Obamacare Exchange Exceeds 6 Million Projection Last Night

[The Dharma Bum]

mandatory exercise and regulated diet

cheap and easy

[Philly]

[eynon81]

another issue: poor f**k often don't have access to decent grocery stores.

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[Spider]

We've covered the food desert problem in other threads. I'm not sure they represent a hugely significant percentage of people, really.

The issue is education, not food costs. Its just easier and faster to eat boxed shit that's supercharged on salt and fat. Its not cheaper than the basic staples that require some cooking, if even no more complex than a crock pot.

Home Economics needs to come back to the education system. Way more important teaching someone how to actually feed themselves and their dependents than what Shakespeare thought about Julius Caesar.

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[Philly]

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[Spider]

[exploited]

Dude, I can make like ten pounds of vegetarian chilli for under $10, and that includes all my beans, vegetables, seasoning, etc. There is simply no way to look at meat as being "less expensive," even if you do go by calories. It also isn't good for you - the problem facing North Americans isn't calories, it is getting the vitamins and nutrients they need. If you are to factor in the costs of health care caused by excessive meat eating, it is especially expensive.