Free Fruit and Veg for the poor?
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I would like to make a couple of points here if I may as I am one of those people who will be getting the vouchers from the healthy start scheme.
The first point I would like to make is that I have strong objections to being labelled 'POOR'.
I am neither a state sponger nor am I destitute.
The second point is that I have never even been into a McDonalds in my life, and neither have any of my children. NEVER. We have far too much respect for our bodies than to eat in places like that.
We eat no fast food. No McDonalds. No Pizza Hut. No Burger King and no Kentucky Fried Chicken.
I think it is a sad reflection on our society that people still think of people like me as 'The Poor', simply because we are not as well off as others. As for the idea that all mothers of low income families spend all their money feeding their children crap, well honestly I would laugh if it didn't make me feel so much like crying....
'They'll probably still spend them at McDonalds'. What am I supposed to say to this?
Perhaps "Not if my dealer will take them for heroin?
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I think this scheme has the potential to be one of the finest additions to the welfare bill in this country for many years. I only hope that it is given a fair chance by whoever takes over the reins when Tony Blair retires from office.
Velvet.