Progs always want to dictate everything else about what we do and consume...They can start by rewriting what is and isn’t eligible for purchase with OUR money...
Households CAN use SNAP benefits to buy:
Foods for the household to eat, such as:
— breads and cereals;
— fruits and vegetables;
— meats, fish and poultry; and
— dairy products.
Seeds and plants which produce food for the household to eat.
In some areas, restaurants can be authorized to accept SNAP benefits from qualified homeless, elderly, or disabled people in exchange for low-cost meals.
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Soft drinks, candy, cookies, snack crackers, and ice cream are food items and are therefore eligible items
Seafood, steak, and bakery cakes are also food items and are therefore eligible items
Since the current definition of food is a specific part of the Act, any change to this definition would require action by a member of Congress. Several times in the history of SNAP, Congress had considered placing limits on the types of food that could be purchased with program benefits. However, they concluded that designating foods as luxury or non-nutritious would be administratively costly and burdensome.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/retailers/eligible.htm
reread this part...
“However, they concluded that designating foods as luxury or non-nutritious would be administratively costly and burdensome.”...
in this computer day and age, I’m calling a big fat “BULLSH!T” on this one
If the Democrats truly believed this way, Obamacare would never have had a chance.
Big Gubment can watch us all day, every day, but can’t take luxury foods off the SNAP list?
Time for producers to demonstrate against the Trough Feeders, those with SNAP cars and those in Agencies with credit cards the taxpayer pays for.
How about this for a starting chant:
“SNAP’s STEAK AND CAKE HAVE GOT TO GO!”
or
“NO SNAP STEAK AND CAKE”