Comments on: Report: Florida Families Still Struggle To Put Food On Table

By: Emery Seren

Emery Seren — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:26:47 +0000

Raising the minimum wage won’t solve anything because it will make the business owners raise the prices on their products and nothing will change.

By: melodies4us

melodies4us — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:15:00 +0000

I would like to see minimum wage raised enough for families to live a modest lifestyle.

By: My2Cents

My2Cents — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:40:51 +0000

“HUH” has a great point as well! Years ago you couldn’t go into a Tom Thumb and buy junk food on your EPT card, where you can now with no limitations. Give it some time and the state will begin allowing the EPT card to be used at fast food places, if they haven’t in some places already.

The system is in desperate need of revamping!

By: My2Cents

My2Cents — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:38:02 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with “ALI!” There is NO reason to grant more assistance to individuals who find it to be a way of supporting their families, when in fact they can get out and find a job. Years ago when my mother worked for DCF there were standards of obtaining assistance for no more than “2″ years. What happen to that program? Not to mention, females getting pregnant just to obtain assistance longer is pathetic. Something needs to be reformed in that area of assistance as we speak. Especially when you see them with 4/5/6 children driving BMW’s, Cadillac’s, and any other brand new top dollar vehicle, smartphones, nails & toes done on a weekly basis bragging about how they don’t have to work because they got it made. Sicken’s me because there are elderly and disabled families out there that do NOT qualify for assistance because their income is slightly over what the state allows.

By: lmn

lmn — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:24:00 +0000

Agree with Ali but don’t forget that the phones are subsidized as well. Working families have to pay for these smart phones but those ho don’t get free minutes etc. and for $30 a month get unlimited minutes, text and data. Why should the government subsidize phones? What a waste of tax dollars.

By: huh

huh — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:22:58 +0000

I think part of the problem is its cheaper to buy a $1 burger than it is to buy fresh veggies, why is that?

By: watcher

watcher — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:07:15 +0000

I so agree with Ali and also surprised by the title of this article ‘ Family still struggle to put food on table , true for a lot of family,s now days i,m sure but I am shocked at the amount of food that gets thrown in the garbage every day by are school system and by the children it is unbelievable and you would be shocked and you would think nobody was starving or struggling anywhere I do remember when I was a kid in school ‘way back when’ my Mother would tell me before I left in the morning be sure to eat all your school lunch because there my not be anything for supper when you get home and she sure did mean it and I sure did eat it ,and I still went to bed hungry many a nights because there was NO food .

By: wow

wow — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:11:42 +0000

That’s right!!! sometimes cheaper to eat out than buy food…But that’s not healthy either!

By: MM

MM — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:03:40 +0000

Struggle? That’s called life – it’s been that way since Adam and Eve were kicked out of the garden of Eden.

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:46:25 +0000

The benefits do not need to be increased, this is suppose to be a supplement not a way of life. The program needs to provide help for working families who struggle to keep food on the table. I know a family where the parent works 12 to 14 hr days with no car payments living pay period to pay period struggling to provide for their family while their neighbor sits on the porch all day with their cigarettes and smartphones collecting food stamps. What makes the able bodied person who is unwilling to work more deserving of benefits than a working family who struggles.