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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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. [/quote]

OMG. You are a monster. I work with the disabled population.

You try being disabled and eating on $35 a week.

Just STFU.[/quote]

I am the disabled population. So you STFU you abled, lying monster.[/quote]

And so you want no money at all for food?

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What is wrong with you?[/quote]

Unlike you, I want the disabled to have money for food, and don't want to punish them by deeming certain foods unfit for them.

Because 1 person says no soda, the other says no chips, another doesn't want SNAP people to buy meat, another says no seafood.

This has all been talked about in the past.

And I can see from the website that the EPIC aholes that published this are right wing hatchet pen.

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Dear Democrat Troll, 
1. Soda is not food. It’s junk. 
2. This thread is about poor people who need help with FOOD costs, not “disabled” people who may be rich or poor.
3. Obesity is a scourge, not a treat.
4. Please stop trolling.
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