Q for those on the LEFT - what are some initiatives from the rig

@AverageSue :
It goes straight to comments when I click on it.

@AverageSue : I support that bill. More than meal can be made from that chicken! I also approve the passing of the funding bill that does not fund ICE and border patrol. That will be a separate discussion and vote.

@skutfarcus :
Let me retrytry again....

I tend to support not allowing soda and candy be bought with SNAP.
Yes, there's a push for welfare and SNAP users to buy healthier food, but healthier food is also more expensive. Hard to stretch those dollars to begin with.
Steak and lobster? Well, then they run out of food dollars more quickly. And maybe those items are used sparingly, for more than one meal. (I actually doubt that many SNAP recipients actually buy steak and lobster, it's just another talking point)
My opinion and mine alone and no one else.

RFK Jr. recently said they could eat liver.

@DennisinPeoria :
I don't think we should regulate what foods they buy regardless of what it is. I have a friend on SNAP and he uses that to buy food-related gifts at Christmas time. If he couldn't do that, he wouldn't be able to buy anything. His disability benefits is there than snap doesn't even cover his rent. He's been selling stuff he and his family had collected for years.

@CCubs :
Hey! Don't diss liver! 😂

No diss to liver, all diss to RFK Jr.

No diss to liver, all diss to RFK Jr.

I'm not aware of any Supplemental Junk Food Assistance Programs. And there probably is a reason for that. Somehow, my sisters and I didn't starve because we didn't have soda, candy, chips, and processed foods. I do agree with Dennis that sometimes eating better does cost more. I also see parents giving in and giving kids the food they want just to shut them up.

@AntiRanchDrssng : My mother, God rest her soul, would buy me a candy bar after I went to the dentist.

@CCubs : Downvote. He said liver and the cheaper cuts of meat. He is discussing how people can make do with less, or still be able to have a meal by buying cheaper alternatives at grocery stores. There is nothing wrong with telling people how to live with less.Giving people welfare money to buy food causes inflation and increases the cost of food for those who work too. Should low income people who made poor life choices be able to eat the fine foods like the more wealthy?If people want to criticize RFK Jr., how about taking issue with how much he is going along with the Trump administration and all the inflation. If he RFK is supporting cutting back on welfare money I'm all for that, but they need to cut back on government spending and over priced products from defense contractors and all that too.I'm waiting for a discussion about those on the right agreeing with something form the left!

@MadScientist :
What's causing inflation now?

@skutfarcus : As always, increasing the money supply. Banks loaning money for real estate and vehicle purchases adds more money in to circulation. Lower taxes lowers the amount of money removed from circulation, adding to the money supply. Now with the current administration's additional military operations, along with the existing outrageous spending the money supply and inflation is increased further, since money spent by the government is on loan and created out of nothing.The high oil prices should help keep dollars from returning to the US, and keep inflation down, but with the Persian Gulf closed off there may not be as much oil being purchased in Dollars as in the past.I should also say that increasing regulations increase the cost of living. Building codes, mandatory insurance, ever increasing required vehicle features, and so forth do this even if the value of the currency does not decrease. The administration has removed regulations on big business but not regulations on regular citizens.

CORPORATE GREED!
FOLLOW THE MONEY!
The large oil companies and their stockholders are making more money than EVER before.