I am a conservative by nature. I have known people in the past that scammed anything they could. That gave me a bad outlook on food programs. A communist friend of mine pointed out something that I have to agree 100% with. Lets be clear, I am not against food for people who need it. I am against scammers. OK. There is no program that touches more people than a food program. Field workers, field owners, gathering truckers, ware housemen, truck drivers again, processor workers and again warehousmen, trucks again, on and on until it reaches the end user. No other program helps everybody the way food does. Unfortunately it is used as a political tool most of the time.
Thank you for sharing your feedback & perspective! You've shared an impressively high level viewpoint! You're right, food programs have a far reaching impact- I'm happy to read that you support food programs for people in need. WIC is a bipartisan program that's supported by both Democrats and Republicans. And yes, I agree that often times these programs and others are used as a political talking point by politicians. I wish they would focus less on the politics and more on the science/efficacy/impact that these programs have on the population.
