Reply #38: good point

[lumberjack_jeff]

I would put forth that if people are saying their $5 Argentine Strawberries are an example of why poor people can not eat well then that is their fallacy and does not mean poor people can actually eat healthy. To take one person's mistake and hold that up to mean the truth must be the opposite would be wrong. They may be overstating how they see it but that does not allow you or I to close our eyes because one person is wrong in their overstatement. A lay person saying such things does not prove anything except that they are overstating. Nothing can be said otherwise.

Yes. At risk of oversimplification, because they're wrong doesn't mean I'm right.

There are a number of barriers to good nutrition. I find the examples used to support the argument that inadequate money provided for food assistance is a primary barrier to be less than compelling. This view is also colored by my experience.

I think other barriers are far worse, and society can better benefit those who need the help by removing them.

I also don't agree with some of the posters who think no strings should be attached to food assistance. From my standpoint, it is my hope that the assistance I give won't kill the recipient. Some people choose to see that as a punitive "no ding-dongs for you" approach, I see it differently.