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Topic	Trump administration wants to dictate what kind of food poor people eat
ImTheMacheteGuy 02/13/18 12:58:55 PM #283:	DifferentialEquation posted... fire_bolt posted... Yeah, I once checked out a woman who bought literally $200 worth of Mountain Dew with food stamps. She was so far she was riding in an electric motorized shopping cart and her daughter (who looked maybe 10 and was also obese just not morbidly so) was pushing a cart overflowing with Mountain Dew. Not saying Trump's plan is right but there needs to be SOME overhaul of the SNAP program. I'm all for allowing people dietary choice but it needs to be used expressly for healthy choices, not literal junk. The model WIC uses is a good example of nutrition supplement done right Liberals wouldn't tolerate any such restrictions. Enacting an extra, punitive tax that affects people who buy soda or junk food with their own money? Completely acceptable. Placing restrictions on what people can buy with government benefits? Completely unacceptable. You just described almost nobody... --- Place-holder sig because new phone and old sigs not saved :/ <cite>ImTheMacheteGuy posted [p:896007274] in Trump admi... [t:76313467]...</cite> <quote><cite>DifferentialEquation posted...</cite> <quote><cite>fire_bolt posted...</cite> <quote>Yeah, I once checked out a woman who bought literally $200 worth of Mountain Dew with food stamps. She was so far she was riding in an electric motorized shopping cart and her daughter (who looked maybe 10 and was also obese just not morbidly so) was pushing a cart overflowing with Mountain Dew. Not saying Trump's plan is right but there needs to be SOME overhaul of the SNAP program. I'm all for allowing people dietary choice but it needs to be used expressly for healthy choices, not literal junk. The model WIC uses is a good example of nutrition supplement done right</quote> Liberals wouldn't tolerate any such restrictions. Enacting an extra, punitive tax that affects people who buy soda or junk food with their own money? Completely acceptable. Placing restrictions on what people can buy with government benefits? Completely unacceptable.</quote> You just described almost nobody... --- Place-holder sig because new phone and old sigs not saved :/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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