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re: I dont get the whole SNAP outrage.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:28 am to Evolve
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:28 am to Evolve
My source on the inside says that SNAP is often used to buy soft drinks and other non-nutritional items to resell for cash. Eliminating these items from SNAP will make it harder to turn SNAP into cash. That is likely what is the main objection to nutritional requirements.
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Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:30 am to Evolve
We are the only country on planet earth where our 'poor' are morbidly obese. Everywhere else they are skinny. Speaks volumes.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:33 am to ChEgrad
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often used to buy soft drinks and other non-nutritional items
The folks that make and sell those soft drinks are also fighting behind the scenes to make certain that SNAP restrictions do not include their products... Same for convenience store selling junk food and prepared meals at a hot bar - they fight tooth and nail to have "EBT accepted here"....
None of it should be allowed for purchase utilizing the SNAP monies...
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:34 am to Evolve
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As if someone's food choices are somehow a direct correlation to the money they make.
Yes, obesity rates are higher among lower income groups.
ETA: SNAP needs to be limited to basics. Should be milk, eggs, bread, grains, fresh fruit and veggies, milk, water, juice, chicken, pork, ground beef, and a handful of other items
My tax money shouldn't be going towards people buying candy, sodas, junk food, and other unhealthy shite that's just going to mean more of our tax money spent on these same people for medicaid expenses. And no more delicacies either like spending SNAP on steaks and seafood.
This post was edited on 8/7/25 at 10:41 am
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:34 am to Vacherie Saint
[quote] We’ve allowed ourselves to buy into this “dignity” shite [/quote
Exactly.
We are institutionalizing these folks, not helping them. Making them feel comfortable in their situation is the wrong way to approach any problem.
Exactly.
We are institutionalizing these folks, not helping them. Making them feel comfortable in their situation is the wrong way to approach any problem.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:34 am to Evolve
bring back Kaboom 
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:37 am to 4cubbies
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But this is what happens when government tries to fix a problem.
OR This is what happens when all of our policy makers are beholden to their corporate donors.
It's both. Campaigns don't fund themselves and people running for office don't usually run on cutting government benefits.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:41 am to Evolve
I don’t want tax dollars going towards junk food and drinks
If as a free American you want to enjoy the freedom to eat whatever crap you like, go get a job to pay for it
If as a free American you want to enjoy the freedom to eat whatever crap you like, go get a job to pay for it
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:43 am to Bard
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It's both. Campaigns don't fund themselves and people running for office don't usually run on cutting government benefits.
Right. I was specifically referring to Michelle Obama's desire to make school lunch nutritious. She did try, but corporations wouldn't allow if. Pizza sauce is considered a vegetable for school lunches.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:45 am to Evolve
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It's really misguided to think limiting the types of food you can purchase with SNAP is somehow going to curb the health crisis in America.
Looks like "Nutrition" is another N-word that's tripping you up.
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:45 am to ChEgrad
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My source on the inside says that SNAP is often used to buy soft drinks and other non-nutritional items to resell for cash. I'm talking about the lazy losers you champion for... who can work, have 7 kids and choose not to.
Interesting. I've seen people use their EBT to buy food to cook plates, then selling the plates for cash. I saw this A LOT when I was teaching. I haven't seen people selling junk food to cash, but I'm sure that happens too.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 10:51 am to 4cubbies
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She did try, but corporations wouldn't allow if.
What do you mean by this?
I ask because this came up recently in the thread in which everyone was cheering Trump for re-instating the President's Physical Fitness Test (which I am in no way opposed to).
I pointed out that I would guess a large percentage of the people cheering Trump were booing M. Obama for trying to improve the nutritional quality of school lunches.
Opposition to that one was always a head scratcher for me. To me it seems like doing exactly what is being proposed with regard to SNAP. The government can't control what people eat, but it can damn sure control what it gives people to eat, and since it's being funded with taxpayer money I can't see any downside to someone attempting to be as responsible as possible with regard to it.
I was then informed that it wasn't the concept that everyone objected to but the implementation. So if you have some insight as to the implementation, I would genuinely be interested to hear it.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:12 am to Evolve
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As if someone's food choices are somehow a direct correlation to the money they make.
How many college students are buying $500 of steaks and seafood every month?
Not only that but another angle: how many college students are buying $300 per month for Little Debbie’s? Not that many because they are smarter than to use their limited resources on sugar and additives.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:16 am to Evolve
So removing some of the crap from the list of foods they can buy will have zero effect? NONE! ZILCH!
Small affect sure but it damn sure will not be zero.
Small affect sure but it damn sure will not be zero.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:20 am to Evolve
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So if you dont make enough money to cover food expenses, get fricked you eat what the government tells you to eat. However if you make enough money to cover food expenses then by all means eat whatever the frick you want. Such a bizarre mentality.
Such a bizarre mentality to think if you take something for free at the expense of others it should come with no strings attached.
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