WTF NO.

[lykomancer]

Missouri State Representative Cynthia Davis (R) thinks families who are going hungry are just learning motivation.

Yeah. Not fucking kidding.


Why have meals at home with your loved ones if you can go to the government soup kitchen and get one for free? This could have the effect of breaking apart more families.

Anyone under 18 can be eligible? Can’t they get a job during the summer by the time they are 16? Hunger can be a positive motivator. What is wrong with the idea of getting a job so you can get better meals?

Tip: If you work for McDonald’s, they will feed you for free during your break.(*)

Families may economize by choosing to not waste hard earned dollars on potato chips, ice cream, or Twinkies. Perhaps some families will buy more beans and chicken and less sweets.

They are using a "crisis" to create an expansion of a government program. Parents naturally love their children and enjoy caring for their children just as much as ever during an economic downturn...Laid off parents could adapt by preparing more home cooked meals rather than going out to eat.

The problem of childhood obesity has been cited as one of the most rapidly growing health problems in America. People who are struggling with lack of food usually do not have an obesity problem.



Honestly, this is so sickening, so ignorant, so heartless, it knocks me speechless.


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* Also, this is not true.

Comments

[hiza-chan.livejournal.com]

That is disgusting. Truly disgusting. Spoken the way someone who's had their life handed to them on a silver platter is expected to, but still.

Fuck.

[lykomancer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was pretty much my thoughts exactly.
It's real easy to fucking say shit like that when you've never had to worry about about your next meal and can take for granted:
1) its existence (that is, that you will HAVE a next meal)
2) its quantity (that is, that there will be enough for all family members to eat their fill)
3) or its quality (that is, that your meal will actually be nutritious and not just high fructose corn syrup, transfats, and salt).

FUCK!

[ozen.livejournal.com]

*cries*

[na-no-nai.livejournal.com]

I think my favorite part is where she talks about eating mcdonalds for free then starts in on childhood obesity. >.>

[lykomancer.livejournal.com]

You know what's a lot less expensive than fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products? Hot dogs and tatter-tots washed down with a Mountain Dew.

Further, that statement came from a women who just suggested getting meals from McDonald's if you're hungry.

She's so not aware of the irony that it hurts.

[lykomancer.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Oh yeah. Mine too, incidentally.

The whole newsletter just makes me curl into a fetal ball and scream, honestly.

[lykomancer.livejournal.com]

These people are elected.

THESE PEOPLE ARE ELECTED.

THESE PEOPLE ARE ELECTED.

THESE PEOPLE ARE ELECTED.

[meganinhiding.livejournal.com]

The part where she says that people struggling with lack of food usually don't have obesity problems made me gag.