[Moonman62]

In 2014, Congress required the Agriculture Department to develop regulations to make sure that stores that accept food stamp dollars, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, stock a wider array of healthy food choices. ...

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This sounds like something Walmart would push.

[grania]

A nearby local chain that has the highest concentration of ethnic and low income shoppers increased their emphasis on healthy food choices a few years ago. They keep the prices down and find healthy brands that are less expensive than many more known ones. It's incredibly popular. My point? People with limited food budgets will often choose healthy foods if they're available and within their budget.

I'm all for this. Back when food stamps began, they could only be used for real foods. WIC is quite restrictive, and it's fun to watch young moms puzzle over what they're allowed to purchase with WIC. This might be the best way to help nutrition.

[Vaquero]

But obama’s people are letting the slime use food stamps at strip clubs?

So many contradictions....so little time.

[Gaffer]

One day, an old friend of mine and I went to go eat lunch at the Publix sandwich deli. We were behind two ladies who used their SNAP/EBT to charge their subs. Later, as I was getting some other foodstuffs checking, they were in front of me at the cashier with a bunch of WICS items and presenting the certificates for the kiddies’ supplements.

Then after those exchanges, each put up a big bottle of wine on the counter and plopped down $20 cash to pay for it.

That’s exactly what SNAP, WICS etc. used for - pays for the things they need to eat, and leave them cash for liquor, smokes, lottos and whatever. Makes the cash they do have double or triple in effectiveness.

[goldstategop]

I don’t think organic food is not the menu.

Your SNAP dollars still don’t stretch that far even with the mooted rule changes.