Posted on 08/05/2025 2:57:36 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed that he is taking action to prevent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) users from purchasing items such as sugary drinks.
Kennedy pointed out that while people can make their own decisions regarding what to buy and what not to buy, taxpayers in the United States “should not pay” for people on SNAP to purchase items like sugary sodas.
The comments from Kennedy were made as he and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary joined Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins in celebrating the signing of six new SNAP state waivers, which would “amend the statutory definition of food for purchase and end the subsidization of popular types of junk food beginning in 2026,” according to an HHS press release. States signing the new SNAP waivers include West Virginia, Florida, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Other states, such as Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Arkansas, Idaho, and Utah, have previously signed SNAP waivers. …
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Any low-carb options on the menu, bk?
This woman posts videos dancing in store with her 3000k in food stamps. This video brags about her seafood boil
https://x.com/LibOrNormal/status/1948813833428181168
I think some of these people rage bait for clicks
“”Yep. I had to suffer under va666ine Nazi Democrat Joe Biden””
And consider this... the worst “nazis” are the ones that were pulling Biden’s strings. And they’re still there. Waiting. Expecting their chance to come again soon. And it will. Anyone that believes that the radical left will not again be ‘in power’ is delusional. Which is “why”, as Conservatives... we should be pushing for LESS government power and interference over us all. Not more.
When are people going to ‘get it’? Government is NOT our friend. Giving government the green light to restrict ‘other people’s choices’ is also giving government the green light to restrict ours... in due time. The concept ain’t rocket science.... except to some, apparently.
They will just sell the Snap or EBIT credit and buy them at the bodega. One of my stupid acquaitences bragged about buying a card with $291 on it for $50 outside of a convenience store.
The clueless sheep 🐑🐑🐑 simply
do not understand the goats 🐐🐐🐐
and what’s coming
When they FINALLY get CBDC on your
Money 💰💰💰 you WILL SUBMIT or
die of starvation and be tossed
aside like yesterday’s 📰📰📰
newspaper 🗞️🗞️🗞️.
By the time the clueless sheep 🐑🐑🐑
figure it out, it will already
be too late - COVID-19(84) was
a HUGE wakeup call as to how
things can change, WORLDWIDE,
dramatically and seemingly
overnight - and most of your
countrymen, friends and some
family jumped right on board.
I have 2 good conservative
Christian friends. Absolutely
God-sent and VERY helpful.
I pray for their protection and
blessing nearly every single day.
BUT they bought the mRNA hook,
line and sinker. They never
tried to force it upon me but
I could NOT talk them out of
taking every single jab 💉💉💉.
Sigh 😞😔
“”BUT they bought the mRNA hook,
line and sinker. They never
tried to force it upon me but
I could NOT talk them out of
taking every single jab “”
I have a friend that thinks she is ‘saved’ and a Christian... yet she believes the false prophets’ lies on the internet. I fear that she will, when the AC appears, also fall for his lies. All it will require is for the false prophets that she trusts and believes to endorse and follow the AC, which they will. I can see it happening and I’m no pre-cog. All you can do is pray for them.
I see a lot of folks clamoring for the poor on “food stamps” to not be able to buy certain foods. Right now it’s sugary sodas, but tomorrow it will be other things the government deems “not good”. I wonder how Jesus would handle this. I just can’t see Him saying the things they are saying here. Praying for them, too.
“(I am stunned at how many here seem to think it’s “ok” for government to dictate what food items can’t be purchased. And who (WHICH GOVERNMENT STOOGE) gets to decide which foods to ban? Where will it end.)
YEP”
I am on the fence about this government intrusion also. But there is an important perspective to consider here. While I am completely against government dictating what I can buy with MY money, these funds they are blowing on junk food are not THEIRS, they were STOLEN from US the taxpayers.
I look at it this way. I do not mind helping pay for WIC food assistance to make sure babies and infants do not go hungry and that they have a healthy diet because it also saves costs on the taxpayer health system. But WIC has common sense control over what can be purchased.
And I agree with this because there are enough stupid people out there who would raise those infants on Soda, candy, and chips if there were no restrictions. This would make for a bunch of sick kids putting an added burden on the free health care system.
Sometimes the taxpayers should have a say in how their taxes are being spent. Because when they are spent wrong it ends up costing us even more in the long run. Sometimes it is even supporting immorality. Here is an example of good common sense limitations.
Tennessee, Florida, and other States had a problem with a federal loophole that would allow EBT funds to be used in Strip Clubs. So they had to pass laws against it. I’m hoping you agree that your taxpayer funds should not be paying for a good time in Strip Clubs?
It all boils down to the government has absolutely no right to tell me I can or cannot buy with MY money, but I support them restricting what OTHERS can buy with the money they STOLE from me... Make sense?
https://www.tn.gov/humanservices/for-families/families-first-tanf.html
I know two young, unmarried mothers (sisters) who are supported by their upper-middle-class parents. They each have a house to live in, purchased for each daughter by the parents, and they pay their parents minimum rent. They each receive government assistance (SNAP cards and who knows what else). Before the end of the month they have Costco shopping sprees and purchase steaks and whatever food extravagance is covered by SNAP, and they sometimes bring along a few guests to help spend their SNAP bonanza. 🤬
There’s a supermarket (in an old Publix) here and it’s amazing to see what the people have in the carts...Soda, baked goods, candy, sugary cereals...75% unhealthy food.
You can buy whatever food you want with YOUR money, not with MY money.
“”I am on the fence about this government intrusion also. But there is an important perspective to consider here. While I am completely against government dictating what I can buy with MY money, these funds they are blowing on junk food are not THEIRS, they were STOLEN from US the taxpayers.””
You realize... that there are many veterans, homeless and at poverty level... and on SNAP... that you have just blanket accused of theft. Not everyone on food stamps are defrauding the taxpayers. Some are at poverty level due to no fault of their own. Yet, the very unchristian-like sentiments I’m seeing here astound me.
And the point I’m attempting to make here is that if you give government the ok to dictate what food stamp recipients can or can’t buy... you’re also giving that same government the power and right to do the same to you... at some future date. You’re not gonna like that, but you’ll have it coming... considering your current stance.
“”Tennessee, Florida, and other States had a problem with a federal loophole that would allow EBT funds to be used in Strip Clubs. So they had to pass laws against it. I’m hoping you agree that your taxpayer funds should not be paying for a good time in Strip Clubs?
It all boils down to the government has absolutely no right to tell me I can or cannot buy with MY money, but I support them restricting what OTHERS can buy with the money they STOLE from me... Make sense?””
Sigh... the government WILL tell you what you can or cannot buy at some future point in time. You’re giving government that green light right here in this thread. Oh sure, you’ll be shocked when it rolls around to you and YOUR money, your life, your freedom of choice. But that won’t stop it from happening. And tell me... are you speaking out also about this same government (the federal one, that is) spending YOUR MONEY on drug addicts and enabling their habit? There are a thousand different things that Government spends YOUR MONEY on that are much worse than mere “sugary sodas”. And yet you’re ok with that?
And again... US veterans on SNAP haven’t ‘stolen’ a damned thing from you. In fact, you should be paying them with “YOUR MONEY” for having defended this nation on your behalf.
Point is.... as Conservatives, you should be pushing for LESS government control, not more. You’ll find out... the hard way... in time.
Point is.... as Conservatives, you should be pushing for LESS government control
I do want less government control, getting rid of SNAP, period, would be a good start.
I worked with many who were
absolutely convinced that no
Beast / False Prophet will
ever come in the future
They also saw no problems with:
Barack Hussein Obama
“Social Justice”
Homosexual Marriage
Islam / Koran
Pride Parades
“Interfaith” / Ecumenicalism
Liberal “theology”
(or some combination of the above)
But what DID get some of them upset?
Quoting directly from a Bible that
OUR COMPANY was selling
Bizarro World 🌍🌎🌏
“”I do want less government control, getting rid of SNAP, period, would be a good start.””
So, are you going to personally support ‘all’ of the homeless veterans on government assistance if SNAP goes away, due to people like you wanting it eliminated? (asking for a friend)
“Across the United States, veterans and military families visit food banks and food pantries to help make ends meet. 1 in 9 working-age veterans are food insecure. 24% of active-duty service members were food insecure in 2020. 1.2 million low-income veterans use SNAP (formerly known as food stamps).”
But his FDA approves this?!?
https://slaynews.com/news/fda-approves-lab-grown-fake-fish-us-food-supply-without-safety-data/
Then, down the road we pay for their health problems.
Go Bobby junior!
WOW 😲
I guess I never knew how
to work the system when I
was starving in the wake of
the 2008 crash
I kept trying to do things
like it was still 2004
Oops 😬
I remember when I was a kid to young adult and old folks would get a 4 or 6 ounce juice glass to serve you soda.
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