Is it normal what do think of trump nixing food stamps ,sending food boxes?

Let them eat cake.

I think people deserve to have a choice as to what food they bring into their homes. It comes down to basic dignity - I imagine it would feel very degrading to have your autonomy taken away while being judged as incapable of making your own smart choices without being given the chance to do so. And degrading and dehumanising people only makes the whole situation worse.

It does become a problem, however, because there are many who abuse it. It SHOULD be spent on healthy stuff, because it is meant to sustain the families or individuals it goes to. Proteins, fruit and veg really aren't that expensive, at least not in the Walmart/Ingles/Harris Teeter's I've been to. Wholefoods was pretty decent, too. But people also deserve to be able to treat themselves and choose how and when they do that.

So ideally, the system would adequately support that. But I guess that's kinda complicated.

It's an awful idea. Not only is it cruel and dehumanizing, it's financially stupid. Even if you don't care about the direct recipients of SNAP, there's still farmers, manufacturers, suppliers, grocers and many other cogs in this machine that would be dealt a huge financial blow here. It won't happen because of what I just said, these businesses won't allow it. Honestly, I think the main purpose of even proposing this is to stoke the 'hate the poor' flames...the bootstrap bullshit rhetoric...I think trump even knows he can't take these billions out of the hands of big business but he wants to be able to look like he tried to 'do something' about these 'leeches'.

People need to mind their own business too. What does it matter to anyone how someone spends their food budget? If they're stupid and buy crap that only lasts a few days then so what? They're the ones who have to live with their choice. People will also bitch when SNAP recipients buy good food. They'll say bullshit like "I work and I can't afford to buy all that fruit and cheese"...Jesus, people, just forget it. Let people have their couple hundred a month and spend it how they see fit. Most people bitching about this shit don't hardly pay any taxes anyway, certainly nowhere near enough to even cover the gov services they themselves use let alone enough to pay for anyone elses.

As a non US resident would someone mind explaining SNAP & why the orange one wants to do away with it?

I (think I) grasp the basic premise that it is supposed to supplement people's diet with better and healthier food or am I off the mark?
Is it open to abuse? Shopkeepers selling stuff they shouldn't be selling to recipients? Can you buy booze, tobacco & pet food or even clothes with it?

Is it just a way to demonize a certain tract of society purporting to be a cost cutting exercise?
Or, does he think that sending boxes of food will be cheaper in the long run & will force people to cook & others to learn to cook from scratch?

I have done it all and seen it all.
Sure some junkies want to buy your whole cart of groceries if you give them cash, $.50/1.00

Most "food stamp" users are actually people that work over forty hours a week and don't generate enough income to afford to feed their families.

Single mothers, elderly fathers. Often times these are the bread winners in America and it isn't enough. It is very ironic how many U.S. citizens are borderline obese or starving. The lack of quality food at an affordable price and lack of education contributes to this. The first lady before Trump worked to help this problem.

Imo, there was no need to nix the food stamps. People could at least choose the foods that they wanted to buy.

That being said, I have only basic knowledge on this subject.

It's one of the very, very few good ideas Trump has had. Fill the boxes with expired groceries and end EBT card abuse.

I was a food stamp child. I had to shop for a family of 3 on $112 a month.

No one is getting rich, or even very drunk on food stamps. To even use them for nefarious means like buying alcohol you have to sell them, which is of course illegal. Why punish poor people for a criminals behavior?

It's all media, showmanship. I am a Trump supporter btw, but this is nonsense hype. It is not feasible and it won't happen.

This prevents selling food stamps for money and then using the money for drugs. People lie saying they’re not married just to get more food stamps! Then they use the money for drugs

Ive always suggested having warehouses with healthy eessentials rather than just spend it any way they want. Not to be mean but people who cant afford to take care of their own kids may not be the best decision makers.Believe me some people cheat or buy crap other than to feed their kids. If the food stamp system was more like WIC i think that would improve things a lot.

trump should have to eat the stuff for three months and then get back to us

Does anyone in this thread actually have any statistics on this because it seems everyone is talking right out of their ass.

What does snap cost.
How much of snap money is abuse.
How much does a food box save.

Anyone???

If you are truly too poor to afford food to eat, you would be grateful for anything given to you. I have been poor and had to rely on the kindness of others. If I abused their kindness I would have been called a sponge and rightfully so. The welfare queens bitching about this are spoilt and need to learn what a hard day's work is.

Obviously, as many have pointed out, the idea of sending food boxes is to cut out abuse of the system, which desperately needs to be fixed. Where I live, it is common knowledge that food stamps are sold at a rate of .50 cents on a dollar. Its so common to trade food stamps for cash here that when my wife asked her co worker why in the world she would cheat herself like that, she responded "just about everybody be doing that". Giving out food boxes instead of a voucher would basically eliminate this abuse, both by recipients, and those who take advantage of them. At a glance, this seems like a great idea.

But, there are a few downsides that make this a really bad idea.

With food boxes, people won't be able to pick and choose what kind of food they get and everyone has different nutritional needs.

Some people will sell their food boxes for drugs and get their food from churches and food banks (I know of at least one woman who does this already with her snap benefits and it seems a common practice).

Local stores will suffer a loss of sales which will harm local economies.

The logistics of shipping food will cause the already burdened taxpayers more money in the long run.

I'm not sure if there's a way to stop abuse of and dependency on the welfare system, but food boxes aren't it. The only thing that I do know is that in my experience, if the percentage of people who are abusing a system designed to give them at least a little help would would take the energy and effort they are using to abuse the system and direct it at getting themselves out of their situation, welfare would be cut in half.