You make sense but the article tells us:
....”For more than half an hour, Canales listened to their concerns about his bill and another proposed by a lawmaker who wanted to eliminate candy and chips: Should government really be in the position of telling adults what to eat? And if so, who would be trusted to sort through the 40,000 items sold in a typical grocery store and divide healthy from unhealthy? If energy drinks were banned, why not also ban canned iced coffee that has twice the caffeine and triple the sugar? Or Sunny D fruit drink? Or Gatorade? Or fruit punch? And once every product had been rated and sorted, what if some grocery stores decided it was easier not to accept food stamps at all? Or what if food-stamp recipients felt too stigmatized to shop?”...
Remember, I don't think the government should tell adults what to eat. It's the libtards like Bloomberg and Moosechelle that do. But I don't have a problem with telling adults how they can spend the money we taxpayers give them.
And if so, who would be trusted to sort through the 40,000 items sold in a typical grocery store and divide healthy from unhealthy?
We have federal agencies such as the FDC and the Department of Agriculture that have the expertise, and willing accomplices such as Mikey and Moosechelle who are nanny-staters and would love the opportunity.
If energy drinks were banned, why not also ban canned iced coffee that has twice the caffeine and triple the sugar? Or Sunny D fruit drink? Or Gatorade? Or fruit punch?
An opportunity for food manufacturers to lobby their government to get their items on the approved list. Hey, libs, another opportunity to extort campaign money!
And once every product had been rated and sorted, what if some grocery stores decided it was easier not to accept food stamps at all?
There's already a short list of what is and is not eligible for food stamps. You can't buy alcohol, cigarettes, or non-food items such as diapers. Maybe manufacturers will start with a "WIC Approved" package label.
Or what if food-stamp recipients felt too stigmatized to shop?
Then they go hungry.
“-————— why not also ban canned iced coffee that has twice the caffeine and triple the sugar?”
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I didn’t know that iced coffee came in cans. Sounds ghastly.
We really do learn something every day. :-)
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No one is telling a damn soul what or what not to eat.
If you want to eat junk food, YOU pay for it. And if they are so ‘stigmatized’ GET A JOB.