westfailia:

baapi-makwa:

This is all kinds of dumb like for one thing mres these days are extremely diverse and tailored to specific soldiers dietary needs and religious needs, they have kosher ones and halal ones, meanwhile commods (usda food distribution program) you gotta take what you can get. This makes it seem like mres are a worse choice but if I had the option of a tailored pack of food that had a buncha goodies in it too cause yes they get treats I’d choose that over a block of cheese and questionable meat. I still remember ndns on my rez lining up for army leftovers at the community center in the 90s because that food was better than than the stuff we were getting from commods.

i think my favourite part about turning point’s argument here is that not only are MREs better than what is available as part of the us food distribution program on reservations they’re also more expensive than food stamps.

what they’re actually advocating is an increase in welfare spending by providing tailored, nutritious meals which cost the us government $7.25 per packet (according to USA today in 2005) , which is enough for a single day to welfare recipients.