Posted on 02/07/2012 5:00:23 AM PST by AT7Saluki
A Florida lawmaker is pushing a bill that would ban the use of food stamps to purchase snacks and sweets, such as cookies and cakes.
Republican State Sen. Ronda Storms, of Valrico, says her goal is to stop a small percentage of recipients who misuse food stamps.
Her bill would also require food stamp recipients to take state-run classes on healthy eating and how making your own baked goods is cheaper than store-made sweets.
The bill is moving through state committees in Tallahassee.
Critics say the government shouldn't be telling people what to eat.
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Also, add a staff of the Occupy crowd to provide them with free medical care, baby sitting, counseling and the like.
Folks may think our State is the Stupid State, but since Rick Scott became Governor we have drug testing for any State Government Program give-aways, a stringent waiting time for benefits to new residents and now some regulation on how to properly use food stamps...I mean government issued credit cards.
I’ve seen “EBT accepted here” on the window of a take and bake pizza place.
No reason for “convenience foods” to be bought with someone else’s money.
They should work to eat. They should get off their obese behinds, go out and clean up the side of the highways, clear brush in parks or sweep school parking lots. In return they could get food. After they're done they'll be too tired to go out partying and procreating.
Unaccountable positions of power over others attracts busybody liberals like moths to a porch lamp.
It’s not enough to replace “their” moths with “our” moths.
We must bust out the porch lamp.
Read the label. I have a Costco and a Star Market vanilla extract. One is 35% and the other is 40%.
You obviously are not an alcoholic. A real one would know that. Grocery store employees frequently find empty bottles of vanilla stashed around the store.
“...goal is to stop a small percentage of recipients who misuse food stamps.”
SMALL??? Really??
Actually I am... that’s why im curious..
Not a reach out... im ill and home today because of alcoholism. Im not drinking vanilla however.. I am miserable though... not having a good day.
Critics say the government shouldn’t be telling people what to eat.
When you are in prison the Government tells you what to eat, when you enlist in the military and go through basic training the Government tells you what to eat. If you are a school kid going to a Government school the Government tells you what to eat. If you are getting your food from the Government then...
They should get off their obese behinds, go out and clean up the side of the highways, clear brush in parks or sweep school parking lots. In return they could get food. After they’re done they’ll be too tired to go out partying and procreating....Unions,(and politicians) would see that as taking their jobs away. I know, we tried something like this in our county and got all kinds of crap for it. You know the Adopt A Highway Program? Unions have been fighting this for years.
For what it’s worth, in my life at least, everyone that I’ve ever known who was on food stamps, had a job, but still lived below the poverty level. The mother of a good friend growing up comes to mind. She worked as a cocktail waitress until 2am then went to her job at Denny’s where she stayed until 10am. I believe the family was on food stamps as long as I knew them. The problem was a lack of education, and the opportunity it provides, not a poor work ethic.
1. This is not a ‘small percentage’. My stepson works in a grocery store; and, he can spot an EBT cart a ile away - soad pop and twinkies.
2. This is the natural progression of socialism. People become dependent on gubmint...and then gubmint controls them. As much as I hate food stamp abuse, I would not vote for this bill. The same logic has been used to push ‘sin taxes’ on soad pop in some states, and it is immoral.
Newsflash: many people using foodstamps don’t have a stove or oven or utensils to cook or bake with. Some of them are also at very low paying jobs and are not sitting at home doing nothing when they should be baking. Some are elderly or disabled.
When food stamps were first introduced, sweets, snacks and imported foods were not allowed. Sometime in the late seventies or thereabouts the restrictions were relaxed.
A great many people on any FR thread such as this are too stupid and simple-minded to understand what you just wrote.
“...her goal is to stop a small percentage of recipients who misuse food stamps.”
They can just trade the stamps for cash and buy what they want.
There are a lot of people on food stamps who are needy and hard working. Unfortunately there are many who are not. The abuse is tremendous.
They have found people living in million dollar homes getting food stamps. Apparently assets are not counted and certain other sources of income aren’t either, either social security and/or interest income, can’t remember the details.
BTW I have a friend who is worth a couple of million dollars. I sent him the link where he can find out if he is eligible. It turns out he is.
He was shocked. He is a big liberal but he’s beginning to turn more conservative.
Well-stated MrB, well-stated sir.
News flash: the government has no business handing out food anyway, which is why I said the preferred solution is to eliminate it entirely. This function would be much more effectively conducted by churches and charities.
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