(Newswire.net — April 9, 2013) Denton, TX — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley would like to limit what families can buy in her state. She alleges that a lot of American families spend more food stamps on cookies, candy, soda, chips and a host of other unhealthy food, and she would like for the recipients in her state to purchase more healthy foods like fruit to feed their familes.
“At what point do we not have accountability? This is a state that’s saying we want to help those families that need help. We want to help them know what nutrition is,” said Governor Nikki Haley.
But is this possible? Is it realistic to regulate how families spend their food stamps. As of February 2013, over 47 million families receive food stamps, with an average monthly benefit of $272.00 for an entire month. For a a family of two, this averages about $136.00 per person, and $34.00 a week.
Maybe instead of focusing what families buy with their foodstamps, regulate the price of healthy fresh food, and make it cheaper and accessible to all. For the average family, $34.00 a day per person can not buy a lot of food. You can buy a case of Ramen noodles, 6 pack for 1.99 that can last you a few days, vs. fresh organic brocolli for around $2.99 that will last you one day.
“You can’t tell me what I can eat! I can eat whatever I want!” stated Charleta Burch.
She’s been on food stamps for the past eight months. It makes the most sense to educate families on the proper diet, how and where to shop healthy, and the long term result of health eating vs. restricting one’s right to eat what they choose.
If you don’t know , you don’t know, and making a rule about what you can buy with your food stamps is not going to solve anything. Fortunately the food stamp program is available if you need it to help you take care of your family. It can help you get to the next phase of your life.
You should be able to use this program to help you become more self reliant. Just over 9 months ago, Krystal a single mom of two was on food stamps, and she used the food stamp program as a stepping stone. She decided that she wanted more for herself and her children. She found a program that taught her to become an entrepreneur. Now she earns over 10k a month sharing what she learned, and is no longer on food stamps.
To learn more about the program Krystal used to go from food stamps to earning 5 figures a month go to http://blog.mediadiet.org
Contact Information:
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