🌎 The 'arguments' about what should be covered by SNAP benefits intrigues me. And yes, I believe there's some personal bias here.

[TerryP]

Caveat: The utube video I posted above, ( post 87 ) Game Over, is about the numbers of illegals getting more SNAP benefits than American citizens receiving benefits, + many other benefits to boot. There are clips of Congressmen and Senators as well as Speaker of the House Johnson explaining their positions.
When Trump was sworn in back in Jan., he wrote, signed E.O.'s reclaiming some benefits back away from illegal aliens. But, in many Blue sanctuary states and cities, their leaders are still breaking laws and giving illegals money, housing, health care, food (snap), social security numbers, so they can obtain drivers license, hence, an ID to be able to vote. Many social security numbers were stolen recently, and assigned to illegals. Also are given free phones and cell service.


So the numbers may no be as lop sided now as they were under the Biden Admin, they are still high in Blue run states.

While the numbers may be off the gist of the video was clear.

I don't look at this as much under the guise of illegal's getting SNAP as much as I look at the total numbers. I saw in 2020 there were 17.4 million or so on SNAP and that number is well above 41 million now.

My instinct tells me that's related to the work requirements being removed several years ago.

 

[TerryP]

Real butter, lard and olive oil are about all I ever use. Don't ever remember buying margarine.
I have no doubt I could stay full with a fishing rod and a few hooks and a 22 rifle with cartridges

I've got a can of Crisco I pull out on occasion for things like a pie pan. I used it Wednesday making some banana bread. It pretty well stops there. (Although, biscuits made with Crisco have their own unique taste. That, with buttermilk, definitely hits the old school Southern flavor niche.)

I'd be eating a lot of fish if we went into some quasi-apocalypse era. It would take a minute but walking to the reservoir isn't that difficult. Dock fishing isn't too terribly difficult around there because so many people tend to throw back when they are leaving.

(Reminds me...old black fella that sits on one dock almost every day. I've seen him fish a few times. Every time he leaves he has a mess. "What y'all gonna do with dem? I'll take 'em." Just folks throwing fish back... )