i am not sure how many Castros i just spent in the last post hope that there hasn't been a quota system introduced
though I guess it would take a while to spend one whole Castro mx On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Oct 5, 2011, at 9:05 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > mex my want to re-evaluate the assertion that 1 in 5 Americans live below > the poverty level: > > > > < > http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/10/hunger-hoax-perpetuates-dependency?utm_source=10/5%20Washington%20Examiner%20Opinion%20-%2010/05/2011&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20Opinion%20Digest > > > > "Burgers, pizzas and the like cost more than food that you can buy at a > store and cook yourself. If you can afford junk food, you can certainly > afford healthier food." > > Wrong on most levels. When burgers cost $1, they are cheaper than the > equivalent food > > For someone like Sowell, yes, it's certainly true that healthy fresh food > costs more than junk food, but he clearly doesn't live in the 'food deserts' > that characterize a great deal of the landscape of poor America: > > <http://www.cdc.gov/features/fooddeserts/> > > (by your constant denigrations of the poor, I can pretty well assume you > have little direct experience. I've had to shop in the kinds of slum grocery > stores they're describing and yes, there's a significant difference in > costs. Just a tiny, petty example: in one (NY Food Lion store circa 1990, > istr it was in Tarrytown) I went looking for some canned tomato sauce. IN > the stores you or I shop in we have a choice, often three or more brands, > and small, medium and large cans, with significant quantity savings for the > large cans. > > In the slum store there were two sizes of cans: the 8 oz size you or I > would call 'small' and a ridiculously tiny 4 oz size. The prices were the > same as for a medium and small cans in the much nicer suburban store 15 > miles up the road. > > The vegetables looked like they were the ones swept up off the floor in the > produce warehouse and were exorbitantly priced. > > I've seen this pattern reproduced again and again. Even Wal-Mart does it > this way. > > Also, he completely discounts the time it takes to do that cooking; these > are not his fantasy 'Father Knows Best' 1950's households; there is usually > no one with the time to do this cooking, let alone possessing the skills and > in many cases, even the most minimal of equipment. > > And finally he's just as patronizing as any of the rest as he scolds these > people for not cooking more of their own food. > > Finally, Francis (Wouldn't want expend TOO many milliCastros of my free > speech allowance on the subject!), don't link to opinion pieces by partisan > hacks with no links to actual data to support his theories and pass them off > as 'fact'. Doesn't work that way. > > (And I won't EVEN getinto the hackery of "the poors, they have the TeeVee > sets and the Air conditioners so they're not poor!" Do your REALLY need to > be taught the trajectory of technology costs over the last fifty years! > > (post length 35.4 mCastros) > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
