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re: SNAP: $15B spent on junk food
Posted on 7/8/17 at 9:29 pm to Reubaltaich
Posted on 7/8/17 at 9:29 pm to Reubaltaich
From what I have read and personally observed
People are using SNAP to by soft drinks and junk food from grocery stores then selling the drinks and food to convince stores for cash.
People are using SNAP to by soft drinks and junk food from grocery stores then selling the drinks and food to convince stores for cash.
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Posted on 7/8/17 at 9:54 pm to Quidam65
There should be restrictions on what they can buy . They don't need junk food or high dollar food .
Posted on 7/8/17 at 9:57 pm to UGATiger26
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You'll hear a lot of apologists argue "that's because healthy food is more expensive!"
It's not. Really, it's not.
This - watermelon is cheap as frick.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 10:01 pm to Quidam65
You can't debate this with a Liberal. As with everything, they lack common sense.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 10:03 pm to Quidam65
Never really thought about it until now but I wonder why Michelle Obama was so intent on making the school lunch program healthy but did not make the same restrictions apply to food stamps?
Posted on 7/8/17 at 10:04 pm to Quidam65
The food lobbies are the ones behind this
Posted on 7/8/17 at 10:05 pm to bird35
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People are using SNAP It by soft drinks and junk food from grocery stores then selling the drinks and food to convince stores for cash.
You left out easily the worst, and most prolofic, abuse. Scan two candy bars at the Qwikmart register, pay EBT, cashier gives you a pack of cigarettes. I used to see that one daily at my local gas station.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 10:06 pm to Quidam65
Nothing makes my heart warmer than to watch a woman with 5 kids get 5 Icees, 4 bags of gummy worms, swipe a Louisiana Purchase card and then load everyone into a loaded out 2017 Charger.
Good times.
Good times.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 10:17 pm to UGATiger26
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This post was edited on 2/14/18 at 11:22 pm
Posted on 7/8/17 at 10:49 pm to Reubaltaich
I'll give 5 billion in aid to Pakistan but be damned if that 8 year old boy gets a kit kat
Posted on 7/9/17 at 7:17 am to Quidam65
Is this really surprising?
Posted on 7/9/17 at 7:31 am to EKG
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One of the few things I dislike more than government collecting money (taxes) and handing out money (welfare).
Was with you until here.
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government telling people what they should eat and drink.
Here not so much. If you have your hand out and are taking tax payer funded assistance than the government should absolutely be able to dictate what you buy. Welfare should not be made into a lifestyle it is not made to be comfortable. It is there for people who fall off their feet temporarily and are working to get back up. In the case of EBT yes the government should absolutely be able to dictate what a recipient buys.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 8:18 am to Quidam65
Reform is absolutely necessary. We will have to wait a while to actually see it.
Some of common arguments against reform have already been discussed.
You can throw in the "military spending is far worse" and the ever present "that's racist" arguments.
There is waste and bloat in just about every area of government spending and something needs to be done.
The more the "racist" tag gets thrown around inappropriately the more diminished its power becomes until the powers that be are no longer fearful of the stigma it carries.
Some of common arguments against reform have already been discussed.
You can throw in the "military spending is far worse" and the ever present "that's racist" arguments.
There is waste and bloat in just about every area of government spending and something needs to be done.
The more the "racist" tag gets thrown around inappropriately the more diminished its power becomes until the powers that be are no longer fearful of the stigma it carries.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 8:45 am to Quidam65
Yeah. But we force them to by little Debbie's, because apples are like 12 cents
Posted on 7/9/17 at 8:52 am to highcotton2
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Never really thought about it until now but I wonder why Michelle Obama was so intent on making the school lunch program healthy but did not make the same restrictions apply to food stamps?
All she did was make it where kids quit eating school lunches. It's like eating cardboard now. They don't cook, so they just took the stuff that made process food taste good, like salt, and eliminated them. The problem is it's still process food, it just taste bad now.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 8:53 am to EKG
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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.
The government is not telling them that. The government is telling them to use their own money to make those purchases. Like they always do (run the Louisiana Purchase card first, then pull out the wad of cash for their alcohol and cigarettes).
This post was edited on 7/9/17 at 8:58 am
Posted on 7/9/17 at 8:57 am to culsutiger
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all day cooking a pot of beans
lentils cook fairly quickly
red beans and white beans, not so much
Posted on 7/9/17 at 8:58 am to Quidam65
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SNAP: $15B spent on junk food
Further proof that only land owners should be allowed to vote. Talk about seeing taxes go down, more bang for the buck, and less waste as the lobbying for votes would shift to intellectuals who are savvy enough to own a house rather than settle for handouts.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 8:59 am to Eighteen
Why is this a problem? Americans as a whole are fat.
The problem is American's eating habits.
The problem is American's eating habits.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 9:04 am to Scoop
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Nothing makes my heart warmer than to watch a woman with 5 kids get 5 Icees, 4 bags of gummy worms, swipe a Louisiana Purchase card
2 years ago I saw a woman in a Ragin Cajun jersey, with 2 kids, using her Louisiana Purchase card to pay for cokes, chips, dip, cookies and cupcakes. They were going tail gaiting.
This post was edited on 7/9/17 at 9:05 am
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