Some people think it is welfare. It’s a govt program. What about Obamacare? Is it welfare when people are under penalty if they don’t buy it? Govt can use either of these programs to control your life. I would rather just let people make their own decisions about what foods they buy. I agree that things like alcohol, soda, paper towels, candy shouldn’t be paid for, but don’t tell me to buy fresh produce when I can get canned vegetables that are cheaper, that often taste better, and they have a much better shelf life.
Come on virgil. The notion is that there can be hundreds of food and non-food items that can be allowed for purchase under these programs; but there are also a smaller set of other items that absolutely should not be allowed, and which prohibition can be cured by software systems. And those businesses that enable these people to break the law under these programs should be severely punished.
I see your point.
But for the record, I did not see anything in the article that said canned vegetables would be banned. My problem is with people being allowed to use food stamps/welfare to purchase filet mignon and lobster, when ground beef and flounder filets are just as nutritious and can feed their families for a much greater number of meals.
Yes, it pisses me off when welfare recipients use money to eat ‘higher on the hog’ than I can afford to eat.
” don’t tell me to buy fresh produce when I can get canned vegetables that are cheaper, that often taste better, and they have a much better shelf life.”
I agree in general, but prefer frozen. Frozen veggies are picked at their peak of sun-ripened goodness. Fresh veggies are picked before they’re ripe, and ripen in warehouses and on trucks. I just don;t think they’re as good as frozen.