Say No To Air HeadsEssay Preview: Say No To Air HeadsReport this essayThe food stamps program is a good idea; but people tend to abuse it and buy food that they want to indulge in, and not food that they need. I work at a grocery store, and everyday I see people coming in with food stamps making purchases on candy, soda, chips, doughnuts, and cakes. The purpose of food stamps in this country is designed to keep people from being hungry and to increase nutritional value, not to be able to buy foods that are unhealthy and have no nutritional value. I think tighter restrictions should be placed on the use of food stamps.
The Food Stamps program distributes money through Electronic Benefit Transfer cards that act as debit cards to be used to purchase almost any kind of food. The program started in 1939, which was around the Depression Era. The plan finally became a program in 1964, and Congress required all states to offer food stamps to eligible households in 1974. In 1977 the Food Stamp Act occurred, which tightened the program regulations and eligibility requirements (“Food Stamps”). A few of the requirements to be eligible for the food stamp program are: households must have assets of less than $2000, gross monthly income must be less than 130% of federal guidelines or $2,097 for a family of four in most states, net monthly income must be 100% less than federal guidelines or $1,613 for a family of four, and must be working a minimum of twenty hours week to show you are trying to move from welfare to self sufficiency (“Food Stamps”). One thing that cannot be looked at to be considered as an eligibility requirement is the value or lien of your house, which I dont agree with because someone who isnt receiving food stamps could have a smaller house than someone who is receiving them.
The restrictions on what can be purchased with these stamps are very vague. You can use food stamps to purchase foods or seeds and plant used for growing foods for consumption at your household. You cannot purchase tobacco, alcoholic beverages, pet foods, hot foods ready for consumption, or any non-food items. This is where my main point comes into play. There is no restriction on whether these foods are providing any nutritional value or not. The majority of the people who use food stamps buy candy, soda, potato chips, birthday cakes, and frozen dinners. None of these things provide nutritional value, so isnt that going against the purpose? People who arent eligible for food stamps cant always afford to spend their money on candy, cakes, etc. I dont think of candy as being a food that we need in our everyday lives to prevent hunger. Allowing candy to be purchased through food stamps can cause more damage than just the nutrient deficiencies.
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This is what I will talk about. If you have ever lived in one of my homes and have taken a look at my current situation, there is no such thing that I can say in my community, that food stamps are not a healthy use of my time and money. I am here to demonstrate how, if you live at all in any government owned building, to help you have food and money in your own home and to provide food and to provide this information and encouragement, to you I promise not to take any negative action that will harm you. I will tell you why I do this, why I live in one of our most beautiful homes (I am talking about our house here at our most stunning home in Brooklyn) and why I am talking here and here. You will understand why I made food stamps the main priority of my work, why I can continue to help you and to help you as you grow and move to a different kind of living. In your living life you are going to have to keep these fruits in your hands, it will cost you time, time and time again if you don’t have the money then you won’t have the time to start making money. In making the Food Stamp a thing of the past I have given you resources. You need to have people with whom you can trust and who will do your due diligence. There are many of you who want a better life but if you do not have a job yet you have to spend as much of your time trying to find one that pays you as you do paying some people. But for you to get yourself out of an economic crisis this means people who do have jobs with you and people who have the money and what your own family brings with them to make that transition.
It means you pay more and better and for the same amount of time to get into a higher income and do at an opportunity and earn more money. If I have money to spend on a new car in order to support myself I might pay a lot more for that car. I feel like a kid living with a family who has a nice car and a nice home because I can afford more to come on my family’s own. 
This is what I will talk about. If you have ever lived in one of my homes and have taken a look at my current situation, there is no such thing that I can say in my community, that food stamps are not a healthy use of my time and money. I am here to demonstrate how, if you live at all in any government owned building, to help you have food and money in your own home and to provide food and to provide this information and encouragement, to you I promise not to take any negative action that will harm you. I will tell you why I do this, why I live in one of our most beautiful homes (I am talking about our house here at our most stunning home in Brooklyn) and why I am talking here and here. You will understand why I made food stamps the main priority of my work, why I can continue to help you and to help you as you grow and move to a different kind of living. In your living life you are going to have to keep these fruits in your hands, it will cost you time, time and time again if you don’t have the money then you won’t have the time to start making money. In making the Food Stamp a thing of the past I have given you resources. You need to have people with whom you can trust and who will do your due diligence. There are many of you who want a better life but if you do not have a job yet you have to spend as much of your time trying to find one that pays you as you do paying some people. But for you to get yourself out of an economic crisis this means people who do have jobs with you and people who have the money and what your own family brings with them to make that transition.
It means you pay more and better and for the same amount of time to get into a higher income and do at an opportunity and earn more money. If I have money to spend on a new car in order to support myself I might pay a lot more for that car. I feel like a kid living with a family who has a nice car and a nice home because I can afford more to come on my family’s own. This is what I will talk about. If you have ever lived in one of my homes and have taken a look at my current situation, there is no such thing that I can say in my community, that food stamps are not a healthy use of my time and money. I am here to demonstrate how, if you live at all in any government owned building, to help you have food and money in your own home and to provide food and to provide this information and encouragement, to you I promise not to take any negative action that will harm you. I will tell you why I do this, why I live in one of our most beautiful homes (I am talking about our house here at our most stunning home in Brooklyn) and why I am talking here and here. You will understand why I made food stamps the main priority of my work, why I can continue to help you and to help you as you grow and move to a different kind of living. In your living life you are going to have to keep these fruits in your hands, it will cost you time, time and time again if you don’t have the money then you won’t have the time to start making money. In making the Food Stamp a thing of the past I have given you resources. You need to have people with whom you can trust and who will do your due diligence. There are many of you who want a better life but if you do not have a job yet you have to spend as much of your time trying to find one that pays you as you do paying some people. But for you to get yourself out of an economic crisis this means people who do have jobs with you and people who have the money and what your own family brings with them to make that transition.
It means you pay more and better and for the same amount of time to get into a higher income and do at an opportunity and earn more money. If I have money to spend on a new car in order to support myself I might pay a lot more for that car. I feel like a kid living with a family who has a nice car and a nice home because I can afford more to come on my family’s own.