Going against the grain here...Food stamps should not be spent on alcohol or tobacco products, on this we all agree.
I do believe if we are going to provide food stamps for those in need, it is up to the adults to decide what is appropriate to feed their own families.
We either approve of the government dictating how we raise our families or we don’t. It is not a principle which applies to some but not others.
Early welfare regulations served to pry apart the black family and they have never recovered from the trend.
If you are going to do charity at Caesar’s level, at least make it LOOK like charity. Don’t get into cynical games.
“... it is up to the adults to decide what is appropriate to feed their own families.”
You are exactly correct. “Should I get the red beans or the navy beans? The white rice or the brown rice,...
Agree. Making the slippery slope more slippery. What’s wrong with canned vegetables? Fresh produce is more expensive. Does this mean they’ll have to increase everybody’s food stamp amount to cover the extra expense?
You are comparing apples to oranges ( both of which should be able to be purchased with food stamps, by the way ).
If food stamp recipients do not want limits placed on the food they buy, then they should get off food stamps and earn the money they use to purchase their food.
If you are taking money from other peoples’ pockets, then those people have the right to put limits on how you use that money.
An excellent point. Some on here don’t seem to understand that they very thing they criticize the libs for doing - they do themselves by wanting to dictate what people can and can’t purchase. I guess they don’t see the hypocrisy in this.
Instead, they rant and rave about the fact that their tax dollars are being spent. Well, the tax dollars are being spent on many, many things which we have no control over - such as the luxurious vacation habits of the moocher and his family. We don’t get a checklist to check how we want our tax dollars spent.