The First Shot
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Im trying to imagine the reaction of republicans if a democrat had proposed this about 11 minutes ago.
Having said that, I think it’s a fine idea though only so consequential since money is fungible.
@jon-nyc said in The First Shot:
Im trying to imagine the reaction of republicans if a democrat had proposed this about 11 minutes ago.
Having said that, I think it’s a fine idea though only so consequential since money is fungible.
In all fairness, conservatives have been bitching about useingof SNAP and Food Stamps to buy junk food for years.
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@jon-nyc said in The First Shot:
Im trying to imagine the reaction of republicans if a democrat had proposed this about 11 minutes ago.
Having said that, I think it’s a fine idea though only so consequential since money is fungible.
In all fairness, conservatives have been bitching about useingof SNAP and Food Stamps to buy junk food for years.
@LuFins-Dad said in The First Shot:
@jon-nyc said in The First Shot:
Im trying to imagine the reaction of republicans if a democrat had proposed this about 11 minutes ago.
Having said that, I think it’s a fine idea though only so consequential since money is fungible.
In all fairness, conservatives have been bitching about useingof SNAP and Food Stamps to buy junk food for years.
Somewhere I saw a comment that said “the United States is the only country in which the poor people are fat. “
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@LuFins-Dad said in The First Shot:
@jon-nyc said in The First Shot:
Im trying to imagine the reaction of republicans if a democrat had proposed this about 11 minutes ago.
Having said that, I think it’s a fine idea though only so consequential since money is fungible.
In all fairness, conservatives have been bitching about useingof SNAP and Food Stamps to buy junk food for years.
Somewhere I saw a comment that said “the United States is the only country in which the poor people are fat. “
@George-K said in The First Shot:
Somewhere I saw a comment that said “the United States is the only country in which the poor people are fat. “
Whoever said that needs to travel more.
I was only joking
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Idea makes sense.
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@George-K said in The First Shot:
Somewhere I saw a comment that said “the United States is the only country in which the poor people are fat. “
Whoever said that needs to travel more.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The First Shot:
Whoever said that needs to travel more.
https://data.worldobesity.org/rankings/?age=a&sex=t
The US ranks #10 in obesity.
But in First-world countries, it's #1.
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Some follow up on trying to limit SNAP buying. However, I think it is an idea that should be looked at.
“The one place that I would say that we need to really change policy is the SNAP program and food stamps and in school lunches,” Kennedy told Fox News host Laura Ingraham last week. “There, the federal government in many cases is paying for it. And we shouldn’t be subsidizing people to eat poison.”
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But removing certain foods from SNAP — known for years as food stamps — isn’t as simple as it sounds.
The program is run by the USDA, not HHS, and is administered through individual states. It is authorized by the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, which says SNAP benefits can be used for “any food or food product intended for human consumption,” except alcohol, tobacco and hot foods, including those prepared for immediate consumption.
Excluding any foods would require Congress to change the law — or for states to get waivers that would let them restrict purchases, said Katie Bergh, a senior policy analyst for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group. Over the past 20 years, lawmakers in several states have proposed stopping SNAP from paying for bottled water, soda, chips, ice cream, decorated cakes and “luxury meats” like steak.
“None of those requests have ever been approved under either Republican or Democratic presidents,” Bergh said.
In the past, Agriculture Department officials rejected the waivers, saying in a 2007 paper that no clear standards exist to define foods “as good or bad, or healthy or not healthy.” In addition, the agency said restrictions would be difficult to implement, complicated and costly. And they might not change recipients’ food purchases or reduce conditions such as obesity.
https://apnews.com/article/snap-cuts-candy-soda-food-stamps-b6351b86a17b281b67480fe2d24b54f4
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Yup, if they can already have it ban alcohol, tobacco, and hot foods, no reason they could not code it to not allow other things.
