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so mcdonald's is accepting food stamps1,145 views |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 11:43 am |
| just swiped my card for a mcdouble and two apple pies. mmmmmmmm. glad a corporation is stepping up to do something socially responsible. obama 2012 |
| ecannon - 2/8/10, 11:43 am |
| attn un: Kyle |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 11:44 am |
| dying to try the McEBT meal |
| EveryManACritic - 2/8/10, 11:44 am |
| One apple pie was enough for those whose labor made this country great. |
| outrageous - 2/8/10, 11:45 am |
| for some reason i thought you were only allowed to use foodstamps for food you have to prepare yourself... |
| megs - 2/8/10, 11:47 am |
| that's what I thought outrageous I actually find this disturbing |
| evanparker - 2/8/10, 11:49 am |
| mcdonalds ebt: because using the foodstamp card doesn't make you feel poor enough. |
| fluff - 2/8/10, 11:50 am |
| only the usefuls in society should be allowed eat badly |
| R.Schwarzkogler - 2/8/10, 11:51 am |
| haha, fluff. i was going to say that too. "IF WE ARE GOING TO GIVE OUT FOOD TO THE HUNGRY WE NEED SOM RULES GOD DAMNIT" |
| fluff - 2/8/10, 11:52 am |
| LET THEM EAT NUT LOAF |
| joelDupree - 2/8/10, 11:52 am |
| the poor should be tested on a regular basis to make certain they don't deserve a damn thing. |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 11:53 am |
| R.Schwarzkogler - 2/8/10, 11:51 am "IF WE ARE GOING TO GIVE OUT FOOD TO THE HUNGRY WE NEED SOM RULES GOD DAMNIT" Wouldn't it make sense if you're going to buy food to hand out free to make it cost effective and nutritional items? |
| jennifernrivera - 2/8/10, 11:54 am |
| I can't stop laughing at my desk over this |
| BarXtheRockinM - 2/8/10, 11:56 am |
| man I remember working at the supermarket a long time ago and seeing people pay for like cheetos with food stamps and just wow. at least WIC only allowed you to buy certain items. |
| RADICALDREAMERS - 2/8/10, 11:56 am |
| wow this maybe the worst thing ever besides anonuser becoming a softie, obvs |
| R.Schwarzkogler - 2/8/10, 11:57 am |
| only if your main objective was to save money first and feed people after. if the former was the case we should just make soylent green and get it over with. |
| fluff - 2/8/10, 11:57 am |
| yes, clearly the poor should be experts at deferring pleasures |
| evanparker - 2/8/10, 11:58 am |
| yes, they should. |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 11:58 am |
| R.Schwarzkogler - 2/8/10, 11:57 am only if your main objective was to save money first and feed people after. if the former was the case we should just make soylent green and get it over with. They are hardly mutually exclusive. Doing it cost effectively and buying nutritional items means you can buy more food, for more people, and have it be healthier. It's a win win for everyone. |
| melshocker - 2/8/10, 11:58 am |
| what about the pleasure of thrift and asceticism |
| R.Schwarzkogler - 2/8/10, 11:58 am |
| people should be educated on what food is highest in nutrition and value. |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 11:59 am |
| i hope sonic is next. |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 11:59 am |
| fluff - 2/8/10, 11:57 am yes, clearly the poor should be experts at deferring pleasures You really bring the silliness. Time and time again. |
| fluff - 2/8/10, 11:59 am |
| and society operates on a rational basis |
| fluff - 2/8/10, 12:01 pm |
| really, why should we expect people who think they have little to look forward to to eat right and plan for a great future that many of them will never see |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 12:01 pm |
| many working poor don't have the time or knowhow to cook. btw, i think this is part of the stimulus. |
| EveryManACritic - 2/8/10, 12:02 pm |
| Bad food makes for bad labor output. |
| digger - 2/8/10, 12:03 pm |
| They should abandon this for a model of micro-jobs, i.e. take out the trash and we'll give you some hashbrowns. Wash the bathroom and we'll up the ante with some hotcakes! |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 12:04 pm |
| i dunno, i dont think the poor should be able to eat at mcdonalds. if they were so smart, they would'nt be so poor. its time for tough love...when they can show they can handle the responsibility, by making some money for once for example, then they should be able to eat what they want. |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 12:05 pm |
| oh, and this is TAX FREE |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 12:07 pm |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 12:04 pm i dunno, i dont think the poor should be able to eat at mcdonalds. No one said whether they should or shouldn't. Just question whether it is good public policy for the government (taxpayers) to subsidize it. That is the issue. |
| modref - 2/8/10, 12:07 pm |
| Type II diabetes + farm subsidies + chronic heart failure + Medicaid someone write a polemic about externalities and the bodies of the poor thx you can call it indiscipline and punish |
| jennifernrivera - 2/8/10, 12:08 pm |
| I just found out through a co worker of mine that pay less shoes takes EBT So you can get a pair of shitty shoes and get really fat off the government |
| joelDupree - 2/8/10, 12:09 pm |
| in my day, a lack of virtue sent one straight to the guillotine. when i see some of the pathetic slackers passing for poor people these days, i can't help but think that killing them all would be a boon to the economy. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 12:11 pm |
| if you were so smart, timberlines, you wouldnt be taking me seriously. |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 12:14 pm |
| It was clear from your post you were being sarcastic. Nevertheless, this issue has nothing to do with (like so many people here seem to think) whether poor people deserve this or that, or should be able to go get fast food or not. It has to do with wise public policy decisions. Sadly, ones like this are more based on corporate influence and profit than effective government spending and health/nutritional concerns. |
| heyradio - 2/8/10, 12:16 pm |
| when you look up mcdonalds and foodstamps, this thread is on the first page. i have read up on them a lot, and they def. should not be taking them.. really weird it went through. some stores have to put in everything manually, so some stuff goes through by accident. but a store like mcdonalds should not be taking it at all. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 12:17 pm |
| hahaha, stormfront is the number 3 result when you google "mcdonalds and foodstamps." link |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 12:19 pm |
| you are mistaken there was a huge advertising push in the southeast for the launch of the McEBT |
| supriya - 2/8/10, 12:20 pm |
| ebt food or ebt cash |
| lopan - 2/8/10, 12:20 pm |
| i am outraged by the poor's ability to purchase cheap unhealthy food that i personally find
unappealling. we should make it illegal for the poor to enjoy an indulgance so long as they're on the dole. bastards should suffer 'till they learn how to be effective members of society. |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 12:22 pm |
| completely missing the point |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 12:24 pm |
| actually i genuinely think im on timberlines side with this, if the government is going to subsidize food they should be subsidizing healthier food...this should be across the board, including food stamp programs. people are free to eat junk regardless, its a specious argument to defend the subsidization of junk food as some sort of vindication of freedom of choice. |
| digger - 2/8/10, 12:27 pm |
| is there anything you people don't want the government to regulate? |
| lopan - 2/8/10, 12:27 pm |
| the government should also send agents around to make sure they're not using too much butter |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 12:28 pm |
| digger - 2/8/10, 12:27 pm is there anything you people don't want the government to regulate? Lots of things. I do want them to regulate themselves on how they spend taxpayer money (in all areas). I don't want them to regulate individuals on how they spend their own money so much. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 12:28 pm |
| so digger, you're against foodstamps in general then, right? |
| supriya - 2/8/10, 12:35 pm |
| where was i ten years ago? working at plaistow, nh market basket, and i remember at the time nh ebt was structured in such a way you were allowed not $$ amounts but rations of generic juice, milk. bread, cheese, and vegetables, and that all of the massachussetts ebt card holders would come in and buy doritos and prepared foods and steaks and shit my dual income parents weren't buying, and then i grew up and moved to boston and saw that even people like dan shea are on ebt, which is cool cuz like free food is awesome and the government is an inefficient money pit anyway so might as well get what you can while you're on this earth, but seriously this is not an instrument to help the impoverished in this state, it is just free food. soooo whatevs, eat a hamburger, eat a dick, you're paying income and sales tax anyway |
| melshocker - 2/8/10, 12:36 pm |
| I think it should be OK for paupers to buy mcdonalds on ebt but when they the cash register display should show a picture of alice waters going "oh man, yuck" |
| villon - 2/8/10, 12:38 pm |
| i was in highschool listening to snapcase and being posi |
| supriya - 2/8/10, 12:38 pm |
| i mean i was obviously listening to snapcase as well |
| lopan - 2/8/10, 12:39 pm |
| haha, a solid argument for foodstamps by villon |
| EveryManACritic - 2/8/10, 12:41 pm |
| I wear my nutritious home-cooked meal like the badge of class triumph it is. |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 12:50 pm |
| YOU PEOPLE |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 12:53 pm |
| jennifernrivera - 2/8/10, 12:08 pm I just found out through a co worker of mine that pay less shoes takes EBT |
| yodeloflife - 2/8/10, 12:56 pm |
| This is upsetting to me. Why is the government subsidizing unhealthy food that will just shorten the lifespans of the people who buy it? If they're concerned with providing prepared food to those who need it, why can't they let a healthier restaurant take food stamps? |
| EveryManACritic - 2/8/10, 12:58 pm |
| yodeloflife - 2/8/10, 12:56 pm Why is the government subsidizing unhealthy food that will just shorten the lifespans of the people who buy it? asked/answered |
| digger - 2/8/10, 12:59 pm |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 12:50 pm YOU PEOPLE |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 12:59 pm |
| no clue take the 66 to the white house and demand answers |
| FloodOfMolasses - 2/8/10, 12:59 pm |
| The wrong kind of food is cheap and letting people buy whatever they want with their food stamps doesn't change that fundamental problem. For instance, HFCS is cheap because of all kinds of ridiculous subsidies. If the US going subsidize food production, we should subsidize the production of healthy food. I'm not into making food stamps a punishing lesson on how the poor should be eating. We should be teaching kids about nutrition in schools and not giving them soda and gatorade while they're there, but once people are adults we shouldn't be telling them what to eat. |
| kthrn - 2/8/10, 1:00 pm |
| i just got food stamps on friday and spent 30 dollars on kombucha at whole foods. |
| eatingout - 2/8/10, 1:00 pm |
| The poor deserve to get the shits as much as the rest of us do. |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 1:01 pm |
| also, if i opt to get my unemployment check as a straight walmart voucher, i get 20% off everything. |
| EveryManACritic - 2/8/10, 1:02 pm |
| If a poor couple can demonstrate that they haven't spent their food stamps on junk food for an entire year, they should be allowed to have a baby. |
| matt-L - 2/8/10, 1:03 pm |
| A+ thread |
| bestdudeever - 2/8/10, 1:03 pm |
| Is there a source for this? Also EBT food is not the same as EBT cash. |
| Edzuky - 2/8/10, 1:04 pm |
| POOR PEOPLE ARE SO STUPID |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 1:04 pm |
| most people are stupid, including the poor. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 1:04 pm |
| average intelligence is pretty stupid. |
| EveryManACritic - 2/8/10, 1:05 pm |
| Providing the poor with a Supersize It option will only give them unrealistic expectations. |
| yodeloflife - 2/8/10, 1:05 pm |
| A lot of public schools don't sell soda. Mine didn't. It's not just that, though. Cafeteria food is very unhealthy. There definitely should be changes in what they serve. |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 1:06 pm |
| an online petition to stop mcdonald's from accepting food stamps would be a logical next step
here. anybody? |
| jennifernrivera - 2/8/10, 1:06 pm |
| There was this interesting experiment done back in 2006 by a guy who wanted to live on 30 dollars of
food for a whole month So Here’s The Deal… [note: this experiment took place November 2006] For the month of November, I’m only spending $30 on food. The only exception will be things that are freely available to the average person (salt taken from restaurants, sauce packets from Taco Bell, free coffee from an office). Buying in advance is fine, but at the end of the month, it all has to add up to $30 or less. Hungry For A Month |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 1:07 pm |
| lets start a facebook group |
| jennifernrivera - 2/8/10, 1:07 pm |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 1:07 pm lets start a facebook group |
| pantrymouse - 2/8/10, 1:10 pm |
| healthy foods would not be subsidized by the government, because they cannot be stored for the long periods of time that corn products, soy, and non-whole grains (ie white flour) can. |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 1:11 pm |
| i can store a big mac in my colon for decades. |
| R.Schwarzkogler - 2/8/10, 1:11 pm |
| jennifernrivera - 2/8/10, 1:06 pm There was this interesting experiment done back in 2006 by a guy who wanted to live on 30 dollars of food for a whole month yeah, there was already a thread about how retarded that was |
| RyanMcGinty - 2/8/10, 1:12 pm |
| digger - 2/8/10, 12:27 pm is there anything you people don't want the government to regulate? i don't know but the government should probably at least regulate government programs |
| eatingout - 2/8/10, 1:13 pm |
| I don't think you can penalize people who are already unable to meet their food needs by saying they
cannot by the cheapest/fastest/most calories per meal. I agree that the system isn't working, but putting it on the shoulders of the ones who have the least options is crappy atop a shit sandwich. |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 1:14 pm |
| i think they took the mcshit off the menu? |
| Edzuky - 2/8/10, 1:16 pm |
| poor people should be fed poor people IMAGE REMOVED - CLICK TO VIEW |
| EveryManACritic - 2/8/10, 1:16 pm |
| eatingout - 2/8/10, 1:13 pm I don't think you can penalize people who are already unable to meet their food needs by saying they cannot by the cheapest/fastest/most calories per meal You should probably recuse yourself from this thread based on your username. |
| jennifernrivera - 2/8/10, 1:16 pm |
| R.Schwarzkogler - 2/8/10, 1:11 pm jennifernrivera - 2/8/10, 1:06 pm There was this interesting experiment done back in 2006 by a guy who wanted to live on 30 dollars of food for a whole month yeah, there was already a thread about how retarded that was Missed that thread |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 1:17 pm |
| eatingout - 2/8/10, 1:13 pm I don't think you can penalize people who are already unable to meet their food needs by saying they cannot by the cheapest/fastest/most calories per meal. It has nothing to do with penalizing. It has to do with subsidizing positives. |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 1:18 pm |
| jimoo, you are wrong. |
| eatingout - 2/8/10, 1:24 pm |
| Unless you are going to budget in time and money for cooking utensils and knowledge on how to take
raw ingredients and make a nutrition meal, you cannot just demand people eat healthy. If you don't include the MEANS to change lifestyle and diet choices and rather just dictate that food stamps cannot be used for "cigarettes or tobacco items, alcohol; nonfood items like cleaning products, soap and paper products; drugstore medicines such as aspirin, cough syrup and vitamins; items to preserve food such as jars and freezer containers; any "hot" prepared foods that are ready to eat." Its sort of ridiculous if you can buy the ingredients to make a meal, but cannot buy the soap to wash the pots and pans (if you already own them) before or after said meal. Nor any containers to preserve left overs. For the record I don't think that McDonald's is the answer, but it does indicate a problem of access and time - both of which are not addressed by the current system. |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 1:26 pm |
| well jeeez it's a good thing i just MADE THIS UP gotta go to some court-ordered anger management. peace dudes, htpya |
| villon - 2/8/10, 1:52 pm |
| villon - 2/8/10, 12:38 pm i was in highschool listening to snapcase and being posi supriya - 2/8/10, 12:38 pm i mean i was obviously listening to snapcase as well lopan - 2/8/10, 12:39 pm haha, a solid argument for foodstamps by villon hahahaha posted in the wrong thread |
| digger - 2/8/10, 1:55 pm |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 1:26 pm well jeeez it's a good thing i just MADE THIS UP gotta go to burger kingt. peace dudes, htpya |
| Dalton - 2/8/10, 2:01 pm |
| We should just privatize welfare and give it to McDonalds. At least that's what Ronald McDonald's letter in the latest issue of The New American was advocating. He's pretty much the Grover Norquist of corporate mascots. |
| capndannn - 2/8/10, 2:08 pm |
| are they victims of my leisure? |
| fre(drgonzo)dy - 2/8/10, 2:50 pm |
| its a trap! |
| modref - 2/8/10, 4:05 pm |
| You're all missing the point Medicaid patiebts with type two diabetes and or chf cost like 50,000 a year per patient of taxpayer money per patient right now and there's more of them every year as the baby boomers age. We cannot, as a society, afford to feed poor people mcdonalds. Do they have the right? It's irrellevant. We don't have the money to do it. |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 4:10 pm |
| eatingout - 2/8/10, 1:24 pm Unless you are going to budget in time and money for cooking utensils and knowledge on how to take raw ingredients and make a nutrition meal, you cannot just demand people eat healthy. Correct. You cannot. However, you can decide to not actively subsidize their eating unhealthily. There is a huge difference between those two paths. |
| supriya - 2/8/10, 4:12 pm |
| that's not a point we don't have the money to subsidize ebt in the first place |
| evanparker - 2/8/10, 5:33 pm |
| the bottom 1% of the population should just be euthanized. |
| mykecameron - 2/8/10, 5:45 pm |
| whether or not this was made up by the original poster, you def CAN buy mcdonalds with food stamps at mcdonalds that take EBT, which many do. welcome to 1994 |
| Kyle - 2/8/10, 5:50 pm |
| this blows my mind. i don't even want to hear the whole bullshit fucking argument that "one should not be expected to know how to cook food". I saw it in Food Inc the couple that was like "wah wah wah fat old man with diabetes cant cook for himself so he eats mcdonalds WHICH DRIVES UP THE COST OF HIS MEDICINE, WHICH DRIVES DOWN HIS MONEY SOURCE". eat some fucking apples, you cocksuckers. deer can figure out how to eat the right food, you can too. fuck this shit. kill anyone who can't cook for themselves. |
| Kyle - 2/8/10, 5:50 pm |
| i prefer BK |
| modref - 2/8/10, 6:01 pm |
| Did u know bk is a British company? Splains thier ads. |
| dan g - 2/8/10, 6:02 pm |
| hah nice 180 k y |
| Kyle - 2/8/10, 6:09 pm |
| nah dude. like, i am still being helped out via my link card ie i can buy coffee & creamer, and rice
& peppers and still have money left over so i can like, rent a movie once in a while and shit. but
straight going and buying a bunch of frozen pizzas & ice cream and gatorade is so god damn stupid.
there should be some kind of 50% processed food maximum on the cards, but i guess that'd relaly fuck
the massive agriculture business here. that said, i did buy 4 gallons of cider with my card so i could make hard cider. fuck it all |
| ac - 2/8/10, 6:11 pm |
| i dont buy the time and money thing. it's often way cheaper for people to buy canned beans, some
rice, and veggies, and cheese, than it is to subsidize mcdonalds fucking over of our environment and
animals. anyway, fuck the world. it's going to shit. being busy, AND poor doesn't mean you don't know how to fucking cook a meal. our parents did it - mine grew up in a depression era household and managed to not die without access to crappy hamburgers. |
| TheStallion - 2/8/10, 6:19 pm |
| what ac said! |
| pantrymouse - 2/8/10, 6:45 pm |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 1:26 pm well jeeez it's a good thing i just MADE THIS UP gotta go to some court-ordered anger management. peace dudes, htpya i knew it. |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 7:34 pm |
| lol |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 8:00 pm |
| btw, i did actually just go grocery shopping and when i swiped my EBT card, there was nothing on it
for some unknown reason and i had zero dollars to my name so i had to leave all the groceries there
and walk 45 mins home emptyhanded and come home to some horrible band recording under my ass. on the other hand, i got to watch you nerds have the same argument you always have over a joke i made so i'm okay with the mean outcome i suppose. |
| diana - 2/8/10, 9:13 pm |
| "knowing whats best for poor people" |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 10:08 pm |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 8:00 pm btw, i did actually just go grocery shopping and when i swiped my EBT card, there was nothing on it for some unknown reason and i had zero dollars to my name so i had to leave all the groceries there and walk 45 mins home emptyhanded and come home to some horrible band recording under my ass. on the other hand, i got to watch you nerds have the same argument you always have over a joke i made so i'm okay with the mean outcome i suppose. By "joke" you mean lying. Nevertheless, it was really irrelevant to the greater issue. Especially since in some areas McDonald's are listed as places EBT can be used. |
| capndannn - 2/8/10, 10:09 pm |
| i'm lovin it |
| Sleepwalk - 2/8/10, 11:05 pm |
| IMAGE REMOVED - CLICK TO VIEW even Mario wants a piece of the action |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 11:15 pm |
| burgess lied and iced chili died i have never heard of such a mcdonald's or seen evidence that one exists and neither has anyone else. |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 11:18 pm |
| Neither has anyone else? Funny, I have. Simple google shows me multiple locations where EBT is
accepted at McDonalds in NY. You're lying and / or wrong again. |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 11:20 pm |
| EBT Locations in STATEN ISLAND County MCDONALDS - 501 Bay Street, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10304 |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 11:21 pm |
| Mc Donalds - 1388 Hylan Blvd, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10305 |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 11:21 pm |
| MCDONALD'S - 260 PAGE AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10307 |
| timberlinerecs - 2/8/10, 11:22 pm |
| McDONALD'S - 803 FOREST AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10310 |
| chrissie - 2/8/10, 11:24 pm |
| I remember that McDonald's offered McBux or whatever to kids at Job Corps. |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 11:28 pm |
| i am definitely lying |
| hadtopwnya - 2/8/10, 11:31 pm |
| but i think the desired effect was to get people to have this dumb dialogue about "poor
people" again and that happened. our food is fucked because of subsidies much more far reaching and gigantic in dollar amounts than food stamps. sounds like you know that. |
| R.Schwarzkogler - 2/8/10, 11:38 pm |
| i can see why people don't like you |
| dan g - 2/9/10, 12:54 am |
| aha a cantankerous jibe of R.'s I can circle and underline with emphasis. |
| reply without loggin in ... or don't |
