I spent the day working at a food bank. And who would have known: they offer soda in their food box

[Sub Atomic]

I guess they won't be able to start arresting anyone who uses food stamps to buy sodas, considering the food banks are giving them away. At least we can all be assured of being castigated on here for doing it.

:sarcasm:

[polichick]

1. Isn't it all donated? I guess the food bank takes what it can get. nt

[Sub Atomic]

3. Yes, it's all donated.

Just think of all of these evil, evil people that donated sodas so that the poor amongst us could see what we're being cheated out of.

[polichick]

5. Makes sense if a soda company donates, but you'd think individuals...

...would be thinking more about nutrition. I'd trade the soda for some nice black beans if I could.

[Sub Atomic]

6. This was from individuals, not soda companies.

And for what it's worth - I haven't had a soda in over 5 years with the exception of one (1) Mexican-made Coke last year. I don't like the stuff and it's not a part of my diet.

I agree with you on the black beans.

:toast:

[DainBramaged]

13. They are thinking about a full stomach, period

Some day those of you who feel that the needy think about nutrition will see life from their perspective. When you've lived on rice and oatmeal (as I have) for your meals twice a day, soda becomes your champagne. GOD how messed up is it for you to think that YOU know what's best for them.


:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

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[CTyankee]

17. Hey; you know what "they" are thinking and what "they" want because of your

experience? Hmm, who is stereotyping the poor, here? Or are "they" just one big mass of robots who don't have any diversity of thought or eating habits...and no, I don't know what is best for "them." I have a pretty good idea of what is a nutritional food and I'll bet you do too.

[DainBramaged]

21. Stop, you bunch of purer than thou whiners make me sick.

[polichick]

30. Oh boo-hoo, how awful that some of us want to give poor people...

...the same quality of food we'd feed our own families ~ instead of cheap crap that does nobody any good.

You're the whiner buddy.

[DainBramaged]

31. I'm not your 'buddy' and you are ignored.

ignorance isn't a market cornered by Republicans.

Cya.

Get that last word in too. It amazes me how some of you seriously think that you make yourself the bigger person by being that part of your body which you sit on.

[polichick]

32. LOL - yep, it's real ignorant to think poor kids deserve healthy meals...

...and be willing to provide them. Your user name says it all.

[polichick]

33. Thought I was on ignore. You edited to get the last word??

What a piece of work - you seem not to realize how crazy it is to be upset with (and even insult) people who want to give others good healthy food.

If I thought all those who use food banks were like you, I'd never give again. But I know that there are moms there who are trying to give their kids nutritious food ~ who actually want them to have protein instead of bottles of corn syrup.

edit for spelling

[CTyankee]

38. Hi, polichick, see my post further down thread.

About my friend who is on food stamps. She would NOT appreciate a handout of free soda b/c of her high blood pressure and weight gain. She has a lot of struggle right now (single mom, 3 teen aged boys) and she doesn't want to be unhealthy. I can't understand why some people stereotype people on food stamps as ignorant about nutrition. Some may be but they don't want to be unhealthy any more than you or I do. :hi:

[polichick]

39. Thank-you! That's exactly the kind of person I shop for...

It's ridiculous to think that having little money means being stupid about health.

:hi:

[CTyankee]

40. And it DEMEANS poor people by putting them all in one box and labelling them

"Stupid."

My friend is also a really good cook. Her minestrone is now one of my family's favorites...I make a big pot of it to feed everyone over the holidays when I visit...that and some crusty bread tides folks over until the big meal later in the day...

[polichick]

41. Mmm, soup! The poorest people I've ever known kept a big garden...

...and cooked almost everything from scratch. They could make a delicious pot of stew with a handful of ingredients.

I like your soup at the holidays idea!

[CTyankee]

43. I bring it on Thanksgiving Day and feed folks who are there.

Family members arrive at different times from different places so I have it on the stove so they can have a bite to eat and my daughter doesn't have to worry about anything but the big dinner. We have to eat a little later than most people because not everyone can get there by 1 or 2. So I do KP and free her up. It works really well...

[JVS]

35. Yeah, it's obviously intended to get them addiced to demon HFCS!

:eyes:

[polichick]

36. Nobody said anything remotely like that. nt

[SoCalNative]

14. It was probably donated by the local distributor

for a tax write-off.

[dysfunctional press]

2. name brand soda...?

or the crap that nobody wants?

[imdjh]

10. Probably RC Cola and that purple crap. The poor need to be reminded.

[rucky]

23. I love Faygo!

and it's not just because I'm unemployed, either.

[imdjh]

25. LOL! That's it! I"ve never tried it because I have only consumed diet since Tab was invented.

[JonQ]

48. I love RC cola

you don't see it much these days.

[geckosfeet]

4. Unless it is a government run food bank, they probably take donations to distribute.

The one I volunteer for sometimes has soda, sometimes not. What they have depends on the donations that they get.

[Lost-in-FL]

7. Soda would make sense after donating blood. Quick source of sugar.

I wouldn't like anyone hitting the pavement with their forehead after giving blood. But of course, that is a wild guess of mine.

[LeftyMom]

8. We used to get free Coke at school events because the bottling plant up the street would donate

the cans that were slightly underfilled and couldn't be sold.

[imdjh]

9. I give away vodka miniatures to street people on New Years.

[Vickers]

11. That is an EXCELLENT idea!

:thumbsup:

I wonder if you can buy a whole box of 'em, like at CostCo or something?

[blueamy66]

19. I remember seeing 12 packs of them

in a state run N. Carolina liquor store a few years back.

Aren't they popular in dry counties? Easy to hide or smuggle?

[Baclava]

12. Is this one of those hidden "soda vs. pop" polls?

I already voted.

[Taitertots]

16. Just what the disadvantaged need

High fructose corn syrup and caffeine with a little water.
Why don't I trust anyone "giving away" a product they know is addictive?

[Toucano]

18. Well now the question is can the distributor who donated the soda claim a tax deduction?

I am sure the food bank didn't purchase soda with cash.

[rucky]

20. What if they can?

It's better than some of the really stupid shit businesses get deductions for.

[Toucano]

22. That's not a very high standard you're setting.

Something is okay because something worse exists?

[rucky]

24. When it comes to charity

I'm a free-market, ends justify the means, kind of guy.

[Toucano]

26. Charity being something given to help

I'll assume you want to help relieve the needy of their teeth while helping increase the profits of the distributor.

;)

I'm just picking at you. I don't really have a dog in this fight.

[rucky]

27. eh, if some kid gets a pop after eating canned peas all week...

it's not the end of the world. All things in moderation, including (and maybe especially) canned peas.

[Toucano]

28. Canned peas are the worst! n-t

[RamboLiberal]

29. I say a big so what

So it's not nutrious but it is a bit of a treat to any adult or kid who has to live on what they can get from food stamps or donated food.

[CTyankee]

37. I have a friend who is on food stamps and she really has to be careful

with her intake of empty calories. She has high blood pressure and has to be careful of her weight gain. She's now lost some weight and chooses vegetables and fruits over the starches she was buying. She also eats less. When I last saw her she was doing very well with both blood pressure and weight loss. She told me she buys less food but it is better for her.

It is an urban myth that poor people on food stamps are dying to get their hands on sodas and junk food. People can be poor AND choose to eat food that is good for them.

[RamboLiberal]

42. I was just saying a big so what if someone who can drink soda

gets it in donated food. For kids or adults having to live on food stamps and donated food it can be a treat. I was not saying that all people who get donated food and/or food stamps buy/eat junk food.

Another problem for those who are poor is that they live in areas where they may not have access to the grocery stores where they can buy healthier food. And in many case healthier food is out of their price range.

[DainBramaged]

44. You waste your keystrokes

these are the same net nannies who are afraid of blowing up the moon, Olive Garden, and anything else THEY can't control. On the other hand, ban that soda pop so that they can have the last word when it comes to nutrition for the poor, because they being purer than the rest of us, know that this is what all of these wretched people need.


And yet they think we should take the high road when dealing with the Pukes.


makes me wonder..........

[CTyankee]

49. Oh good lord, Dain. If you are serious then you've got more trouble than net nannies.

I guess you are trying to stereotype anybody and everybody who has a different opinion on food policy. Why do you even bother with us?

Of course, I never said one word about banning soda or anything else for that matter.

It makes ME wonder where you get this stuff from? :rofl:

[DainBramaged]

51. If your donations make you feel good, who am I to doubt your integrity

[CTyankee]

52. Ok, I give up. What did I say about donations?

If you guessed "nothing" you are right!

What else do you want to make up about me? I'm beginning to get curious...

[CTyankee]

45. I have argued on other threads for a more coherent food policy in this country.

Getting fresh, wholesome food to people in underserved areas is a challenge and so is the cost. I don't know how my friend does it, she makes very little money at a part time job. But she does. I guess she just buys the best food she can get on sale and doesn't eat a lot. She does walk around the parking lot at lunch time for her exercise and that helps her weight loss. She had been going to a food pantry but found that the food that was donated was often past its sell date and much of it was salty canned stuff. Ithelps that she grew up in a family where cooking was a prized activity (her grandparents on both sides were Italian immigrants, made their own pasta, etc).

[lildreamer316]

54. My family is on food stamps; and we eat better than we did without them.

I can afford all kinds of fresh veggies and nice bags of chicken breasts/tenders; fresh shrimp or fish if the store has a special; lower fat hamburger meat; etc. We buy much less junk food now than we did when we were trying to get by without them. I cannot tell you how grateful I am to have the food stamps; it has made for some wonderful family meals and to me learning how to cook a variety of things. I'm getting ready to fix pumpkin pie right now with the innards from the pumpkins we got for Halloween and some ingredients I got from the store w/the food stamps.

I can't thank you, American taxpayer,enough...it has been a godsend. I thank you every day.:patriot:

[CTyankee]

56. So glad your friends and neighbors helped you out!

I like that you can afford good, wholesome food now that you have the food stamps. All we seem to hear about here is how all YOU want is soda and junk food. Glad to hear you get "all kinds of fresh veggies..."

I hope now that some of the chest-beaters on sodas will just shut up and sit down...a voice of the people on food stamps has spoken. Please listen...

[lildreamer316]

58. Well now, my husband still requests the occasional

soda, but he's not drinking it as much as he was;and I cut it out of my diet over a year and a half ago. We usually get about 3-4 2 liters a month. We also have a couple ppl over to the house that like it,but not very often.

--in the interests of full disclosure.

[CTyankee]

61. my husband used to drink them but not anymore. You hit a certain age and you realize

what you CAN'T do anymore. Everything gets whittled down from your 40s on...by the time you are in your late 60s you are on low salt, low fat, low carb, reduced portion size, and whatever unindicted co-conspirator I could think of...

[JonQ]

50. I imagine there would be a bit of outrage

if shelters started to give away alcohol/tobacco products to the poor.

Oh well, completely different, carbonated sugar is good for you and completely necessary for survival, unlike alcohol or tobacco.

[Hidden Stillness]

34. God Bless Them--They Know They Have to Try to Lift Poor People Emotionally, Too

Pop is considered "food" under the most basic, generalized type of nutrition categorization, because it contains sugar--carbohydrate/energy (as opposed to cigarettes, etc, with nothing). As far as I'm concerned, (and I do not drink pop), if very poor people, adults alone or families with kids, are able to have some kind of enjoyment during a kind of life that is very depressing and involves little other than denial and things that cannot be bought, or that if they are, have to be returned, I say for God's sake let them have SOME happiness. Good foods should be bought etc., everybody knows that, but a life with no enjoyment of something that was just fun and tasty, etc., is a life not worth living, and a life you soon cannot stand to live. I hope it brings some happiness, and both the food stamp program and food banks are wise enough to know how important these things can be--this may be the only fun some of these people can afford at all, a little treat like this.

[Pithlet]

60. I agree with you. n/t

[KamaAina]

46. But do they have

:popcorn: ??

[JonQ]

47. It's seems a bit hypocritical for politicians

to push taxes on softdrinks (primarily democrats) as being a dangerous food item all the while subsidizing their purchase via foodstamps.

It can't both be an evil poison that must be controlled and a basic right that the poor on entitled too. Otherwise why not let them use foodstamps for cigarettes and alcohol?

[CTyankee]

53. Good question. It is why I BEG for a coherent food policy in this country.

Some people here accuse me of being a Nazi, would you believe? Others say I am a Net Nanny. I don't even know what that is...

[JonQ]

57. I believe the definition of Nazi is:

anyone who happens to disagree with me at the moment.

That's pretty much what the nazis were famous for right, being contrary?

[CTyankee]

59. Well, that wasn't my point but OK, whatever...I think...??? nt

[JonQ]

62. Just venting my frustration at the way the word

"Nazi" is overused in general these days and especially on here.

It really annoys me when any time you make a counter argument someone labels you a nazi of some kind.

[CTyankee]

63. of course. That is my question. But don't go asking that on DU.

People will hound you to your grave!

Just be nice and compliant. Don't say a word. You are not allowed. The DU police are out there watching for posts that do not toe their political line. Step over that line and you are DEAD!

Just say nice things about how the poor REALLY just want junk food and soda and have no other thoughts in their heads about food. Don't worry about their nutrition; if you do you are a NET NANNY!!! OMG, the horror!!!

[quiller4]

55. The local Pepsi distributor donates cases of Pepsi, Country Time Lemonaide

and bottled water to my parish food bank making deliveries each week. I don't buy soft drinks. I support a tan increased tax on soft drinks but I have to admit that this local distributor offers substantial support to charities in the area setting up water stations at benefit runs and making very sizeable corporate contributions of cash as well as merchandise to local charities.