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But I don't think you can deny that there's some element of our society equating poor to morally deficient. It's built in to so many of the assumptions made about that person standing in line next to you when you start judging their purchases with absolutely no context and then projecting that onto huge numbers of others using the program.

There's no projection here. There is the undisputable fact that $15 billion dollars of other peoples tax dollars was spent on empty calories that contribute to a terrible epidemic of obesity and diabetes. This is not okay.

I have no problem with kids having a good time, but it shouldn't come from a social safety net program whose sole purpose is to prevent those in poverty from going hungry.

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Posted by NoSaint

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Posted on 7/9/17 at 12:24 pm to Evolved Simian

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There's no projection here. There is the undisputable fact that $15 billion dollars of other peoples tax dollars was spent on empty calories that contribute to a terrible epidemic of obesity and diabetes. This is not okay.

I have no problem with kids having a good time, but it shouldn't come from a social safety net program whose sole purpose is to prevent those in poverty from going hungry.

I get that it's not a perfect system, and have called out a few times that it's not the point I'm arguing...

but I do think that a lot of people get real damn carried away from seeing a single person or hearing an anecdotal story and project a whole lot of feelings.

Do you really genuinely care if two kids living in poverty got to tailgate at a ragin Cajun football game with a case of coke, some chips and dip, and a couple cup cakes, to use the example here? And is it really turning you inside out if she used her purchase card for that and cash for dinner a different night instead of flipping the purchases around?

What tax rate grants you the right to buy a soda?

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