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Originally Posted by Maggy J
And this makes a difference?We shouldn't help anyone because they are not as poor as you would like them to be?  |
That's rather unfair. The point I'm trying to make is that with the huge, and it is massive, amount of state expendature that goes on welfare there really is no excuse for people needing to go to food handouts except in really exceptional cases, not where they've blown the food budget on mobile calls, fags, booze or bingo.
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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
I think there is real poverty in this country but it's not as obvious as it is in some other places. There are people with no home, no food, no money. They may have some clothing.
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Indeed there are but no as many as some would like you to believe for political reasons of trying to bash the "Nasty government"
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There is also the problem that some people don't want food handouts, they want the money. How can they play bingo with a can of beans? It's demeaning to give food/vouchers. It denies choice.
And people do need to know or be taught how to make filling meals with cheaper ingredients. Cans of beans (dried beans are even cheaper) can bulk out or substitute meat in meals. Rice is fairly cheap and much of the world lives of it.
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People need to re-learn the art of cooking and food preparation: Supermarkets have very inexpensive ranges that can be used to provide nutritional and tasty meals at very low cost.
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There is the problem of celebrity cook inflation that doesn't help. This is where said cook highlights a cheap(er) ingredient which leads to demand and the price goes up. Pork belly is one case in point. Used to be very cheap, now in some places costs more than shoulder. Lamb shanks is another.
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Good point.
