One conservative position I agree with

[Anonymous]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-governor-calls-on-incoming-trump-officials-to-ban-junk-food-in-food-stamps-make-america-healthy-again

We shouldn’t be buying Coca Cola for welfare recipients.

[Anonymous]

They should be restricted to store-brand cola. If Safeway Select Cola-Soda at $1.29/2L is good enough for me, it’s good enough for someone using EBT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-governor-calls-on-incoming-trump-officials-to-ban-junk-food-in-food-stamps-make-america-healthy-again

We shouldn’t be buying Coca Cola for welfare recipients.

Cut the ag subsidies. Then there won’t be excess corn grown that the federal government has to supply a market for.

But this is not a conservative idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-governor-calls-on-incoming-trump-officials-to-ban-junk-food-in-food-stamps-make-america-healthy-again

We shouldn’t be buying Coca Cola for welfare recipients.

Cut the ag subsidies. Then there won’t be excess corn grown that the federal government has to supply a market for.

But this is not a conservative idea.

I think cutting ag subsidies has broad support...except for the politicians who need to bring home a "win" in their rural districts to get re-elected.

But when China owns all the farmland in the US maybe it won't be such a win anymore?

[Anonymous]

Why? . Poor people need caffeine to work too and cant afford a 6 dollar matcha or oat milk latte every morning like the elitist snobs who look down on them.

Poor people dont need to be punished. If you want to go after sugar, go after Starbucks as well but you won't because the poor dont use food stamps for it

[Anonymous]

While the rich are taping the planet, gouging consumers, and lobbying for cushy subsidies and tax breaks that don’t “trickle down”, OP is worried about a poor family squandering Pennies on Coke.

The rich -and republicans- have done their job well. They’ve managed to deflect from them to make the working class go at it against each other instead of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-governor-calls-on-incoming-trump-officials-to-ban-junk-food-in-food-stamps-make-america-healthy-again

We shouldn’t be buying Coca Cola for welfare recipients.

Yes while we are at it let’s cut the subsidy for oil and gas. The market pricing for unsubsidized gallon of gasoline is between $12-$14. Maybe we can get rid of subsidize mortgages , colleges, air travel, etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why? . Poor people need caffeine to work too and cant afford a 6 dollar matcha or oat milk latte every morning like the elitist snobs who look down on them.

Poor people dont need to be punished. If you want to go after sugar, go after Starbucks as well but you won't because the poor dont use food stamps for it

Are you serious? Not having soda is not a punishment. Smh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-governor-calls-on-incoming-trump-officials-to-ban-junk-food-in-food-stamps-make-america-healthy-again

We shouldn’t be buying Coca Cola for welfare recipients.

Yes while we are at it let’s cut the subsidy for oil and gas. The market pricing for unsubsidized gallon of gasoline is between $12-$14. Maybe we can get rid of subsidize mortgages , colleges, air travel, etc?

This.
Let’s cut all the subsidies. Have Elon and Vivek looked into that?

[Anonymous]

In fiscal year 2023, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) served an average of 42.1 million people per month, or 12.6 percent of U.S. residents. The share of residents receiving SNAP benefits in each State ranged from as high as 23.1 percent in New Mexico to as low as 4.6 percent in Utah.

In America 12.6% of the population are so poor they can not feed themselves?

Data released by Feeding America in May, for example, found that more than 567,000 Arkansans, about 18.6% of the state's population, struggled with food insecurity in 2022. Arkansas had the second highest rate in the country, just 0.2% ahead of Mississippi.

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2024-09-05/new-report-ranks-arkansas-food-insecurity-rate-worst-in-the-u-s

Arkansas Gov Sarah Huckabee Sanders seems to be avoiding actually doing something about the real issue. Arkansas is a failed state and she wants to be a big government conservative dictating what can and can not be purchased? Next she will tax sugary drinks and demand more subsidies for US sugar growers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why? . Poor people need caffeine to work too and cant afford a 6 dollar matcha or oat milk latte every morning like the elitist snobs who look down on them.

Poor people dont need to be punished. If you want to go after sugar, go after Starbucks as well but you won't because the poor dont use food stamps for it

Millions of Mormons can vouch that it is possible to "work" without caffeine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why? . Poor people need caffeine to work too and cant afford a 6 dollar matcha or oat milk latte every morning like the elitist snobs who look down on them.

Poor people dont need to be punished. If you want to go after sugar, go after Starbucks as well but you won't because the poor dont use food stamps for it

Are you serious? Not having soda is not a punishment. Smh

Exactly. I personally never drink soda and it’s hilarious to see people try to claim that it’s a human rights issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why? . Poor people need caffeine to work too and cant afford a 6 dollar matcha or oat milk latte every morning like the elitist snobs who look down on them.

Poor people dont need to be punished. If you want to go after sugar, go after Starbucks as well but you won't because the poor dont use food stamps for it

I honestly don’t understand the Democratic position here.

To recap, soda and junk food taxes are a standard and important Democratic policy to promote public health.

However, preventing SNAP from being used for soda and junk food is punishment for poor people.

People need to get their stories straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why? . Poor people need caffeine to work too and cant afford a 6 dollar matcha or oat milk latte every morning like the elitist snobs who look down on them.

Poor people dont need to be punished. If you want to go after sugar, go after Starbucks as well but you won't because the poor dont use food stamps for it

Millions of Mormons can vouch that it is possible to "work" without caffeine.

This isn't the gotcha you think it is. The Word of Wisdom is against hot drinks, not caffeine. Do you know how many Mormon mommies subsist on diet cokes and energy drinks? There is a reason Swig is so popular in Utah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why? . Poor people need caffeine to work too and cant afford a 6 dollar matcha or oat milk latte every morning like the elitist snobs who look down on them.

Poor people dont need to be punished. If you want to go after sugar, go after Starbucks as well but you won't because the poor dont use food stamps for it

I honestly don’t understand the Democratic position here.

To recap, soda and junk food taxes are a standard and important Democratic policy to promote public health.

However, preventing SNAP from being used for soda and junk food is punishment for poor people.

People need to get their stories straight.

Other people want to restrict SNAP recipients from buying fresh meat.

Where does it end?

Sicko.

Eat the Rich! Leave the poor alone.