I believe they were initially but someone thought those welfare recipients were being punished by not being able to have the same things as actual American workers.
no one receiving government assistance should be allowed to vote.
You are correct. 60’s-70’s and probably 80’s candy etc were not available with food stamps. It would be interesting to find out when that changed??
Same reasoning that made SNAP EBT on cards instead of scrip pkay money to not shame thos on them while using them.