A Recipe for Big Government: "Food Insecurity"

The government tells us 33 million Americans suffer from food insecurity!
Really? 33 million Americans are hungry?
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“That’s just not true,” says Rachel Sheffield, a researcher at The Heritage Foundation. “'Food insecure' adults are more likely to be consuming too many calories rather than too few,"
The government always tries to create a crisis.
“Government programs tend to want to keep themselves going,” says Sheffield. But their handouts harm the very people they are meant to help.
“We’ve spent more on the war on poverty than all the military wars combined in the United States without any success.”
The result? Increased dependency on government!
Expanding the welfare system seems to be the government’s main goal.
The food insecurity myth and others, like "food desserts,” are debunked in the video above.

[@iamericlentz]

I'm insecure regarding our government's ability to make good decisions about how they spend our money.

[@AnthonyRMaradin]

Assuming your money being taxes!? Are you aware that taxes collected goes towards only the interest of government debt?

[@gifthorse3675]

Vote harder and harder each year

[@bendover3820]

We are simply tax slaves, Take ze drugs & Eat ze bugs..

[@freedomrings1420]

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 😂

[@stevenjones1171]

Sorry, But when did you get your first Clue. lol

[@IndyDog-ns8ws]

Democrats have caused me to have 'wallet insecurity'. True story.

[@f308gtb1977]

Unlike the virtuous Republican Party that continually sets spending records too.🙄

[@DemocRATsTouchKids]

​@@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 👌

[@DemocRATsTouchKids]

​@@f308gtb1977👈 found the anti-American CCP member that supports China and hamas and is spreading propaganda for Yuan

[@DemocRATsTouchKids]

​@@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 😂

[@AW-zy1kw]

@@f308gtb1977 Most are uniparty but if you think there is no difference you are blind as a bat.

[@dontewashington3250]

I never experienced “food insecurity” until Biden was inaugurated and inflation went to 17% year over year while my wages stayed stagnant.

[@rdfarley89]

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.

[@Sweethands4]

Yeah it's all that one person in an extravagant prison that caused everything you don't like.

[@thomassynths]

​@@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.

[@hagoryopi2101]

@@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.

[@justinreed7093]

it was never a problem until the democrats created the problem

[@dave3657]

I volunteer at a local food bank, and 90% of the people we serve are obese. I agree with Denzel. 👍🏻

[@Mtl-zf9om]

America needs bigger toilets to contain those giant butts. I imagine It'd be like Niagara falls when they are using it.

[@Ryan_DeWitt]

The USA is one of only a small handful of countries where you see obese poor people.

[@Fredaffinity]

​​​​@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.

[@IcicleFerret]

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?

[@livingwell5892]

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.

[@frostriver8686]

Democrats just found ways to create new types of plantations

[@weaksause6878]

"The right side of history"

[@pureblood3813]

@@solarexcrement-he6qb the government IS the mafia.

[@NPC-HonoraryRooftopKorean]

They just got rid of the physical chains and replaced them with something else.

[@shawnpa]

A plantation is the failing model they use.

[@gordonspond8223]

They never gave up their plantations. They just morphed them over the years.

[@Chilly_Billy]

Anything the government does "for the public good" makes me insecure.

[@pep590]

The Democrat party lead government.

[@Deontjie]

The only place where any government is successful, is war and taxes. This is an old saying.

[@redlicoricerifleexpert7489]

It’s like feeding pigeons in the park, more and more pigeons show up.

[@Deontjie]

Don't feed the animals. It makes them dependant and aggressive.@@redlicoricerifleexpert7489

[@tanyachef]

Ronald Reagan said The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: "I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help. "

[@jimmoses6617]

"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.

[@redlicoricerifleexpert7489]

But that’s probably considered sexism, or somehow Racism, in today’s society.

[@srdjan455]

"If someone however hogs all the fish for himself then just tell the other guy to pull himself up by his bootstrap"

[@jimmoses6617]

@@srdjan455 Victim Mentality 101 right there. You are setting yourself up for failure son. Stop it.

[@trkstatrksta8410]

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

[@theofulk5636]

Teach a man to fish ETHICALLY ! Some are too GREEDY , beyond reason and "sustainability" !

[@dragonlance1121]

Government: "Give us all your money, we'll make sure most of it gets back to you in ways we deem 'good'."

[@Sweethands4]

"Everything the state has it has stolen, and everything it says is a lie." -Nietzsche

[@ben_1]

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.

[@RealMTBAddict]

Cooking oats for 60 seconds is definitely easier than driving to McDonald's for some nasty and fake food.

[@thecurious926]

But isn't it cheaper though? I mean if you see their deals then its like, you can get 'breakfast' for $2 or something

[@fu102]

@@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.

[@c0mpoot3rn3rd]

​@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

[@knucklestheechidna5718]

​@@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.

[@gekfurian]

Saying that a population consuming 10k calories a day per person suffers from food insecurity is the most absurd thing ever.

[@susanclark8578]

That's assuming everyone is obese and yes there's plenty of fat people but dude be real😂

[@Cassus-nt3gt]

.... Obviously they are not talking about the fluff a lumps .

[@genogold]

@@Cassus-nt3gt "Adults labeled food insecure are more likely to be obese." Pretty sure that means they are.

[@Cassus-nt3gt]

@@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 .

[@RealMTBAddict]

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.

[@blackrockbrewing5141]

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.

[@steves1266]

America needs people like you John, to run for office. I would vote for you, no matter what.

[@gutsbiker]

I'm tired of hearing government sponsored propaganda.

[@MrTributes]

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...

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

It's TAXPAYER sponsored, the government has nothing but what it takes from us.

[@Anonymous-dh4id]

I agree

[@visitante-pc5zc]

Welcome to socialism

[@cda4662]

And TV MONKEY MOUTHPIECES ALL REPEATING THE SAME PHRASE

[@luck3yp0rk93]

I can’t drink a $900 bottle of wine. I’m food insecure.

[@joelellis7035]

Having to by sirloin instead of filet mignon is making me food insecure.

[@FOUR22]

I cant go out to eat everyday and now I have to cook at home, so am I

[@nerdicusdorkum2923]

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

[@xxxBradTxxx]

Buying a a few lbs of ground beef to shape into burgers instead of buying the pre-shaped burgers is making me food insecure.

[@uss-dh7909]

Not having a freezer full of fancy hogindaz ice cream. Cmon pelosi, fix it.

[@manapunk3085]

Never in the history of humanity have the “poor” been over weight.

[@leviefrauim1425]

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.

[@TB-xk5ic]

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.

[@eamonnmckeown6770]

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.

[@stantheman7908]

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.

[@kieronwilson646]

You mean the Quackcines and the Muzzles?

[@freedomrings1420]

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.

[@RealMTBAddict]

I never got the jab. 40 years old and in top shape.

[@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763]

Closing gyms BBC and cancelling outdoor sports and activities didn’t help either.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

Sadly that's the one major topic where John is completely blind and trusts whatever the government tells him.

[@RainaCK_NOLA]

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.

[@Columbus1152]

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.

[@dicktillotson1431]

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.

[@spamviking8591]

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...

[@feelingtardy]

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

[@AW-zy1kw]

New American Dream

[@TehButterflyEffect]

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.

[@Skyking6976]

Are you saying those 2 women were engaged in illegal activity? Thanks…

[@kennethmoore9475]

The new America way, why bother working, cramps their style.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

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.

[@kingarthur1776]

Yep

[@aedsell]

EXCELLENT COMMENT.

[@paladinsix9285]

Now many men have opted out and are contributing little or nothing!

[@JellyAntz]

holy shit

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

@@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.

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

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.

[@eprofessio]

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.

[@eamonnmckeown6770]

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.

[@battalion151R]

I agree. The beggars at the intersections with signs "Will work for food" have been outed as making upwards of $70,000 a year.

[@tanyachef]

@@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.

[@blackbette07]

​@@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.

[@blackbette07]

​​@@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.

[@sweety10129]

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.

[@pureblood3813]

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

[@mustangracer5124]

Orrr.. intense wealth building.. remember.. the collector gets 90% of what is collected.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

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.

[@DanTheManIOM]

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.

[@thierrylandrieu7441]

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.

[@maga5381]

Please keep up this critical work, so that US citizens might one day wake up.

[@inboxnews]

LOL. Never happen. History repeats.

[@katiek.8808]

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.

[@katiek.8808]

@@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.

[@hensonlaura]

All it takes is MONEY.

[@AW-zy1kw]

@@user-rd6mt5qp6h Well I do not disagree on the money we ship overseas, definitely needs to stop. However NOTHING is free my man.

[@laggismaximus]

"Increases dependence on the government" is all you need to hear!

[@PhotoAlbert]

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.

[@TsavosAlliance]

This is the aftermath of the 81 million voters that voted for this expensive administration.

[@pureblood3813]

Yep

[@SimonASNG]

This was around long before Biden. He just did his part to make it worse.

[@brett84c]

And they'll call you every awful thing in the book if you decide not to vote for them.

[@xxxBradTxxx]

I’m sure 100% of those 81 million were legitimate votes

[@mexicancanteen9596]

Alleged 81 million

[@petesessa2041]

I get more, and better, information from Mr. Stossel in 6 minutes than I get from the mainstream news media in 6 months.

[@Gitn2it]

I wish he would spend more time on subjects like this.

[@stephenhensley7004]

And it is reliable facts.

[@mikenapier6634]

Ditto

[@Pete.across.the.street]

Yeah, but it is all BS.

[@timmarshall7292]

@@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.

[@caeserromero3013]

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.

[@nnov_tech_chan7891]

And then you use the spare money to create a business, leave poverty behind and write a book about it.

[@fhd89234n8f43n7]

This news cast is awesome. John Stossel should be declared a national treasure.

[@iymspartacus7089]

One of the easiest ways to control people is to keep them dependent.

[@pureblood3813]

Like climate change, cov ID, crime, almost everything we do we need their permission

[@headscrewedonright9030]

That’s exactly what it is about, control.

[@Skyking6976]

So these programs have existed for about 60 years. How long does it take for this control of the people to be accomplished?

[@iymspartacus7089]

@@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.

[@Skyking6976]

@@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 KZbin. The things those people say is scary…

[@dextermcgrubbin]

The food desert myth has been debunked for years. This entire country is gaslighting itself when it comes to what we eat.

[@pureblood3813]

We’re not supposed to deny what the the black messiahs say

[@SimonASNG]

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.

[@freedomrings1420]

The governments food PYRAMID IS A LIE.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

And straight lying. Bro, our universities study how being fat is beautiful. It’s all a big joke.

[@DemocRATsTouchKids]

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 😂😂😂

[@gidzmobug2323]

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".

[@travellers111]

You, Thomas Sowell, E. Williams and Milton Friedman are one of the few people who deserve the title "educator" thank you Mr Stossel

[@daviddeking2676]

As Ronald Reagan once said, "The Government is never the answer"

[@zimmermanlandscape9287]

Unless you ask him who pays his salary for being the president.

[@Razor1473]

But giving generous tax cuts to the rich is, clearly, good ol reganomics

[@donpowers6331]

I despise our government. We need to withold our tax dollars.

[@pureblood3813]

We can try but then they’ll send their hitmen to your home with guns they say you shouldn’t be allowed to have

[@bobcaygeon1864]

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?

[@ncg5560]

They will put you in jail for tax evasion. Make no mistake about that.

[@johnphilpottand6361]

Yeah and we’ll buy our own food without them 🤪

[@AW-zy1kw]

@@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.

[@atcjoe1600]

Hi , I’m from the Government and I’m here to help !

[@dicktillotson1431]

The thing that John failed to mention, is that stealing money from people who work and giving it to people who don't work is immoral!! And also should be illegal!! One thing is for sure, if I did it, I would go directly to jail 😮

[@twistedhillbilly6157]

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...

[@God7odTaxationIsTheft]

The decay of rome

[@SgtJoeSmith]

When i grew up, we had food insecurity. If you didn't eat your food fast enough, your 3 brothers stole it

[@garycarpenter2932]

my food crisis was, if you don't eat was was made, you went hungry.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@garycarpenter2932 I remember those days. That broccoli started sounding good laying in bed hungry

[@jillsipocz3582]

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.

[@scottperine9820]

This is not what We the people, want. Big government has got to go.

[@lollylane384]

Thank you Mr. Stossel for exposing this dupe.

[@AndyFromm]

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.

[@travisjazzbo3490]

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

[@freedomrings1420]

That's good until SHTF and you might not have electricity.

[@AndyFromm]

@@freedomrings1420 i have 2 generators. The small one will run the necessities (freezer, fridge, ect), the big one will run everything.

[@5points7019]

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.

[@AndyFromm]

@@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.

[@GoodtoGaia]

Get the younger generations to rely on the government for everything.

[@actually5004]

Which generation is paying for SSI but will never live to see it? Trick the older generation into selling their children's future.

[@37yearsofanythingisenough39]

Right On

[@GoodtoGaia]

@@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.

[@pureblood3813]

That’s the liberal way

[@mustangracer5124]

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.

[@hushbash2989]

Headlines will focus on negative news, whether it's declining economic growth, geopolitical upheaval, cultural and legal turmoil, or some combination of all three. I listened to a podcast of someone that grew his reserve from $120k to almost $460k during this Red season, can you share tips on how to make such aggressive proceeds in short periods?

[@selenajack2036]

Especially during an inflationary period, investors should exercise caution when it comes to their exposure and new purchases. Only under the guidance of a qualified expert or reliable advisor are such large yields in this recession achievable.

[@cloudyblaze7916]

True, initially I wasn't quite impressed with my gains, opposed to my previous performances, I was doing so badly, figured I needed to diversify into better assets, I touched base with a portfolio-advisor and that same year, I pulled a net gain of $550k...that's like 7times more than I average on my own.

[@kaylawood9053]

@@cloudyblaze7916 I've heard that this Is a great time to buy. But now that inflation is at an all time high, I have money sitting in my bank account that I would really like to use. Would it be okay if I looked up this coach you mentioned?

[@cloudyblaze7916]

@@kaylawood9053 Mrs Marisol Cordova is the financial advisor that helps me. She has a large following and is easily found online. She has extensive understanding of the financial markets.

[@brandywhite9317]

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[@eprofessio]

I have lived on Army bases a big part of my adult life and one thing that makes me happy and sad are that military families receive food stamps. I’m talking about officers and enlisted. It makes me happy because I know these families struggle to feed their children without food stamps. It makes me sad because my neighbors avoid me when the have to pay with food stamps because they are embarrassed. I want to tell them everything will be okay and don’t mind me because I understand their plight. John’s stories often leave out nuances that really matter.

[@eamonnmckeown6770]

We shouldn't have a standing army then. War colleges for single men - 7 year academic enlistments so we can always have a cadre of leaders ready to go.

[@IMBrute-ir7gz]

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?

[@thecatthinks]

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.

[@JAKPM]

I suffer from coffee insecurity

[@dreadfuldonkey]

Wow, I never realized how good looking you are for 76, been watching since the late 80 or so. A True Journalist you should be recognized way more.

[@michtig]

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.

[@real82it]

I have governmentally induced belief insecurity and am experiencing a truth desert from our media and bureaucracies.

[@mattmurdock5424]

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

[@jimp4666]

Spot on Mr. Stossel, once again. You are an unsung American hero.

[@bigpimpin179]

How, how -- seriously -- does a country with the absolute worst problem with obesity also have "food insecurity"?? The so-called "insecure" need to eat much less.

[@wendyfaustin8269]

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]

Is candy a legal item to purchase or did your store defraud the government?

[@wendyfaustin8269]

It’s considered food so any store that takes food stamps can sell it .

[@eamonnmckeown6770]

We spend more on candy each year than we do on election season yet the media always decries how much we spend on politics.

[@tanyachef]

@@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.

[@evelyncasto9627]

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. 😡😡😡

[@jonboy8181]

If that’s the case, the entire middle class has food insecurity! 🤣🤣

[@SgtJoeSmith]

Warren buffet eats at mcdonalds and dairy queen instead of Gordon Ramsay's place so I guess warren has food insecurity

[@katiek.8808]

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.

[@pureblood3813]

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

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@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.

[@jonboy8181]

That’s just as equally not a free market.

[@YourDailyTorment]

I gained weight in college, but that was MY OWN Doing. I sat on my butt to drive to school, listen to lectures, and play video games while eating junk. My weight gain during my college life was due to me being sedentary and indulging in an unhealthy diet with the excuse I was tired from driving, studying, doing homework, and researching.

[@TheCaptainmojo1973]

Damn your logic and common sense Stossel!!! 😂

[@johncremeans969]

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.

[@rangutango]

if they’re so worried about food insecurity maybe they should stop sending money to ukraine and overseas forever wars

[@marissasprenger640]

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.

[@kaca5986]

Going on about food insecurity is an admission that prices, inflation are up.

[@piewacket8417]

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.

[@johnsmithers8913]

"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.

[@robertblake9892]

We have hungry chuildren thanks to welfare mothers who spend their kids food money on drink and drugs.

[@shawnaweesner3759]

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!

[@thomasdugdale424]

We are seeing same reports. In UK being peddled out

[@Space.Ghost.]

​@@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.

[@RobertLanden1]

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.

[@joelellis7035]

Good thing you can't, because they don't like competition.

[@cristiewentz8586]

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?

[@pureblood3813]

@@cristiewentz8586 yep, permits and licenses were created to keep us on their plantation

[@Skyking6976]

So…the government uses violence to force people to use public assistance???

[@stephenseth-yr7kz]

Thankfully John still offers sane assessments of our screwed up and corrupt society.

[@Monsuco]

I think a lot of this problem of "food deserts" may also be crime related. Simply put, it's harder to build grocery stores in poor neighborhoods because shoplifting is higher. Walmart recently closed its stores in some poor parts of Chicago due to poor financial performance and there's some speculation that high rates of shoplifting could have been partially to blame. Grocery food is definitely way cheaper than junk food though. A Big Mac meal with a large fries & soda costs $10. If you ate there for dinner every day for a week that's $70. I used my Walmart app to calculate the cost of what you'd spend on a turkey sandwich dinner with fruit & milk for a week. Sliced wheat bread, lettuce, 7 Roma tomatoes, a couple of 1 lb bags of Land-o-Frost deli meat turkey, sliced cheese, a small container of mayo, 7 Fuji apples, 7 bananas & a gallon of milk came in at under $37. That's not taking into account taxes and most States tax restaurant sales but not grocery sales.

[@yuri.yamamito]

Claro que as pessoas precisam agir, e fazer com que pessoas consumam menos junk, e ainda incentivar a Mercearia saudável que é muito mais barato.

[@yuri.yamamito]

Levando em consideração um preço e benefício, o incentivo resulta em alimentos 'melhores'

[@emilyurban3454]

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.

[@stevencooper4422]

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.

[@JimmeShelter]

I live holding my breath just waiting for the government to instruct me.

[@finfrog3237]

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 KZbin.

[@pamelakrumvieda3153]

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.

[@eamonnmckeown6770]

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.

[@sean1728]

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.

[@whouwit6392]

"Solutions" to problems they create.

[@charleslamb4796]

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.

[@melissahouse3488]

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.

[@alandeflorio6017]

You need to get this to run on one of the major networks John. It's a real shame none of the MSM ever do stories like yours.

[@markmyjak7739]

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.

[@dennmillsch]

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.

[@gordonspond8223]

BINGO! add "laziness" to that stupidity and lack of creativity.

[@paladinsix9285]

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.

[@tanyachef]

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.

[@mytwocents777]

Right on

[@billlammon1144]

Cereal is actually one of the worst things to eat.

[@queenbee3647]

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.

[@johnsmithers8913]

So they decided to kill the kids with obesity.....sounds like the government

[@pizzapartytime1826]

Did they have lunches for people who are allergic to peanut butter.

[@whocares110]

​@@pizzapartytime1826they usually have several different options.

[@mrdonetx]

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.

[@charleslamb4796]

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.

[@Stormbringer505]

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.

[@willymaykit]

Thank you John for pointing out the lies of the government.

[@Red_Four]

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 KZbin 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.

[@johnnynick3621]

We have an epidemic of laziness and stupidity.

[@lexkek5625]

Could make your own chips and fries with a sack of potatoes

[@finfrog3237]

I concur, being lazy is expensive and injurious to our health.

[@LuckyCharms777]

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.

[@johnnynick6179]

@@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.

[@mydarkside13]

Dependency and compliance is what our government wants from us

[@johnsmithers8913]

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.

[@lovly2cu725]

START A GARDEN

[@CajunWolffe]

@@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.

[@neilreynolds3858]

I lived off of $250 one year a long, long time ago. That wasn't insecurity; that was hungry and homeless. Then there was commodities and food stamps and growing vegetables and picking fruit and nuts in abandoned orchards or wild berries and grapes and dumpster diving. Now a bag of cheap groceries costs $50. Maybe that's the problem? I see what people put in their shopping carts - it's garbage and it ruins their health. It's almost impossible to find anything that isn't full of sugar.

[@jmr9735]

My mom and I were just having this conversation the other day. I just can't believe that eating ultra processed food is "cheaper" than walking around the outer aisle of the grocery store. While I, personally, prefer to buy organic fruits/veggies and grass-fed meats and stuff, I realize that not everyone can. That doesn't mean they can't afford to get much healthier options in the grocery store rather than running out to McDonald's to buy overpriced crap.

[@alwillk]

It’s not necessarily cheaper. But, more convenient to get fast food. The time to cook/shop for 3 kids when you’re working 50/60 hrs a week, we’ll there is only so much time in the day.

[@evelyncasto9627]

​@alwillk I don't know how old your kids are, but unless they're all toddlers or handicapped, there's absolutely no reason you can't teach them to help around the house and to COOK. By the time I was 10, my older sister and I were doing all the housework, laundry and cooking. Kids need to learn responsibility and self sufficiency.

[@jmr9735]

@@alwillk There are crockpots and instant pots and that sort of thing that has made cooking much less time consuming.

[@donnaburgess8726]

Thank you, John. You’re one of the few remaining TRUE reporters. The fourth estate is, sadly, no more.

[@tannarbuck7908]

All this BS and they won’t let the Amish sell organic food

[@ExPwner]

I have been pointing this out for years. Thank you for pointing this out!

[@Psalm1101]

Control by food and energy

[@dmd1344]

Food wasn’t expensive under Trump. Now under biden, the same groceries cost me nearly double!

[@HalfBlueCat1]

How does the executive branch impact grocery prices?

[@Pete.across.the.street]

Thats Trumpflation for you. He gave all that money away.

[@timmarshall7292]

@@HalfBlueCat1 You are correct and unfortunately the House and Senate was taken over by the Corporate Democratic Party; Also, both Republicans and Democrats could not print enough counterfeit $s during the Plandemic, causing the $ to be devalued.

[@fmradio42]

@@HalfBlueCat1 Since Russia is one of the world's major oil exporters, the sanctions riled global energy markets, where the price of oil is set. US gas prices shot up $1.48 a gallon, or 42%, to a record $5.02 When gas prices rise, it can be a drag on the economy-impacting everything from consumer spending to the price of airline tickets to hiring practices. Gas is an important input for transportation, which directly impacts households as they drive, but also businesses that rely on logistics and transportation chains around the globe. If discretionary spending is hampered by higher gasoline costs, it can have knock-on effects throughout the broader economy.

[@JimmeShelter]

@@HalfBlueCat1 Where do you think fertilizer comes from? Oil. Grocery truckers use some too... When Biden declared war on oil, he declared war on America. Some can't figure that out. But the results are right in front of you.

[@lazerusmfh]

Chicken is like 150% more expensive than a decade ago I’m feeling food insecure

[@seebarnes6588]

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[@AnnaKrueger809]

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[@zekelucente9702]

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.

[@ashleyserene6846]

That’s insane! I’m so sorry for your struggles and the anger you must feel. This society is so upside down. 🤬

[@academiadream]

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.

[@willardjohnson3832]

Same here. Similar situation.

[@phillipmarlowe0525]

You would qualify if you were a illegal alien

[@28ebdh3udnav]

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.'

[@irishamerican4558]

In 1986 I was 19. I really needed some help. I was married & had a newborn baby girl. They told me I could not have over $2,000 in the bank. I paid $850 cash for my car & they said it would count as an asset. There was an asset limit. But if I was foolish & bought a car I could not afford,they would help me pay for it. What kind of logic is that. I did not even finish filling out the paperwork. I told them no thanks, I'll make it without you & I did.

[@peterbrunsgaard2012]

My favorite journalist! ⚡️⚡️👏👏🙏🙏

[@stepheneddington1667]

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.

[@dwmc1492]

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.

[@addajjalsonofallah6217]

Slavery

[@matthorrocks6517]

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.

[@55Reever]

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.

[@paladinsix9285]

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.

[@DB-xp9px]

not surprising how often laziness/ignorance are found together in ppl.

[@3namechangezalowdevry90day7]

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.

[@55Reever]

@@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.

[@xandror]

@@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.

[@MaN-pw1bn]

Bravo John! People are lazy and don't want to take the time to make their meals, they like easily acceptable fast food and it's their own faults.

[@Ocyla]

The funny thing is, we buy lots of bags of frozen veggies and it's like 1-2 dollars a bag. So cheap!

[@tombowman2154]

Control the food supply, control the people.

[@aajordan2000]

I am here from the government to help..... Still frightening.

[@michaelcowan6254]

Federal parks put up signs. Do not feed the animals because they will depend on you instead of hunting for themselves. This is also true for people. Just look around on who has the fullest shopping carts at the supermarket. Plus most of the food is junk food.

[@matthewjensen8600]

Thank you John!!! Government loves itself not it’s citizens.

[@corydee123]

My biggest problem is how entitled people who live on government handouts become.

[@onpoint2292]

That is why so many black people became loyal to Democrats in the 1930s. FDR "solved" the Great Depression with government handouts for everyone. Most of our government agencies are in place because of FDR, in fact.

[@johnmeckel2319]

​@onpoint2292 The actual Welfare Program was Initiated in 1964 by Democrat President Lynden B. Johnson! After signing the Bill, he Stated: That will Keep Those N______ on The Plantation For The Next 100YRS!

[@CatWhiskering]

I used to volunteer for a church charity and saw a lot of that. People who wanted free housing but would say "I'm not taking less than 3 bedrooms". People who would get mad at you because they wanted gift cards for new clothing stores instead of vouchers for Goodwill. Homeless who would complain that their free sandwiches didn't have enough meat in them. Gets tiresome.

[@corydee123]

@@CatWhiskering they always are driving newer cars than mine whenever there is a food drive

[@onpoint2292]

@@CatWhiskering I think this is because of 2 things 1. materialism is the new God. There's no more prayer in schools, but everyone sees name brands as status symbols and most of our heroes in society are just wealthy, arrogant people with attitude problems (celebrities). 2. Politicians in their corruption, and irresponsibility have made a habit of milking the public coffers to "solve" social and economic problems. Philanthropists are still praised, but with Marxist talking points creeping their ways through different aspects of society, more and more people are seeing individual philanthropy as rich people boosting their own egos. If you ask anyone about an economic, or social problem nowadays, the average person suggests the solution is the government (or some NGO) should step in and pay for it. Student loans? The government should pay that off for every one. Rent is hard to afford? Rent controls, rent subsidization, and public housing. Jobs aren't paying you enough? Raise the minimum wage (despite it allowing less low-skilled workers to be employed). I'm not saying any, and all of those proposed solutions are bad, but think about the common thread. "I want it now, and our society is evil for not giving it to people in need (me) already." While the sentiment used to be "I'm so thankful for what I have despite not being rich. We live in the richest, freest country in the world."