study shows how 42M recipients spend their food stamps

[Anonymous]

And it’s not pretty. Or healthy.

EPIC Report: Food Stamps: A Culture of Dependency
Matthew Dickerson
May 8, 2024
The story of the food stamp program is one of expanding enrollment, higher spending, benefit payments growing faster than inflation, little work by recipients, and ultimately, a greater dependence on taxpayers.

Food stamp enrollment has increased significantly, surging from 17.3 million individuals in 2001 to 42.1 million in 2023.

https://epicforamerica.org/blog/epic-report-food-stamps-a-culture-of-dependency/


— Coca-Cola, Sprite and other soft drinks are the most commonly-bought items via the $135 billion-a-year Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a new study says.

— Candy, potato chips, frozen pizza, ice cream, cookies, and other ultra-processed food dominates the top 20 items, says a report from the Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC).

— Recipients spend much of their benefits on junk food, such as soft drinks, chips and other bag snacks, breakfast cereals, frozen handheld snacks, candy, frozen pizza, ice cream coffee creamer, and cookies.



SNAP costs have exploded from $31 billion to $135 billion, his report says, using inflation-adjusted numbers.

Should the government adjust the benefits so that some foods or drinks are not covered? I would think at least making soda unable to be purchased on SNAP would be a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Government and Blackrock corporations in collusion to keep poor people down. Pharma benefits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Government and Blackrock corporations in collusion to keep poor people down. Pharma benefits.

Soda corporations definitely are reaping billions from SNAP recipients. Really it’s for food, why is soda even allowed? It has zero nutritional value and is actually harmful to people’s bodies.

[Anonymous]

Why can’t the snap benefits be limited to vegetables, pasta or meat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t the snap benefits be limited to vegetables, pasta or meat?

Dairy, eggs, fruit, seafood, all should be allowed also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t the snap benefits be limited to vegetables, pasta or meat?

See 13:09.
They want to make people sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t the snap benefits be limited to vegetables, pasta or meat?

See 13:09.
They want to make people sick.

They are doing an excellent job of that, aren’t they?

[Anonymous]

Junk food is cheap. Healthy food is expensive. Work from there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t the snap benefits be limited to vegetables, pasta or meat?

See 13:09.
They want to make people sick.

They are doing an excellent job of that, aren’t they?

Indeed. Depopulation agenda. Now you know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Junk food is cheap. Healthy food is expensive. Work from there.

Chips and soda are not cheap! Frozen pizzas are not cheap! What junk food do you think is cheap?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Junk food is cheap. Healthy food is expensive. Work from there.

Chips and soda are not cheap! Frozen pizzas are not cheap! What junk food do you think is cheap?

Exactly. Growing up, we couldn’t afford that stuff.

[Anonymous]

Coca Cola spends $6 million per year on lobbyists. I’d say they are getting a great return on their investment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Junk food is cheap. Healthy food is expensive. Work from there.

Chips and soda are not cheap! Frozen pizzas are not cheap! What junk food do you think is cheap?

Exactly. Growing up, we couldn’t afford that stuff.

Seriously! Junk food is expensive.That’s why they market it so hard with kid friendly characters and bright packaging, kids want expensive food with zero nutritional value and companies want kids to pester their parents to get the fun, expensive, bad for them food. Who wants an orange or carrots and peanut butter? Nobody. Who wants a bowl of toucan Sam brightly colored sugar cereal? EVERYONE!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Coca Cola spends $6 million per year on lobbyists. I’d say they are getting a great return on their investment.

Blackrock globalists own Coca Cola and Pepsi. Sheer evil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Coca Cola spends $6 million per year on lobbyists. I’d say they are getting a great return on their investment.

They have polar bears drinking Coke at Christmas. Those polar bears are extremely happy to represent the company that receives the largest share of taxpayer dollars via SNAP and provide zero nutritional value to anyone. Ugh.