Lawmakers Find $21 a Week Doesn't Buy a Lot of Groceries

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

did i just read that right?? let me see if i got this straight...poor, unhealthy people who eat bad food die early, and that is a fringe benefit for everyone else who pays taxes???

healthy food is not a luxury. organic, radiated apples grown on only 3 trees in america is a luxury. a bag of salad or a banana is not. free range certified corn-fed beef is a luxury. a pack of chicken hot dogs is not.

that has got to be one of the coldest things ive ever heard! hell, why feed children healthy foods? i guess the earlier we kill them off too the better society is!

pardon my sarcasm everyone, but that just wasn't right!

Healthy foods cost more.

Are you suggesting that expensive things which aren't 100% necessary to get the job done are somehow not a luxury? How is it that you define luxury?

As for being cold... I think being cold is the only way to define policy. We have a limited supply of money. We should recognize that we can't do everything we want. Therefore, we have to prioritize. Making sure lazy people live long lives comes in at the bottom of my list.

How much cheaper for us all is it going to be if that lazy person dies at 50 of a massive coronary as compared to living to the age of 85 in a state-run nursing home? The difference is probably hundreds of thousands if not millions of our tax dollars per person. I view these people as leaches. Society is better off with them gone -- either they find work and can afford healthy, luxurious food or they sit on their asses and die young. It's still their choice.