Posted on 03/30/2025 5:00:54 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
If HHS Secretary and healthy food advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has his way, SNAP will stand for Soda Not Allowed Period.
On Friday, Kennedy brought his “Make America Healthy Again” campaign to West Virginia, where Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that he will be seeking permission from the Department of Agriculture to put soda on the list of items that cannot be bought through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, often referred to by its former name of food stamps, according to The Washington Post.
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He’s going full Michelle Obama, LOL!
Hopefully this means the soda shelf at the store doesn’t do barren over the weekend.
Will this affect those of us in the areas where it’s correctly called “pop?”
This is what fascism looks like. /s
SNAP should only be used for meat/seafood, dairy, beans, fruits and vegetables.
Wild as a mink and sweet as soda pop, I still think about that.
But many recipients sell their Food Stamps for a lesser amount in cash (say, $100 stamps for $80 cash), then use the cash to buy alcohol, cigarettes, or whatever else they like.
yeah I saw it being used in whole foods on lobsters. how about no more SNAP period.
if people want to help, let them open their own capone’s soup kitchen.
25% of pepsi and coca cola sales are through SNAP, don’t think they are not gonna fight this, and do not be surprised if they don’t do something extreme like fund rioters in black neighborhoods so they can claim “this is what happens when you deny people our soda”
Carbonated beverages are like going after spitting on the sidewalk.
EBT cards are used as currency in the underground for drugs and other things.
But JFK jr has his obsessions.
EBT should be eliminated. Any food aid should be dried beans, powdered milk, flour, and cheese.
“yeah I saw it being used in whole foods on lobsters”
And lobsters are real food, so?
What about purple drank?
And he's not outlawing it, just saying, we won't use federal taxpayer dollars to subsidize it. Buy your sugar water on your own nickel.
I have no problem with that at all.
“EBT should be eliminated”
Yeah, screw all those white guys out of work, right? It’s their fault illegals have taken their jobs, right?
I hope not. Vernors doubles as a medicine. 😉
I know the cheerleaders here aren’t going to like this, but he’s quickly making my s**t list.
I want action on covid policies and the jabs. Like last month. I heard a damned commercial on the jabs last week. WTH?
But the more time that passes it looks like it will never happen.
I’m not so sure this is a good idea or maybe it is. I mean I kind of like some cola or other soda with a couple slices of pizza or maybe a sub or other meal. On the other hand it’s not the most healthy thing, soda drinks are partly to cause for a lot of health problems. Perhaps there should be a limit instead of banning it altogether?
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