I live in Central Florida where one of the shelters here (practically the only one in my area) are only supposed let people stay for 90 days. They have people living there for a year. If the staff likes the person the person is guaranteed a bed. I met people on the streets who have been trying to get into that shelter. Yeah good luck. I was homeless 8 years ago, I was blessed to find low income housing because I am disabled. There are no shelters now. I have met one woman who was put out of a shelter because her full time job required her to work over 40 hours sometimes. They wanted the women in the shelter to go to Bible studies and retreats. Someone with a job had to work around the administration's schedule.
Go on with that. Those who run food banks do try to provide decent and healthy food. Especially the faith based ones. The homeless shelters are a joke.
@@tanyachefI was also homeless in Bay Area and all nonprofits did out there was get rich off of the homeless. I was on the verge of fading out there. In desperation I told a friend to lie and say he was going to provide a home for me so some group with the city would pay my Greyhound ticket. A woman from Oakland told me to that because she saw that I was not going to make it there. I got to Georgia then Florida when it was still possible to get into a homeless shelter. Thank God for that woman. She must have been an angel.
Being a produce department manager in a large regional chain of grocery stores that cater to a multitude of ethnicities and tax-brackets, I can safely concur that the “food desert” is yet another unicorn…brought to us by a government that continues to offer solutions to problems that don’t exist.
"Solutions" to problems they create.
Type 'grocery store' in google maps in any random spot in america and anyone can see it's bs. Except in rural areas. Because it's often a 30 minute drive to get groceries.
I'm conservative by nature & always enjoyed John Stossel. When I was a kid, I loved his 20/20 segments and he is one of consumer rights passion hero's. With that being said, both and him should try not affording a vehicle and residing in inner city areas where it's mostly package stores that sell cigarettes & lottery tickets! It is physically difficult to haul a couple bags on a city bus, especially when it is cold like here in the northeast. Then have to walk. I am relatively fit, I walk 1-2 hours a day for leisure, so I am fairly healthy and active. But I am being honest when I've seen places where there are not grocery stores and certainly no farmers markets which are expensive in this region, let alone fruit stands. I'm just being honest and John Stossel has a home here in Massachusetts, he should know the days of having markets built into your apt complex facility or in walking distance are increasingly marginalized & rare, thanks to a car obsessed culture and promotion of drugs and anti-health. For instance, there is a marijuana shop on nearly every corner, they are becoming more visible and accessible than a grocery store or supermarket or even a small food market. It's disgusting & dispicable!!! It's by way of design due to democrat stranglehold. Here in Mass it is majority democrat and all that's promoted is depressed existence. Marijuana, food stamps, welfare, assistance for everything. Instead of decent business being recruited in, that pays well, it's all been driven out!!! There are food deserts but what they are not admitting to, is the fact that they created this design in our city neighborhoods. Along with crime and of course not promoting work causes many not to be able to afford to drive. Getting in your car and driving to the store, loading up, that's a major luxury!!! One I'm in shock of having let alone feel blessed, after twenty years of being on foot and hauling everything, it has resulted in permanent damage to my cervical discs and I'm a healthy person, I hate drugs, cigarettes, I definitely wasn't typical "poor" but ended up diagnosed with lupus while attending cal tech and then wound up at mount Holyoke and a couple good aspects were that I was on a great bus system and had an apt situation where I was disciplined thanks to my parents to save up and be smart with what I have. So I'm rising above but most are lazy and don't want to be smart, weren't raised right, and this liberally lax govt babies & caters to that to continue being voted in & ultimately control the masses. I did have brain washed therapists and lawyers and others, try to keep me down "where I belong", that's a mechanism they are conditioned to do as their "job", because if we all rise above then they aren't exactly needed anymore, are they!!! I learned to ignore them all and keep going. As far as this segment is concerned, there are urban food deserts and I'd imagine in Mississippi and poor southern areas where funding for buses is not prioritized, but this is by design I believe. Conservatives WANT business and success and growth and prosperity for all!!!!! Because then everyone wins. Don't let alone tell you different. Of course most politicians now are corrupt and only out for their personal gain & wealth. But these democrats know lack of success and stress promises little success and that's their aim hating their own nation. They want to obliterate America and replace it with something very ugly & desolate with zero hope.
As a fat guy myself I can confirm: I don't eat McDonalds because it's "cheaper" than vegetables. I eat it because it's easier and I'm lazy.
Cooking oats for 60 seconds is definitely easier than driving to McDonald's for some nasty and fake food.
But isn't it cheaper though? I mean if you see their deals then its like, you can get 'breakfast' for $2 or something
@@RealMTBAddict While I understand your general sentiment, oats are also terrible for the human diet. Whole real (non grain) foods are the human diet, and they are not super easy to make, but not as difficult as some would believe.
@thecurious926 they'll have a good deal every now and then to get you hooked. Once everything is full priced, it's probably closer to $10 for a couple items
@@thecurious926I mean if breakfast is one breakfast sandwich then I guess yeah. For me breakfast there even with deals is about $12. I guess cause I get 3 shots of espresso, and I eat like 2 sandwiches and two hash browns. I'm not fat, I just work a ten hour shift and I don't get to take much breaks so I eat big cause I have fast metabolism.
If I remember the rules from when I was growing up, food stamps were NOT supposed to be used for fast food. There were certain foods that were marked as "eligible".
Government didn't create a new class of dependent people, it shifted women from dependent on husbands to dependent on government, and it shifted men from paying to support a family to paying to support the welfare system.
Yep
EXCELLENT COMMENT.
Now many men have opted out and are contributing little or nothing!
holy shit
@@paladinsix9285 As a bachelor for life (hopeless romantic, nice guys finish last, standard cliche), it's incredibly stark how much less I need to do to make ends meet compared to a guy who has to feed other mouths and a wife's materialism.
There is something that is very true. People that are "food insecure" usually go to food banks. What I have learned traveling the U.S. as a fulltime RVer and watching people that go to food banks is, they do not know how to cook or prepare food. Half of what they received at these food banks was thrown away or given to people like my wife and I who know how to cook and prepare food. In turn we would make meals out of what they gave us and we would feed them. If people are going hungry, it's because of laziness or ignorance.
I agree. I am a disabled veteran. I sometimes need to get assistance from a food bank. Fortunately, my Great Aunt taught me to cook, because my mother was terminally ill for several years.
I cook better than most young women I know. I bring casseroles, or chili, a roast, or baked goods to our monthly VFW potluck dinner.
Often, the volunteers at the food bank will give me extra vegetables, whole grain oats, and other healthy foods so many people "in need" turn their nose up at.
not surprising how often laziness/ignorance are found together in ppl.
Home Economics classes in schools have been done away with due to budget cuts. People can still teach themselves basic cooking skills from online tutorials if they have the drive to do so.
@@3namechangezalowdevry90day7 We have access to more information right at our fingertips. I learned a lot from my mom just watching her make meals. Now, people do not have parents that know how to cook.
@@3namechangezalowdevry90day7Have you seen what they learn now? Ethnic studies, gender studies, climate science, social skills, "language". They have math, but there are no textbooks, they do problems on the white board which if a white student finishes first it becomes a lesson on diversity issues. Kids can't multiply in their head, spell, and don't know basic American history.
This is not what We the people, want. Big government has got to go.
I remember seeing a documentary that had a family of migrant farm workers who claimed that they were obese because all they could afford was McDonalds, "forced" to buy Big Macs, fries and large Cokes. I rolled my eyes and quit watching the documentary. Our family of 4 has gone on vacations and we found it quite cheap for breakfast to buy a quart of milk, cereal and fruit. We ate far better and cheaper than McDonalds. For lunch buy a loaf of bread and cold cuts and make sandwiches. You can have little packets of condiments if you so desire. Again, cheaper than McD's. Some people are only victims of their own stupidity and lack of creativity.
BINGO! add "laziness" to that stupidity and lack of creativity.
Truth!
I am a disabled veteran. I prepare my own meals. If I am out doing volunteer work for the VFW, I bring a "Brown Bag" lunch.
Occasionally, a friend will treat me to a meal out. Often at a nearby tribal casino, the meals are around $20, but I can get 3 meals out of one.
I surprised that Stossel did not cite that EBT (food stamps) are accepted at McDonalds, Domino pizza, etc. Maybe it is not a national thing but I know for a fact that in the Bay Area of CA (SF, Oakland, San Jose) that this is the case.
My daughter befriended a girl that was the daughter of a poor single mom, that was the daughter of a poor single mom. It wasnt until I saw how these women live that I understood what a big problem this is bc these women are essentially "married" to the State/Fed Gov. All 3 are obese.
Right on
Cereal is actually one of the worst things to eat.
I want to start my own food insecure program. Except, I can't morally justify threatening peaceful people with violence to force them to obey me and pay me like the government does.
Good thing you can't, because they don't like competition.
The local laws are weighted against you..grow a garden in your front yard? Probably not. Use empty city lots to grow food? Not legally, in many places. Sell locally? Do you have a permit?
@@cristiewentz8586 yep, permits and licenses were created to keep us on their plantation
So…the government uses violence to force people to use public assistance???
Every time Stossel posts a story like this, I think how grateful I am for his honest reporting. Please John- never stop doing real journalism.
I’m a 62 yearly on man and a quad amputee living solely on disability, but somehow I don’t qualify for any food assistance and as a result I experience real food insecurity. It doesn’t seem to matter that I worked full time for 45 years including the last 20 while disabled where I was paying into the system. Even now what I receive in disability isn’t a benefit I paid into the system. It’s very frustrating to see able bodied people and illegals get treated better than someone like myself or the many vets that are mistreated.
That’s insane! I’m so sorry for your struggles and the anger you must feel. This society is so upside down. 🤬
As a Guatemalan living in Guatemala that works as an interpretar for the US I know: You are right! Most illegals are just lazy people, rude and liars!
I interpret for them every single day.
Same here. Similar situation.
You would qualify if you were a illegal alien
Exactly. And that's the shit that pisses me off. I work and my mom is on disability yet she gets upset when there's a delay in the food stamps but I don't mind because I simply tell my mom, 'no problem for the next 2 weeks. I will just not go out, I will buy a pizza for all of us, get some canned food, we will get through.'
The food desert myth has been debunked for years. This entire country is gaslighting itself when it comes to what we eat.
We’re not supposed to deny what the the black messiahs say
There are places with far fewer grocery stores per capita, but that is just the market responding to what the locals purchase. The Obamas are welcome to invest in opening a grocery store in those areas, but the chips and pop would be shoplifted and the fruit and vegetables would rot on the shelves and eventually the grocery store would go out of business and shut down. Case in point, see the 4 Walmart locations in Chicago. If Walmart cant figure out how to succeed, good luck.
The governments food PYRAMID IS A LIE.
And straight lying. Bro, our universities study how being fat is beautiful. It’s all a big joke.
DemocRAT voters love to loot stores. Many stores leave all democRAT neighborhoods because they have been looted too many times. Then the democRATs cry when the businesses leave 😂😂😂
This news cast is awesome. John Stossel should be declared a national treasure.
I cut my food budget in half by buying store brands. 😅 I had no idea I was insecure by food because I’m able to eat every day of every week
Dependency and compliance is what our government wants from us
The tricky part for the government is to get to the position where they tax all of our income and then turn around and give it back to us, if we are obedient children.
How to make a master slave relationship look altruistic and better than freedom is tricky and usually doesn't work long term.
START A GARDEN
@@lovly2cu725 They'll make it against the law; at the very least, you'll have to get a license, and then you can only grow what they allow.
And they are winning.
Excellent work! It's amazing how clear and practical all the reports on this channel are without the need for sensationalizing the content with flahses, sound effects, and alarmist words. Yet it's still informative and entertaining. The big news industry sold themselves for big money and integrity became an afterthought. I'm so glad you have this channel and continue to practice journalism with integrity and purpose. It may be a slow grind, but this content spreads and it will continue to grow. Keep doing what you're doing John Stossel.
If that’s the case, the entire middle class has food insecurity! 🤣🤣
Warren buffet eats at mcdonalds and dairy queen instead of Gordon Ramsay's place so I guess warren has food insecurity
Yes that’s the point. Have you ever seen John’s story where in NY activists go around and getting anyone and everyone on food stamps because it expands there budget.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Just grocery shopping is more expensive than ever before, add on taxes on essentials and it should be illegal. I’m astonished it was allowed to get this bad
@pureblood3813 unions should be illegal. It should be illegal for ups drivers to charge $150k a year to drive someone else's truck delivering boxes. It should be illegal to have to pay $20 an hour to fast food employees that dropped out of high school. Yes you should've made it illegal to raise the min wage above $1 an hour.
That’s just as equally not a free market.
One of the easiest ways to control people is to keep them dependent.
Like climate change, cov ID, crime, almost everything we do we need their permission
That’s exactly what it is about, control.
So these programs have existed for about 60 years. How long does it take for this control of the people to be accomplished?
@@Skyking6976 have you never seen a controlling parent manipulate their adult child by providing them with a car and paying for their college tuition? When the state becomes our provider that’s the kind of relationship that can easily develop.
@@iymspartacus7089 Yes…my point being this “manipulate” you speak of, did it take 60 years? Why is everyone complaining about it NOW and not 50 years ago? I actually got that question answered when I started watching Jordan Klepper videos from Trump rallies on TH-cam. The things those people say is scary…
When you live in rural america where towns are less than 1k people, it can be very hard to find affordable produce. Most of us grow our own and preserve what we can, but it can still be very difficult.
I have a freezer full of home grown food. I started eating 90% home grown to reduce the effects of the build back worse economy.
Impressive! This truly needs to be a way of the future for more people whenever and however possible. Even it it is for just 30% of one's food
That's good until SHTF and you might not have electricity.
@@freedomrings1420 i have 2 generators. The small one will run the necessities (freezer, fridge, ect), the big one will run everything.
Think long term. The generators will only get you so far. Consider incorporating different ways of food preservation rather than keeping your eggs all in one basket.
Canning and dehydrating are also good alternatives and even a freeze dryer if you can afford it or if you know someone that has one, that maybe they would let you buy a session or 2 to use on what you produce for yourself.
Also, consider learning how to forage seasonally. Being able to identify what the wild edibles are if you haven't already. This skill goes far.
Good job, keep up the good work but always keep in mind that it can all be lost with the right situation. Half the plants that like to grow as weeds in our yards are edible and more nutritious yet are unwanted.
@@5points7019 i understand. I don't know anyone near that does any of that. If t comes to that extreme, I'm sure I'll still be better off than majority of the population in usa.
As Ronald Reagan once said, "The Government is never the answer"
Unless you ask him who pays his salary for being the president.
But giving generous tax cuts to the rich is, clearly, good ol reganomics
A few months ago, I myself noticed that fast food was more expensive. I just looked at my budget. Eating fast food I would spend $30 a day plus I would still need to buy snacks and drinks in between. That comes to $210+ a week for one person to eat. When I buy groceries for the week it is about $100 a week for me as a single person. And if I want, I can have a $15 meal or two from fast food. And it is still much, much less than fast food.
So a few months ago, I brought this up to my family on FB and they all nearly laughed me to scorn. I didn't have time to explain. And I didn't have all my facts and figures yet calculated to prove my point. Now I do and this video will help too. I am saving over $100 a week by not eating fast food. Sure the electric bill may go up a little with all the cooking but my electric bill has never been over $150 and that is with or without cooking. Another benefit is in the winter it helps to heat the home while providing a meal.
Thank you, John. You’re one of the few remaining TRUE reporters. The fourth estate is, sadly, no more.
I despise our government. We need to withold our tax dollars.
We can try but then they’ll send their hitmen to your home with guns they say you shouldn’t be allowed to have
God, I've dreamed about this. Can you imagine if every person in this country withheld their taxes? Sweet glory! They can't put us ALL in jail, right?
They will put you in jail for tax evasion. Make no mistake about that.
Yeah and we’ll buy our own food without them 🤪
@@bobcaygeon1864 Yeah thats why they do witholding. Most people are only concerned with their "take home" pay. If they all had to stroke a check the government would screech to a halt. The way it should be.
Spot on Mr. Stossel, once again. You are an unsung American hero.
I work in a retail store. I’m guessing 1/4-1/3 of our customers buy junk food with food stamps then whip out their cash to pay for other stuff like make up, home decorations etc…
Today is Halloween, on all the holidays the insane amount of candy purchased on food stamps would blow your minds!!
Is candy a legal item to purchase or did your store defraud the government?
It’s considered food so any store that takes food stamps can sell it .
We spend more on candy each year than we do on election season yet the media always decries how much we spend on politics.
@@Skyking6976 I think the point she is trying to make is NO ONE NEEDS SUGAR. It is a want vs a need AND it is really really not good for you. With childhood obesity at record highs and sugar consumption increases rates of heart disease, diabetes, etc in adults, our gov has no business sponsoring ppl to buy it.
I work in a gas station/ convenience store. Here, they buy garbage (snack cakes, candy, chips, soft drinks, energy drinks) on welfare, then spend cash or use their food stamp welfare cash for alcohol and tobacco. 😡😡😡
Did you hear what Kamala H. said. She said they are wondering how we are going to put food on their tables. Squarely putting the responsibility for citizens to feed them selves, in the hands of politicians.
I've been a paramedic in NYC, for nigh 25 years, in the worst neighborhoods, and have seen two cases of starvation, which is what is implied by "food insecurity." Both were cases of utterly profound mental illness. While obesity is rampant.
As someone who was on foodstamps and has worked at food pantries, the system is very broken and they are making things worse in most cases. They do it on purpose.
It's been several years, but once when I sought supplemental groceries from a food pantry they sent me home with so much for just 1 person, I chose to leave some of it behind.
Slavery
I asked for medical help in 2021. They also put me on food stamps as part of it. I was getting 370$ a month as a single male. Yeah it was helpful but damn that's a lot of money. I even asked if they could stop it and they said no. Legally I could not share food with my family either. Just fyi.
I have governmentally induced belief insecurity and am experiencing a truth desert from our media and bureaucracies.
Bull shit. When I got married, my wife had a 2yo. I made $300/week. She was going to college. She got $250/month in child support. If we didn't get $400/month in food stamps, we wouldn't have been able to pay other bills, she wouldn't have been able to finish college as she would have had to get a job instead. She finished college, got a job as a teacher and we didn't need assistance after that. You can argue about terminology like hunger, food insecurities all you like, the fact is that many need assistance to survive, and many more need assistance in order to get to a point where they will no longer need assistance.
"The way the [welfare] programs are organized, poor people are only paid to do things that are counter-productive - such as breaking up their families, such as not earning above a certain level of income." - Thomas Sowell
Sowell is an antiquated trickle down economist who believes every problem in the poor/black community can be solved by having a nuclear family. He is still living in 1950.
Thomas Sowell is a genius who uses history and FACTS. As a very educated black economist professor at Stanford's Hoover Institute that was a former Leftist himself, he is like Leftist kryptonite.
Mah nayme is Denzel. MM HMMM
I make roughly 4k a month and am a single dad to three boys one who is disabled. According to the government I make too much to receive disability income for him and too much to qualify for any other government assistance. John is completely correct the system is designed to make you dependent on the government. The working middle class gets the shaft every time. And before anyone tells me to go school or get a better job I have an education and make well above the average wage for my industry where I live.
The working lower middle class especially. Making just enough to not get subsidized, but not enough to afford their own mandatory insurances, increasing rents/mortgage rates, and doubling food prices
Confused…you tried to get disability for the boy and other programs but don’t qualify. So you tried to be partially dependent on the government but at the end are complaining the government is designed to make you dependent???
@@stevencooper4422 The counterfeit $ to fund these Big Government Bureaucratic Boondoggles of fraud, waste and abuse has produced the inflation the is hurting the Poor Working Class the most.
How did we go from "victimhood means you're weak" 60s to 2010s, to "victimhood is all powerful" now? 😢
There's a happy medium and we grossly overshot it.
Appreciate you Mr. Stossel.
Mt grandparents were poor, they lived through the depression and the rationing of WWII. They lived frugally all their lives and I remember from growing up as a kid in the 50's until their death that they lived poor but they lived well. They kept a garden in the summer and then canned and pickled food for the winter, my grandfather hunted small game for meats, although he enjoyed fishing as a sport and a past time, he also provided seafood for meals. My grandmother would buy cheap staples like flour and sugar to make breads, pies and cakes. They've been gone for years now, but I'll always remember holiday feasts they prepared for us with healthy and delicious foods they made themselves. There was no sense of sacrifice and they left me a lesson I will always hold close to my heart.
You only had one thumbs up! Wish I would have seen a couple thousand!!! Lots of discontented people, just because they aren't grateful for what they do have, and instead they only think about what they don't have.
Cities don't have a place to grow a garden.
Govt: How can we make everyone food insecure?
Govt: We can define it so that if you eat the chicken at the fancy restaurant, because the lobster would break your budget, you’re food insecure.
Govt: We can define it so that if you’ve ever felt you couldn’t afford good food you’re food insecure.
Govt: We can spend and give away so much money that inflation causes food prices skyrocket so much that people feel like they can’t afford to eat.
Govt: Excellent ideas, let’s do all of them!
U bitching because government give u money ?
Historically they have destroyed tons of wheat, milk, cattle, pigs, etc because 'we need to raise prices' so funny they don't mention that.
All this BS and they won’t let the Amish sell organic food
I have personally experienced this and 100% agree with John Stossel. I was quite young and had two children. I noticed everytime I got a job, all of my benefits were cancelled. I think things are more lenient/enabling now than in my time. (1980's). I finally got a good full time job and just went without. Did my son wake up crying because he was hungry? Yes. At that time all I had was bread and water to feed him. We never got kicked out of our rental. We never lost power. I made sure bills were paid. But that also meant I went without a lot of things, including food. Back then there weren't cell phones, etc. but I wouldn't have had them, because I couldn't afford it. No cable. Remember back in the day there were three channels without cable? These people on aid need food education and help to get off aid and stop being a gov slave. Yes I said it, because the gov wants to control these people. Being poor then is nothing like "poor" today. Because I have lived being poor, I have less sympathy for these people. The gov is not there to help us. The sooner they realize this, the sooner they'll be free. It's hard, but so worth it.
@BookZealots... Yes..I think about how, as children, we are government surplus food while my mother worked full time and my father (they were married) was allowed to start other families and contribute no one single penny to our care. We had no cable, no phone, no bikes, no car. We had a refrigerator with condiments but (often) there was nothing extra.
My mother said that, no matter what happened, we would never live in any projects (and we never did).
But that was in the days when more Americans (even those struggling) has some sense of pride.
That is not as much the case today. 😞
It would seem if the government wanted you as a “slave” they would’ve continued to give you aid. Once you earned above a given threshold, you no longer qualified and off government help. So…where does the “slave” thing come in?
@@Skyking6976 I was below poverty level; below $19k a year. I should have still "qualified" for medicare, but everything was cut off. And I guess the gov. does what you say to keep them as slaves. If you know, you know.
@@dcarr-kr7hk I love your mother for being so strong. You are right about people lacking pride. Now it's entitlement for doing nothing.
You’re wrong. It’s actually harder to get SNAP benefits now than it was back then. Clinton changed the law in 1996.
Carbs are cheap and/or easy. Red meat, the single most nutrient rich, non-fattening food products sold in American grocery stores, is becoming more and more expensive.
As acountry, we don't know what it is to go hungry. Imagine going to your local grocery store. Only to find it closed till further notice. Then you find out all the grocery stores are shutting down.
There was a time my wife and I needed food stamps. The bureaucrats got really pissy when we tried to terminate the program. They didn't make it easy. I also had to pay back a significant portion we had been granted even though at the time we needed it.
How dare you not be as much of a slave
You tried to leave the plantation. And you wonder why the masters punished you?
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 No wonder about it. I mentioned it here because I get people all the time who don't believe me when I tell them what happened.
So…when you no longer qualified, in what way did they become “pissy”?
We volunteered for a food pantry for years; occasionally a neighbor would be in between jobs and we would open the food pantry and load them up; often, those same people would get a job and then give back a little volunteer time. There were just a few of the regular recipients who would volunteer, but there were many who never lifted a finger for a nonprofit. Lots of takers in the world.
When i grew up, we had food insecurity. If you didn't eat your food fast enough, your 3 brothers stole it
my food crisis was, if you don't eat was was made, you went hungry.
@garycarpenter2932 I remember those days. That broccoli started sounding good laying in bed hungry
Exactly. My husband said he learned to eat fast so he could get the last piece of chicken. His Mom used to stretch the ground beef with corn flakes. His Dad was in the Air Force, but they were POOR. This was in the 1960's-70's.
Undeniable facts, groceries are 2-3x more expensive now than they were in 2020 and the grocery store has empty shelves frequently now, prior to 2020 almost never. I think this is all part of the "you'll own nothing by 2030" plan.
Last winter i bought a bag of those mini sweet colored peppers for close to $4. My husband loved them so i saved some of the seeds. In march i hoped to germinate them, ALL of them germinated. I had at least 2 dz pepper plants producing tons of these little peppers. Not all produce in the store will do this, theyll either be genetically modified not to or sprayed with sprout inhibitors. I have peppers galore on the counter trying to finish the ripening process since the hard freeze we had this last week. I saved seed again and will repeat this process next year.
People need to get back to the basics. Help one another. Teach one another. Stop depending on the gov for help and turn to each other to help, and be helped if needed.
I noticed i bought a lot of raspberries, blackberries and blueberries from costco every week. They also sell plants. I planted the plants in my backyard. The blueberries didn't take hold. but the raspberries and blackberries produce pounds of fruit every year. Now its saving money and all organic as i don't put anything on them.
@@davidhill850 thats good!!!! ive got some free range raspberries that decided to call my property home, behind my fenced in area... they are producing nicely too.
if you are interested and depending on what grow zone you live in, you can get better quality blueberry bush starts from MiGardener next spring. they cost $20 each but they are very healthy stock and worth the price. i had bought 2 blueberry stock from a local store, 1 didn't even make it to the ground before it died on me. so, i ordered one from this company and the local bought ( standard brand you find at any store) barely grew any bigger than what i started with while the quality one is 4x its size and showed up healthier looking than the one i bought at the store. they are both in their own raised bed (fire ring) right next to each other. im planning to invest in 2 more from MiGardener next spring and have my own blueberry patch for years to come.
im also going to increase my asparagus beds next spring as well as the space and location of my free range raspberries.
sometimes we get lucky with store bought and sometimes theyre duds. it cant hurt to keep trying but i know the MiGard stuff is practically guaranteed and worth the price.
i hope your berries keep up their hard work!!!!!
I grow blueberries, too! I struggled a lot in the beginning and then sort of hit on the right combo. Acidic soil, shallow planting, but they love being buried and they love a good mulching, feeding... My main problems are that there's one spot on my box where the ground is cursed such that nothing will grow there, and also that buying plants from home depot/Lowe's, etc seems to risk disease moving into my plants. Had a scare this year and am still keeping my fingers crossed that this spring they'll be okay. But the flavor is absolutely worth it and irreplaceable! I hope you keep at it and find success!
@rachelclark6393 I wonder if your local extension office could do a soil test if you brought them a sample from that section that's being stubborn. It could be a disease or heavy metal toxicity etc it could be alot of things. Talk to them and see if they have any answers.
I just planted this this last spring so I have a few years to wait before I reap any harvest but I'm excited! Gardening teaches patience and how to not have instant gratification.. a character trait that seems to be depleted more and more in today's world.
@@5points7019 I think that s the logical next step for us, because we've tried a few different things trying to rule out pest pressure, nutrition, fungus, etc. It's worth noting there used to be a garage where our garden is, and the blueberry box would have been just to the side of the old entrance. So I could see previous homeowners having dumped something noxious out of the door to the grass on the side. If so, I would be trying for remediation! Maybe sunflowers or poke weed? I've heard both hyperaccumulate heavy metals. The question is probably what to do with the afterwards. I doubt it's safe to put them in compost🤷🏽
I work at a high school and the junk they serve the kids for breakfast and lunch is insane. This morning was pizza, a chocolate chip cookie, and a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Washed down with a sugary apple juice. That was a healthy breakfast according to our government.
Yeah. The only reason junk food is sometimes cheaper than healthy food is because the government subsidises it.
I live in an inner city neighborhood and it's true. I know whole families that get food stamp and rent paid by the government, and guess what? None have jobs or are trying to find one. Pathetic.
Is it the gentrified inner city your talking about?
That myth of 'it's the lazy black people' who are on welfare is easily debunked. When you look on the SSA website it breaks the recipients down by race and the RAW numbers, not percentages, shows that white Americans overwhelmingly are the largest recipients of food stamps. Believe me in this wicked nation, if black people made up the majority of recipients law makers would have BEEN killed the program a long time ago. Hell even Karen went on Tik Tok and said the quiet part out loud when she said she would rather her family die of wretchedly before agreeing to Universal Health Care because 'black people' would have access to it.
Another thing folks like you forget is Black Americans were self sustainable BEFORE integration. Everytime we stood steadfast, despite the elites lying to the poor whites and getting them worked up to destroy black folks gains. The pandemic showed our resolve. While whites were losing their minds laid off black folks started businesses and the SBA showed that they were the number one group to have created new businesses during that time.
So you can miss me with your white fragility BS!!!
Ok yes, BUT. My wages have not kept up with inflation. My kids notice-- they say "we used to have more food in the house." We cook all of our meals from scratch and we don't eat out, like ever. I qualify for SNAP and if I didn't have it, I could not feed my family.
A party sized bag of Doritos costs almost $10 where I'm at. A 10 pound sack of potatoes cost around $6-$7, and I can do so much more healthy things with that. Healthy food isn't more expensive, people are just too lazy to cook for themselves and are buying the option that they can just pick up at the drive through, pop in the microwave, or open up and eat right there. It isn't difficult to cook healthy food for yourself and your family. Throw a piece of chicken on a foil lined baking sheet with some vegtables or some potatoes, season it up, pop it in the oven at 350° for 35 to 45 minutes, and you'll have a delicious meal that barely took any effort to make. There's a whole genre of videos on TH-cam and other platforms on how to eat delicious and healthy meals on the cheap, but you have to make the effort. We have the entire internet right in the palm of our hands and we can easily find all of this knowledge, but many of us don't use that knowledge and instead believe the stupid shit that idiot politicians like Kamala Harris say.
We have an epidemic of laziness and stupidity.
Could make your own chips and fries with a sack of potatoes
I concur, being lazy is expensive and injurious to our health.
In the past, food stamps could only be used for generic staple foods, which meant recipients had to cook.
Then the processed food companies lobbied to be included. Then the snack companies lobbied to be included. Then the soda companies lobbied to be included. And now the grocery stores are lobbying to include prepared hot foods like the grocery store cooked chickens, pizzas, etc. I also remember talk about the fast food companies wanting to be included too. Every business wants government (taxpayer) money.
@@LuckyCharms777 Yes, every business PAYS THE TAXES that fund these ridiculous handouts, so they would like to recoup some of that money if possible. Blame the simple-minded taxpayers that keep voting for politicians that promise them free stuff. That's why Democracy sucks.
You, Thomas Sowell, E. Williams and Milton Friedman are one of the few people who deserve the title "educator" thank you Mr Stossel
I volunteer at a local food bank, and 90% of the people we serve are obese.
I agree with Denzel. 👍🏻
America needs bigger toilets to contain those giant butts. I imagine It'd be like Niagara falls when they are using it.
The USA is one of only a small handful of countries where you see obese poor people.
@ThatStonedBunnyi have seen videos from several immigrants who covered generosity of food banks in time of covid. they all praised food from there. noone said anything about something rotten. at least one filmed from NY. thats as big as it gets.
I noticed a similar trend when I volunteered at a food pantry. I don't think I saw as high a rate as you did, but it was depressing. Talking with some, they often had health problems or high stress at home. These days though, who doesnt?
I noticed the same at the food bank I volunteered at. The shoppers were mostly overweight, but to be fair, the goods were mostly bread, pastries, and cereal. Nothing healthy, unless you consider canned soup healthy.
Concerning the 'food desert' concepts: the grocery stores and even pop up stands refuse to operate in those areas due to extremely high rates of theft and violence. But we're not allowed to say that in the mainstream, for fear of being labeled a 'racist'
Govt policy ironically works towards making food more expensive. Green policies, taking more and more land out of agricultural use, supporting the war in Ukraine (one of the worlds largest wheat producers) making the cost of food production more expensive through inflationary policies linked to Covid economic policies.
John Stossel , hitting out of the park as usual!!! A true and honest journalist 🐐
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Not really, he’s failing to ask the question why so many don’t want to “work hard” and that’s because of low wages that don’t allow you to afford the basic necessities like rent and utility bills.
Might be honest, but definitely biased. All of these conclusions are quite the jump. He really bends the numbers in his favor.
Food deserts? Okay, but how much shoplifting, robberies, and assaults on employees can a grocery store stand before they have to throw in the towel and abandon certain neighborhoods?
I said pretty much the same thing on here earlier.
But the liberals will tell you that those stores close their doors because.....RACIST!
It's absurd.
I regrettably lived in Albuquerque NM for a while. Most if not all the people that lived around me were on welfare. And they all sold it somehow plus the large majority of people were on drugs . They also got themselves on pain management programs to get pills then they sold those as well. No of them worked my last neighbor was a two time convicted felon with tats covering his face head and body he used his criminal record as a badge of honor.
My kids schools provide free breakfast and lunch and constantly claim that 1/6 children in our country are living with hunger. There are commercials on the radio about it every day. The actual survey question asked to students was something like, "Have you been hungry in the past year?" I am sure my kids would have said yes to that (I assure you, they have no shortage of access to food) and I am surprised the result was only 1 in 6. I am guessing that the pollsters had to lower their actual result to get something a bit more believable by the general public.
They survey the worst parts of big cities then apply the statistics universally.
Thanks John!!!! We all appreciate your faithful reporting!
Damn your logic and common sense Stossel!!! 😂
Crazy. I was born at the very end of the baby boomer generation. To me, food insecurity means your cupboards are literally bare. We never bought the more expensive name brand foods. I can afford name brand stuff now if I want, but just out of habit I can't bring myself to pay a buck or two more for name brand when the cheaper version is sitting right there.
Interesting fact I learned from one of those "How to Budget" books I read 20 years ago. Very often, the store brand is _exactly_ the same as the name brand. The author said her husband worked at a canning factory. They just slapped a different label on the can depending on what time of day the factory was churning out canned vegetables. Day shift: Name brand. Night shift: Store brand. For this reason, I tend not to care about brands anymore.
@@martabachynsky8545 One of my instructors had a similar story. He had toured a distillery, and was describing to the class what he saw. The product was made in large quantities, and the facility had everything needed to bottle the product, label it, and package it for shipment. The tour host explained that the finished product was provided to a number of different buyers, all with different bottles, labels, and pricing. He noted, however, that they were producing just the one distilled product for all of their customers.
I am here from the government to help..... Still frightening.
It's Not a myth but rather a Truth that Taxation is Theft. Can you explore how taxation isn't collected Voluntarily.
I'm carnivore... Don't knock it... My point is, I went to Aldi and had a cart full of organic beef, steaks, uncured and unpreserved bacon, whole milk yogurt, non-pasteurized European cheeses, pasture raised eggs. Also had some organic berries... Three cartons for my kids. Sounds expensive, right??
The woman in front of me had an equally full cart of cereals, breads, chips, crackers, frozen dinners... You name it... Carbs and sugars basically and our bill was almost the same cost!! Just a few dollars difference. You can eat high end nutritious foods and find deals and sales. Don't let the government tell you otherwise.
Yep, just got to be willing to buy the ground beef and not the New York strip, eggs instead of avocados, but smart shopping is tricky for a lot of people.
I live holding my breath just waiting for the government to instruct me.
You had me at pasture raised eggs. Well, no, you have an attractive shopping list over all. Grass fed dairy and beef are great too. And Blueberries are amazingly healthy. Dr. Suneel Dhand has great advice here on TH-cam.
Yep, carnivore here too in our family and our grocery bill has not increased. A disgusting bag of chips is the same price as a pound of turkey sausage or a dozen eggs. It is much harder to overeat on protein and fat. You can quite easily over buy and over eat carbs to the point that you are killing yourself and your wallet.
yep 2lbs of organic 80/20 is $12.84 at my Aldi.
That will fill you for a full 24 hours when formed into burger patties pan fried in butter and make sure to flip them in the butter/fat when finished cooking. No snacking req'd.
Food insecurity would be 1lb a day. $6.42. The humanity. lol.
See how far $6 gets you in a fast food restaurant.
Control by food and energy
Remember back in the day when one president said "ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country?" Those were the good old days.
Sooo? What have you done?
Please do a comparison of what we are paying government employees in wages and benefits compared to what the private sector gets for the same jobs.
This will go right over the head of those it is referencing
Its strange that people want to mock the obese. That the claim McDonalds is cheaper than fresh foods is a claimable factor. The reason it is as that people were never educated on how to make fresh wholesome foods. Our education system doesn't teach a mandatory basic culinary class. Nor does it teach basic home economics in the fashion to make budgets, cut spending and costs and work on areas to save money. The famous phrase "give a man a fish he eats for the day, teach a man to fish he eats for life". Our education system fails to teach kids "how to fish" in todays society. Blame the foundation of our education system for this issue of the past not the obese people of today that the education system has failed.
People who mock the obese without understanding the full situation are ignorant. The food most affordable and accessible for poorer people are foods high in refined carb and sugar, but in this case corn syrup which is worse. Nutrition deficiency can manifest itself in both underweight and obesity, the latter happen once insulin resistance kicks in. This in why in third world countries they are giving out white refined flour as food aid and you have you obese mother with malnourished children. The people who are giving out the food naturally presume that the mothers are overeating and depriving their children. Particularly if you a poor and living in the city without a vehicle, fast food chain are around every corner, it take more work to haul groceries by hands.
I would argue that food deserts are a thing. The town I live in is very small and has a couple surrounding towns that are even smaller. The grocery store here has been circling the drain for some time now and it’s probably only a few years before it’s gone. That will leave many people with access only to a Dollar General and a gas station because the next grocery store is 15 minutes away by car. Not a big deal for most people but for those without transportation and out of delivery range, it’s very difficult to access healthy food.
That being said, I very much agree with Jon on this issue. The government has absolutely perpetuated this problem.
Yep, plus "hard work" isn't exactly made any easier if the nearest jobsite is miles away.
LOL 😂, Walmart is over 15 minutes from my house and deliver.
Yep it’s all government created. Now if some hardworking guy wanted to start a small grocery store In Your area, imagine all the red tape and approvals he’d need to get started. They make it next to impossible for a working class person to get ahead.
@@floppa9415CRY ME A RIVER
@@KamalasVACANTwomb Why would you start a small grocery store ? LOL 😂 When you can't even compete against Walmart or a chain grocery store????
I recall the local food program here, that offered free lunch and dinner to ALL who showed up, stating their numbers as "This summer we fed 3000 people, and next year we hope to double that!" And I'm here thinking, should you HOPE that next year you only have to feed 500? Then I looked into the programs and learned the Federal Government was paying these organizations $$ per meal served. So, clearly the motivation is to serve more meals so you make more money.
Democrats want more dependants because that's who votes for them. Republicans want more entrepreneurs because that's who votes for them. So Democrats focus on the message "no one left behind" while Republicans focus on the message "you keep what you earn." Both parties will happily vote for policies that empower government at equal expense to everyone else (like the Patriot Act), it's only when the voter bases would be unequally impacted that they disagree. The reason the Dems are still worse is that, since their policies are designed to increase government dependence, they are unsustainable almost by definition. You can't have a group made entirely of dependants, while you can have a group made entirely of producers.
Never forget that SNAP isn't a subsidy to the poor, it's a subsidy to the whole food production industry from farmer to processor to retailer.
Another subsidy that raises food prices is the ethanol mixing requirement, growing crops on land that could be feeding people but instead just makes fuel and food more expensive for everyone. It's almost like a government mandate that distorts the market factors in play creates incentives to do unproductive things. Remove the regulation and see what happens, that's what we should be doing; If all or more of the farmers keep making ethanol then that's fine but I doubt that oil refiners and fuel produces would keep paying if they were not required by law to do so.
Great work as usual Mr Stossel. I wish you had a journalism training course to create more individuals like you.
Hi , I’m from the Government and I’m here to help !
Control the food supply, control the people.