> He implied that people using food stamps do not respect the effort it took to provide the food.

People using food stamps in the US often work full-time jobs making insufficient living wages from highly profitable companies like Walmart

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/walmart-and-mcdonalds-among-...

I imagine they probably have a better inherent understanding of real-world food production style work effort than the majority of those of us who post to sites like HN.