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re: Louisiana could become the next state to prevent residents from using SNAP to buy sodas
Posted on 4/8/25 at 10:44 pm to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 4/8/25 at 10:44 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:where do you think the gov't is getting the money to pay for those meals.....out their own pocket? shite, it should keep them alive, but strict enough to make them want to get off food stamps.
if the government is paying for your meals, I have no issue with them saying what you can and cannot buy.
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Posted on 4/8/25 at 10:47 pm to GeauxGoose
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where do you think the gov't is getting the money to pay for those meals
Well it's coming from the feds, who are selling bonds to finance most of their speniding these days, so I guess it's coming from the Chinese.
Posted on 4/8/25 at 11:03 pm to LSUFanHouston
It may be funded by the feds, but it's from taxpayers
Posted on 4/8/25 at 11:09 pm to GeauxGoose
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It may be funded by the feds, but it's from taxpayers
That's fine.
Point being... if someone else is giving you money to eat, I'm ok with them putting restrictions on that.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:02 am to biglego
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This is the poorest thing I’ve ever read here
I’m not spending $2 every time I’m thirsty. That’s what a poor person would do. Being rich is a mentality, not a number on a bank statement. Making easy decisions and not challenging your instincts will inhibit your ability to make big moves when needed.
I’m perfectly fine with someone calling me poor. I’m perfectly fine with my financial condition and am way more proud of the way I spend money than how much I earn. I’m not frugal, I’m just aware of when I am wasting money and challenge myself when I do.
That being said, allowing SNAP recipients to buy things at convenience stores, or sugary treats at the grocery store, does not set them up for success, it doesn’t instill the mentality of understanding when you are being wasteful. It doesn’t do anything to get them to the same level as someone that doesn’t buy that shite anyway.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:12 am to Chastains
needs to happen in all 50 states.
Nothing like doing your weekly grocery run and trying to keep it under $300-$350 (while feeding kids and eating healthy). Only to see a SNAP recipient with a buggy filled to the brim (most of it junk).
Nothing like doing your weekly grocery run and trying to keep it under $300-$350 (while feeding kids and eating healthy). Only to see a SNAP recipient with a buggy filled to the brim (most of it junk).
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:46 am to Chastains
The problem with allowing SNAP to purchase junk food and sodas is that it creates a never ending circle of fat unhealthy families that leech off the government. They are generally on medicaid/medicare as well. Meaning that we are paying for them to get unhealthy then we are paying for their medical care. So we are buying them fudge rounds and cokes. Then paying for their insulin. We could save a ton of tax payer funds by not allowing unhealthy foods to be purchased with SNAP. Eggs, milk, meat, fruits and vegetables should be the extent. We try to make being poor to comfortable.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:52 am to Mr Happy
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Pepsi and coke both give a lot of money to organizations like the American Heart Association.
Nancy says thank you.
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Nancy Brown, the CEO of the American Heart Association, received a total compensation of $4,145,055 in fiscal year 2023, which included $2,994,278 in bonus and incentive compensation
Posted on 4/9/25 at 10:23 am to Master of Sinanju
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would like to see is to require single parents to pursue the absent parent for child support. Some states require this, and some states require the absent parent to be current in cs payments to qualify.
There's a lot of family reform that needs to be done. This one along with mandatory paternity testing should be law nationwide.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 10:28 am to NIH
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Disgusting. Why don’t the working poor deserve a few sodas after dutifully fulfilling their shifts? Trump’s america is a hell scape
Exactly. Just another way to frick over the less fortunate.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 10:36 am to Chastains
semi- unrelated but ive noticed the food pantry at LSU always has a line of mostly indian international students out the door and i KNOW those boys got money
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