What’s missed here is that the government exercises control over two groups of people but in different ways.
It’s not important that one group is no longer able to buy ice cream or soda.
What is important is that the government “seizes” the money of one group and uses it to control the behavior of another group.
Both groups are “controlled” by the “government!”
$101.7 billion during fiscal year (FY) 2025. That’s 1.4% of all federal spending. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is administered by the Department of Agriculture providing food assistance to low-income people. It is an open ended expense, not a line item budgeted item.
WOW. Per person it is not a huge sum when spread over 250mm people as it is about $400 per but with 1 in 7 on SNAP it works out to about 2800 per year per person if my back of the pad math is right of course.
It would be incorrect to say that all blacks are on SNAP, there are a good deal of others on it too. Since it is based on income, some on it should not be IMO.