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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another one:

Total Spending: A 2016 USDA study found that SNAP households spent about 22.6% of their grocery bill on a combination of sweetened beverages, prepared desserts, salty snacks, candy, and sugar. 
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The reality is a horror show.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Qj9jAZ65c[/youtube][/quote]

This is NOT in anyone’s best interest, and the trump administration would be right to make changes here, specifically:

“Total Spending: A 2016 USDA study found that SNAP households spent about 22.6% of their grocery bill on a combination of sweetened beverages, prepared desserts, salty snacks, candy, and sugar.”[/quote]

Why are we micromanaging people’s diets? I am absolutely sure I could criticize your diet. [/quote]

Because the purpose of SNAP is to provide support to low income households to enable them to purchase nutritious foods essential to health and wellbeing.  And…that isn’t how it is being used at all.  Snap is being misused to providing a bunch of junk food- funded by tax payers, making people fatter and more unhealthy. Which then in turn, costs tax payers even more money in medical expenses.  If the government is paying for your groceries, it should be only be items essential for nutrition.  [/quote]

Junk food is cheap because federal government subsidizes the crap out of it even before people get SNAP benefits. [/quote]

Heathy food is cheap too- as provided many many examples in this thread.  It isn’t a cost issue, it’s a preference issue [/quote]

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