The supermarkets around here were banned from providing plastic bags as it is suppose to be bad for the planet.... What do you know, you can get even thicker plastic bags at the same supermarkets but you have to pay .10 cents each!
In short just a money grab from those that own the supermarkets who then kick back some of the money to the politicians as bribes.
I foresee the emergence of enterprising smugglers for these goods.
See, this is why there are food deserts in the cities.
Just another unintended consequence of leftism.
These programs are likely federally-funded. Instead of directing the program to buy healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables and other items so they can be cooked, liberals put little or no restrictions on what SNAP cards can buy.
So now the people that are on SNAP, are using it to buy soda, pre-packaged meals, and hot deli items that will be consumed that day.
Now the Left, instead of simply streamlining these programs and state that one can only buy healthy food with them, they decide to punish everyone, including the people on SNAP more.
The SNAP cardholders will buy more and more soda and other aforementioned meals and items at a higher value. This in turn will cause the Left to scream about high food prices and that we need to expand SNAP even more.
“Community groups backed the measure because it would direct money to programs aimed at helping working families that can’t afford healthy foods.”
Liberals are stone-cold stupid apes. That money will go into the pockets of leftist politicians and retired city bureaucrat goons.
Here’s a list of things they can do:
Ban the sale of non-sustainable, wild-caught fish and shellfish,
Ban fossil fuel vehicles from downtown, including I-5,
Require retrofitting of all buildings in Seattle to withstand the Cascadia super-quake,
Oh, and build a 35 meter tsunami wall while they’re at it,
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Lord save us for busy-body do-gooders.