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Those things are unhealthy, but restricting them is policing what poor people eat. It's stigmatizing. Also, people will still buy these things because they're addictive. So they'll be paying out of pocket for it rather than using their SNAP benefits. It's a lose-lose.
Yeah, if the goal was actually to make people eat healthier, he'd be trying to limit the availability of those items to everyone, not just poor people.
If the goal was to make people heathier, he'd resign his job and stop promoting the scams of crackpots and quacks.
Or he'd be increasing the availability of healthy food instead of taking things away
No matter how available it is, people just eat what they like. If society is paying for it, might as well make it healthy
Or not bow to special interests and support research on the negative health affects of these things.
Change SNAP from money to a system that says "X gets _lbs of raw meat, _pieces of fresh vegetables, _pieces of raw fruit etc". The inventory systems in stores know what is being rung up so I don't see why it couldn't work. It also means SNAP automatically adjusts for inflation and regional pricing. Probably won't stop people selling their SNAP for cash though.
So what happens when a store is out of raw meat, or raw vegetables, or raw fruit? What if someone is a vegetarian, or has allergies or other dietary requirements that prohibit certain items? Who's monitoring and enforcing this (and how much is that monitoring and enforcing costing?)
Rather than spending the time and effort policing what food people buy, why don't we instead spend that time and money addressing the poverty problem that makes SNAP necessary in the first place?
Addressing poverty instead of putting Band-Aids on the effects would be great. I was just addressing the line of thought of getting people to eat healthier.
I dont get your argument. How's it stigmatizing? Why should someone be able to spend it all on energy drinks and starburst? Just doesn't make sense.
I support aggressively increasing food stamps for anyone in need. But I'd also support aggressive regulation, like no candy and shit. It just makes sense to me but maybe I'm missing something.
What percentage of food stamp users "spend it all on energy drinks and starburst?" People can only eat so much junk food before they get sick and sick of it.
Personally, if I'm on food stamps, I'm not wasting in on childish garbage like candy. I'd be eating those pork egg roll things all the time along with a lot more seafood. You know, the things that I can't afford on my own. I can afford candy and soda on my own but still choose not to get it.
100% agree i cant fucking stand it when poor people enjoy anything
Why does their joy have to be in guzzling cola? States are already taxing high sugar items on the rest of us ffs, how is this any different?
If they want to buy these items they still can, just have to use their own coin, not ours.
Ok buddy, first off you're not the one who's paying a substantial amount of this. Second, prices are only high so people richer than you can be even richer.
Third, you are displaying front-and-center how easily manipulated you are by imagining food stamp users who only get soda and candy.
These conmen are literally controlling your mind, and you're too ignorant to do anything about it. Sad.
fucking moochers is what they are i mean they should really only be allowed to have plain rice and water heck maybe even make them eat dog food im glad theres people like you and yawweee who agree with me
Cat-food sandwiches were good enough for us. Well, we'd have rice and fish heads once a week as a treat. And for breakfast, a cup of steam and a toothpick. When times were good, we wouldn't have to share the toothpick.
Dude, it's even dumber than that.
Has anyone here ever been on food stamps? You get a couple hundred dollars per person per month. That's more than my food budget off of food stamps. I don't buy soda and candy already, why would I get it when I have more resources to buy better food?
This is just a distraction for useful idiots like wildncrazyguy138.
Yikes. Straw man much?
The purpose of food stamps isn't the pleasure someone gets out of eating a candybar and redbull. The purpose is nutrition and food for those who can't afford it.
Implying that I think poor people shouldn't enjoy anything is ridiculous. Dumb comments are dumb.
I mean shit, I'm as left progressive as it gets. Id support and additional "pleasure joy" food stamp specifically earmarked for fun candy and treats and shit. Just supplemental to the real food nutritious one. I dunno. While we're at it, make the billionaires pay for it.
Your way is "here's money for food because you cant afford it, you can spend it all on skittles if that makes you happy".
im made out of meat im not sure what youre implying
the purpose of food stamps is to steal money from hard working americans and give it to minorities
i didnt imply anything i dont know where you got that from
sorry i thought you were a patriot but i guess a broken clock is right twice a day
please dont put quotes in my mouth
These people literally think we're broke when in reality, if we cut our defense budget by like, 25%, we could probably give candy to the entire fucking nation (I did not do the math).
But it's absurd. Let people enjoy their fucking rations, Jesus Christ. Nobody wants to be on food stamps.
Lmao, you're clearly not
I honestly don't see how this is much different than Michelle Obama trying to get junk food out of schools. Nobody here seems to want to cut benefits from people in need but some of us don't see an issue with some restrictions. Candy and soda is poison. We have never let people buy alcohol with food stamps either.
Does anyone seriously think Michelle Obama is "as left progressive as it gets"?? Is the overton window so fucked that neoliberal ideas are now considered progressive?
When Michelle Obama did that shit, I ended up underweight and had to start spending more money on food
You sound like the kind of person who doesn't give homeless people cash so they can't spend it on drugs. Just let people find a little joy and make their own choices