Grocery store gift cards a stepping stone to end hunger

Rocket, 8 months ago

“This is not a food supply issue, this is an income-based issue,”

It’s the same coin no matter which side you look at it. If there was a greater supply of food, you would’t need such a high income to afford it.

AngryMulbear, 8 months ago

Absolutely not.

We should be funding food banks, not enriching the Weston’s.

m0darn, 8 months ago

Food banks are not the solution. They’re a sparse but redundant supply chain. Just tax it back.

corsicanguppy, 8 months ago

Non paywall article link?

grte, 8 months ago

I don’t think National Observer is paywalled or at least I haven’t encountered it.

Nouveau_Burnswick, 8 months ago

This sounds like UBI with extra steps.

Still trending positive though.

corsicanguppy, 8 months ago

Make the coupons be for a specific generic item: 2l 2% milk or 2lbs ground grade-A beef or 300g medium cheddar with no restrictions on brand name.

J random wanderer gets a deck of cards each month based on dependents and dietary needs.

Then guarantee a purchase of these coupons for the first supplier who can guarantee stock to redeem all coupons at that price, lowering the price by 1% every time 2 organizations submit RFQs.

And now we have single-buyer reverse monopoly for food like we do for public healthcare.

Rocket, 8 months ago

reverse monopoly

Like, a monopsony?