Food stamps should be used for meat, fish, veggies, fruit and dairy products. Period. Actual products of our farms, ranches and fisheries. Not for packaged products.
That would improve recipients’ health and lower healthcare costs immeasurably. Hundreds of billions of bucks, I’ll bet.
I taught healthcare classes for people with chronic conditions in my city. It was just amazing how few people had a clue that their food choices influenced their health.
EBT folks ain’t gonna cook.
That’s a given.
If the grub they can buy is only stuff to cook, they’ll trade the chits for booze and cigs even more than they do now.