Questions for school lunch program.

[Commercialfarmer]

October 22, 2014 ↔ 15 comments
VIDEO: Michelle Obama Supporters Flip-Flop When Asked Whether Her School Lunch Standards Should Be Applied to Food Stamps
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Dan Joseph attended the recent Congressional Black Caucus conference to ask Michelle Obama supporters whether the same coercive standards that the First Lady is trying to impose on America's school children, should be applied for other government programs, such as food stamps, EBT, SNAP, etc. The responses though hypocritical are not surprising.



Joseph asks several attendees if they support Michelle Obama, which they admit they do. Then he asks if they support her "healthy" school lunch initiative. Again, they answer affirmatively. But when Joseph asks whether the program Michelle Obama has dedicated her time as the nation's First Lady to implementing should be applied to government welfare programs, her supporters start singing a different tune.

"I think it's a good idea, however, the food manufactured for the children is not very good," says one supporter when asked by Joseph whether she approves of Mrs. Obama's school lunch program. "The food is like cardboard," explained the candid lady.


These comments could apply to almost any government program, supposedly well-intethe woman who said "I don't think that's the governments job to dictate what I can and cannot eat". Because her party is TOTALLY not giving government power to tell people nded, but poorly implemented, because big government can't effectively and inefficiently run anything as well as the private sector, because they are not given the signals that a free market system provides, the "carrot" of profit and the the "stick" of bankruptcy.

"The families have to eat healthy too, so wouldn't it be a good idea to say here are the things you can buy; here's all of the healthy foods, and you can use the food stamps below, but not for other things," Joseph asked another Michelle Obama supporter. "No Oreos, no Doritos, no sugar…," Joseph inquires.

"No, I don't think that would be doable," she answers.

This VIDEO below is a perfect example of the common sense deficit within the Democrat party, especially the woman who said "I don't think that's the governments job to dictate what I can and cannot eat". Because her party is TOTALLY not giving government power to tell people what they can and can't eat.*sarcasm noted

 

[Bigfoot]

Dry beans, potatoes, corn meal, flour that the only type of things they should be able to buy. It'd cost us half as much, and last them twice as long.

 

[Howdyjabo]

Peanut butter(reformulated to have a balanced protein) and jelly , whole grain crackers and apples. They don't even need access to a refrigerator, cooking skills or cooking equipment.

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

Not a supporter of government handouts, but if your kid was on that program, is that what you'd want them to be fed at school?

 

[HDRider]

I could feed a family of four for a week on one chicken (hamburger meat, pork butt, whatever), bag of beans and rice. Give me some veggies (canned, frozen or fresh) flour, eggs, meat, milk and a few other basics and you'd eat fine.

They can take those government cards to McDonald's and such now. Don't you wonder who greased that skid?

 

[Howdyjabo]

Not a supporter of government handouts, but if your kid was on that program, is that what you'd want them to be fed at school?

I grew up on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Once I got some money I never ate them again. If it was good enough for me..............
I don't want anyone in this country to starve, but some incentive to get off their butts and eat better is a good thing.

 

[Williamsv]

I am not in favor of people on Food Stamps being able to go to bakeries and buy all kinds of sweets. I see their grocery carts filled with pizzas, sodas, meals to heat in microwave, and all kinds of junk food. They never have fresh vegetables like turnips and rutabagas like I buy to cook.
A church in our town gives out boxes of groceries every month. I have seen the nice fruits and vegetables that they get. Some took their fresh blueberries and threw them out on the road before they even got home with them.
I believe in helping feed hungry children, but welfare mothers today do not cook for their children. They get a free breakfast and lunch at school. Most would have a dollar a day for snacks. I saw that for years when I was teaching. Children who paid for their lunch brought a snack from home. All students are getting free meals in our schools this year.
Now I hear that some schools are packing backpacks with food for the children to take home so they won't be hungry over the weekend.
Our government is paying people to get lazier every day. I am sick and tired of seeing
young men and women in their teens walking the street pushing babies in strollers and living off government assistance. I would have been ashamed to do this. I knew I was expected to get a college degree and earn a living just as my parents and grandparents had done. We are raising generation after generation to want the very best of everything free and let them sit at home.

 

[herofan]

I eat school lunches 5 days a week, and they are horrible. It's truly is like like eating cardboard. I once liked cauliflower and broccoli, but when it's shoved in your face every day, it gets old. I used to rarely see high school kids bring their lunch; I guess it just wasn't the "in" thing, but I see more and more kids bringing their lunch now because they can't stand what is being served. The ones that don't bring it are starved by the end of the day and go pig out.

 

[HDRider]

I eat school lunches 5 days a week, and they are horrible. It's truly is like like eating cardboard. I once liked cauliflower and broccoli, but when it's shoved in your face every day, it gets old. I used to rarely see high school kids bring their lunch; I guess it just wasn't the "in" thing, but I see more and more kids bringing their lunch now because they can't stand what is being served. The ones that don't bring it are starved by the end of the day and go pig out.

I do admit it takes a little love and spice to make cauliflower taste good.

 

[TexasBred]

I eat school lunches 5 days a week, and they are horrible. It's truly is like like eating cardboard. I once liked cauliflower and broccoli, but when it's shoved in your face every day, it gets old. I used to rarely see high school kids bring their lunch; I guess it just wasn't the "in" thing, but I see more and more kids bringing their lunch now because they can't stand what is being served. The ones that don't bring it are starved by the end of the day and go pig out.

I do admit it takes a little love and spice to make cauliflower taste good.

About a tablespoon of cat shyt stirred in while cooking improves it dramatically. :shock: :lol2:

 

[wacocowboy]

People in Central America survive on beans, rice, and tortillas and sometimes some chicken. If people don't like the food that the government gives them then maybe they should get off their lazy butts, and get money for the food they want to eat.

 

[D2Cat]

I think it was John Lyons in one of his training videos said, "Make the right thing easy and the wrong thing difficult."

Pretty simple principle. It basically follows scripture teachings. It's the reason we got our butt whacked when we did something out of line.

We apparently feel folks ought to be responsible for themselves. Work, earn, spend as they choose. That would be "the right thing to do" by our standards.

The problem is those standards do not apply to over half of the population now. The "right thing" for them is to get all they can and do as little as they can.

So we have two groups. One says, "I want it to be difficult for you to not take care of yourself so you learn how to be independent. The other says, "I don't want you to be without, so here have this." And in doing so teach dependence.

I'm afraid we won't get it changed. There are too many on the other end of the teeter totter.

 

[Jogeephus]

I have to agree with you. I think we do these people a disservice by not making them go to home economic classes to teach them some skills they can use while they are sitting around the house. These skill would benefit them and selfishly it would teach them how to be frugal with the funds we give them rather than them buying expensive boxed foods.

 

[gimpyrancher]

This is an entertaining thread.

""I don't think that's the governments job to dictate what I can and cannot eat".

Yet it's okay for government to dictate what a woman can and cannot do for her health.

Yet it's okay to ban contraceptives for woman and fully fund viagra for men. Then leave woman with children they can't feed and men that refuse with impunity without supporting the children they father.

Yet it's okay to hand out government money to farmers but not dictate what the farmers can and cannot buy with it.

I'm always entertained by some peoples definition of equal.

What we need are more Christians in government. :deadhorse:

 

[wacocowboy]

This is an entertaining thread.

""I don't think that's the governments job to dictate what I can and cannot eat".

Yet it's okay for government to dictate what a woman can and cannot do for her health.

Yet it's okay to ban contraceptives for woman and fully fund viagra for men. Then leave woman with children they can't feed and men that refuse with impunity without supporting the children they father.

Yet it's okay to hand out government money to farmers but not dictate what the farmers can and cannot buy with it.

I'm always entertained by some peoples definition of equal.

What we need are more Christians in government. :deadhorse:

If you are eating on the governments dime I think they should have a say in what is on the menu. How is it ok that welfare people can afford to eat steak, brisket, ribs and other quality cuts of meat while working people (you know the ones who's taxes are going to feed the ones on welfare) can barely afford ground meat and hot dogs?

 

[TexasBred]

This is an entertaining thread.

""I don't think that's the governments job to dictate what I can and cannot eat".

Yet it's okay for government to dictate what a woman can and cannot do for her health.

Yet it's okay to ban contraceptives for woman and fully fund viagra for men. Then leave woman with children they can't feed and men that refuse with impunity without supporting the children they father.

Yet it's okay to hand out government money to farmers but not dictate what the farmers can and cannot buy with it.

I'm always entertained by some peoples definition of equal.

What we need are more Christians in government. :deadhorse:

Women's health?? BTW contraceptive for women are FREE to dam near any woman that wants them. Beats the he!! out of abortion which you probably consider "Women's health care". What is your definition of equal?? Probably about as clear as your definition of "Fair Share".

 

[gimpyrancher]

If you are eating on the governments dime I think they should have a say in what is on the menu. How is it ok that welfare people can afford to eat steak, brisket, ribs and other quality cuts of meat while working people (you know the ones who's taxes are going to feed the ones on welfare) can barely afford ground meat and hot dogs?

I agree. The same should be said for the Subsidies that go to Farmers. It ain't going to the farmers that can afford to eat healthy.

 

[Jogeephus]

Ya'll are insulting me. My daughter gets free lunch at school. I didn't ask for the help, we don't need the help but your and my taxes dollars are going to fund her meal even though she packs her lunch from home. IMO, we are not feeding the people who need it but we are feeding an over-inflated bureaucracy that does not need it and without it we would all be much better off.

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that the department of health lists childhood obesity as a major threat to the health of the children in our nation yet in the same breath they plead for money to feed these starving children?

 

[gimpyrancher]

Isn't it interesting that we've outsourced most everything to private enterprise (like healthcare) and we find so many problems in the health of our nation? This isn't necessarily a problem with big gov'ment as it is with transferring so much to private, for profit corporations.

 

[Jogeephus]

Isn't it interesting that we've outsourced most everything to private enterprise (like healthcare) and we find so many problems in the health of our nation? This isn't necessarily a problem with big gov'ment as it is with transferring so much to private, for profit corporations.

:shock: :shock: I don't know what world you live in but I see it completely differently. Our government is so big and does so little with so much money it just baffles the mind. Government's pawning its responsibilities off to the private sector is merely an attempt to save money so they can continue to pay their lucrative pensions which are bleeding the coffers dry before it gets to where its intended.