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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is astounding that people actually think anyone in the U.S. is starving.  44% of snap recipients are clinically obese.  If you add in those that are “just” overweight, that is the vast majority  They would just fine consuming half of the food they are currently consuming.

The rest of America isn’t far front that.  Most people would be a lot healthier if they consumed far less food.  We are country of chronic overeaters.  74% of total population is overweight. 1.6% are underweight (likely for
medical reasons and not for lack of ability to obtain food)[/quote]

Fat people can starve, and still need to eat daily. Also obesity and malnourishment go hand in hand. Enough with the fat shaming. People need to eat no matter their size, and government imposed starvation is not a diet or a healthy solution to obesity. [/quote]

The government is not imposing starvation.  Most people on snap are capable of buying enough food for survival.  [/quote]

No. That's literally the point of the program. To help people who cannot afford to buy enough food.

And these programs exist as a wage subsidy to many large corporations. They get away with paying less than a living wage because we the tax payers foot the bill. The government could choose to force those companies to pay reasonable wages, but it doesn’t. Instead, we have SNAP. If you don't like SNAP, contact your representatives and advocate for mandated living wages and profit sharing.

But make no mistake about it. People will suffer because our government thinks it can maintain its authority while allowing people to go hungry. Because our representatives care more about keeping the wealthy and large corporations happy than it does about keeping its citizens fed.

Government exists to serve the people. People working full time jobs should not be scraping by. Our government is failing us. [/quote]

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