I’m surprised Doomberg would be behind this.
fair enough. you accept the govt’s money, you follow their rules
For once, I agree with Bloomie. Don’t stop at sugary sodas. No chips, no pop tarts, no candy. Healthy foods only, and generics, like WIC.
There is so much abuse regarding food stamps (regarded as free money), soda is the least of their worries.
They don’t have to ban all soda. Just grape soda and Sprite.
Not against SNAP (Food Stamps) per se and the idea that 1 in 5 citizens (and who knows how many aliens?) are on the dole. Oh, no, they just don’t want “Big Sugar” or “Big Soda” to make a profit from it. The fact that welfare, food stamps and Section 8 are what is dragging this country down to the level of Ethiopia or Bangladesh doesn’t enter into it.
Beer dogfood and lotto ok
Its the t-bone steaks and lobster that irks me.
Time to sell my stock in ‘purple drank’
When one accepts their own enslavement, they then must bow to their masters.
Who are da foo stams lobbyists, United Americans For Foo Stams? Who was da King of Foo Stams, remember? Bob Dole. Why, was Kansas a big recipient of foo stams?
I’ll give you a hint: farmers, junk food producers and distributors.
I personally think limiting food stamps to beans, rice, cabbage and milk would send a better message.
Better yet, stop giving food stamps to fat people.
The biggest problem with limiting what people purchase with food stamps is do it. It would just limit what the pay for with food stamps. It would cost the tax payers more because there is no savings in limiting what people buy with food stamps. How much would it cost to pay for the limiting process. How much of your tax money do you want spent on enforcement. Do want a unfunded mandate by the goverment telling private business to be the enforcers? They already do for sales taxes in many states. I would assume most people using food stamps also spent cash. I have seen people sort their items by food stamp and cash items. In a larger market the clerk can say the registrar would let me take a ebt card for that. But in smaller stores you making the clerk the enforcer for the goverment. Would you be a goverment enforcer. If you would be a goverment enforcer would there be a line would would not cross?
The problem is the program is geared to buy votes and make people dependent on the goverment. I would address the problem with the goverment first.