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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If MAGAs are the majority of SNAP and they voted against it, then it should be cut.[/quote]

Honestly, this might have to be the thing to do.  Blue states will come in to rescue their people. Let the red state MAGAs  learn some valuable lessons about the their voting history. Same with their insurance premiums.

The D’s can only try to save people from themselves for so long.  [/quote]

Giving people handouts is not saving people from themselves. We as Democrats should be putting community farms around neighborhoods, planting fruit trees in public parks, bringing back home ec, teaching children in schools how to plant a garden, teaching them how to cook, so the next generation isn’t as dependent on a failing system. Giving them money to buy ultra processed garbage food isn’t saving them from anything. [/quote]

I'm a minority and not waiting to be rescued. I taught my kids to cook and bake starting 4 years old. They do enjoy candy but can make cookies and sandwiches or toast, salads and simple dishes like tomato sauce with herbs, omelette or pigs in a blanket. I just need to supervise the oven. We also started a small backyard garden patch. It just takes time.
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That’s great that you do that but kids automatically are drawn to junk food o matter what. It’s the colorful packaging  and the sugar content. Sometimes a poor parent on SNAP feels guilty and can only afford treats for their kids if they come in a neon blue, green, or red bag and it’s loaded with sugar.

There’s also the social impact here. A house full of snacks and candy will keep the kids at home at least while the parent is at work. The parent does not want the kid on the streets or with shady characters (always shady characters in poor /working class neighborhood). You’d be surprised how many criminals’  first  bat at crime was stealing candy because everyone else had it and their parents couldn’t or didn’t give it to them. [/quote]

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