Originally Posted by Josh1billion I don't know any poor people who "eat McDonald's all the time."

People who work there.

Originally Posted by Survivalism People who work there.

It's like a few of the posters on here that are accusing others of not understanding have themselves really no clue what it ACTUALLY is like to be poor. Or could it be that not all poor people are the same..that not all poor people have the same circumstances (which are many)...that not all people view poor the same (what is poor to you is rich to me)...etc etc.

So maybe they (those few) are just ignit.

Originally Posted by Pliskin101 It is all in who and how they are looking at it. "The price of potato chips is nearly twice as expensive as the price of carrots by portion size," she says. Healthy food no more costly than junk food, government finds http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/...SDA/55018070/1 Healthy Food Isn't Necessarily More Expensive Than Junk Food, Study Finds The government says it all depends on how you measure the price. If you compare the price per calorie – as some previous researchers have done – then higher-calorie pastries and processed snacks might seem like a bargain compared with fruits and vegetables. But comparing the cost of foods by weight or portion size shows that grains, vegetables, fruit and dairy foods are less expensive than most meats or foods high in saturated fat, added sugars or salt. That means bananas, carrots, lettuce and pinto beans are all less expensive per portion than French fries, soft drinks, ice cream or ground beef. "Using price per calorie doesn't tell you how much food you're going to get or how full you are going to feel," said Andrea Carlson, scientist at the USDA's Economic Research Service and an author of the study. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1521882.html USDA: Healthy food isn't really more expensive http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/0...ore-expensive/ .

Because of this post, I'm starting to wish I responded to the one you deleted so that there'd be a record of it. Not because it was your typical mental vomit, but because it was actually an atypical well-reasoned argument...at least in comparison to a vast majority of your posts. I can't help but wonder why you deleted it eventhough you have a habit of deleting those types of posts. The only answer I can come up with is that you're just purposely trolling the hell out of this forum.

Originally Posted by Spokker People respond to incentives, no matter how much you wish this to not be so. "My side" believes that a social safety net is a critical component of a well-rounded society, but that cradle-to-grave entitlements kill the spirit to succeed. The person who dropped the Walmart receipt may purchase $100 worth of chocolate with his EBT card in order to sell it on the train, but the entitlement will never help him get him off the train or in front of the same Walmart. He's there forever, selling candy purchased with your tax dollars. He will never become the candy maker. He will never invent a new candy. He will never manage the candy factory, unless government gets out of the way.

We've destroyed your evidence so you retreat to horatio alger and anecdotes.

Stick a fork in it - Spokker is done.

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Originally Posted by dohdough The only answer I can come up with is that you're just purposely trolling the hell out of this forum.

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