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re: SNAP: $15B spent on junk food
Posted on 7/8/17 at 8:02 pm to EKG
Posted on 7/8/17 at 8:02 pm to EKG
quote:When you choose to get your food funds from taxpayers, you forego your purchasing rights.
One of the few things I dislike more than government collecting money (taxes) and handing out money (welfare) is government telling people what they should eat and drink.
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Posted on 7/8/17 at 8:16 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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When you choose to get your food funds from taxpayers, you forego your purchasing rights.
I didn't say that shouldn't be the case.
My point was simply that when government sticks its bureaucratic nose where it shouldn't (e.g., monetary handouts), the erosion of freedom in many other areas becomes a slippery slope..
The whole system is gross.
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