What's to keep congress dictating to the rest of us...
“What’s to keep congress dictating to the rest of us”
Because when your spending YOUR OWN MONEY you have the right buy whatever you want.
SNAP is a benefit payed for by the taxpayer.
Since the taxpayer is footing the bill (and not by choice BTW) why shouldn’t the taxpayer be able to dictate how their hard earned money that they are forced to give up is spent?
Because the rest of us earn actual money and aren't receiving government vouchers intended to prevent people from starving. If we want to give vouchers that are only good for buying potatoes, that's fine because it isn't even their money in the first place.
Of course good food is better than poor food, but dictating what people can eat, even if we are paying for it, is socia engineering.