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I notice you left out the rather subtle context that I was answering somebody making a claim nearly as absurd as your garden notion, that the poor can just build shacks from scrap to live in without issue.

Bullshit. Only people who've never worked in actual agriculture would say such a thing. Only the largest and most extravagant home gardens grows enough food to actually feed a person and you can't work such a garden and also maintain a job. A few lettuce and tomato plants can get you a treat...

Okay... but the only point I actually used or needed from that report was that their analysis showed that it took about six times the effort for the poor to get groceries home compared with the middle class. The rest of the analysis wasn't important to the discussion. That said I do commend...

Because you ignore the other constraints and costs involved in cooking and go straight to "follow the recipe instructions." And again, you're pulling out a huge goalpost shift since the discussion began about access to Farmer's Markets, I have never argued that poor people can't make Hamburger...

Whataboutism. When did I say it wasn't the Democrats fault? I've called for less government regulation many times on these forums. Proof? Or are you going to weasel out of actually doing anything besides claiming your opinion is fact like my other debaters in this thread?

38 Million People is not a small number. And of note, That article shows that 27 million are kept above the poverty line by social security, 8 million by refundable tax credits, and 3 million by Supplemental Nutrition programs. So take away government assistance and the number of poor would...

How exactly did @Morphic Tide comment on one of my cited studies if they're not in the thread? It's rather bizarre that you apparently lack the ability to find and click hyperlinks iyou've quoted when you are basing your argument on how easy it is to find things on the internet. Ah, and here...

I'm not sure what you're getting at with discussing differences between Australia and the US in agriculture, given that the main fact I used was the (obvious actually) point that it's harder to transport groceries without a car. Are you seriously suggesting that it becomes easier to haul...

I offer a counter-suggestion: Stop making unsupported claims. Citation needed. I want to see your numbers for that "tiny sliver" and your sources for that in your next post.

I'd be inclined to agree, but there's significant other bars to good quality food than just knowing how to cook. I know as I've been in that situation many times clawing my way out of poverty. As a poor person, you very likely have either family or roommates living with you which makes keeping...

If you know where to look, and if you live in the right area so that it's there to find and if you actually have the time to prepare it, and if you have the right cooking implements and don't keep getting them stolen, and if you have the right skills and knowledge. That's a lot of Ifs. I'm...

The food costs five times what junk food does and people can't afford it. Zoning laws, building regulations, and HOAs that demand houses of a specific size and quality and will condemn the place if you try to build a shack. Laws against Trespassing and Vagrancy. Not that many people aren't...