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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]7 of those are crap. Candy? JFC, I never got candy as a kid and my parents were loaded. [/quote]

And 13 things are regular staples. I’d be fine blocking candy and soft drinks from purchases.  I don’t have a problem with frozen novelties or snacks or cookies. [/quote]

You should care.  24% of low income kids are obese, not just overweight, but obese. Compared to 10% obesity rate of kids not low income.  It’s because they are and they are over consuming junk food, by a lot. Snap is given specifically to buy heathy foods and it’s being used to purchase junk.

This is an old article.  Obesity rate has increased from 20% to 24% since 2015

https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2015/december/gap-in-obesity-rates-between-low-and-high-income-children-widens-with-age

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This thread is about SNAP being cut off. Can you stop? Do you think people should starve because they aren't buying food you approve? [/quote]

You think people consuming 200% of the calories their body needs are at risk for starving? [/quote]

Fat people still have to eat, and yes they can starve. What is wrong with you?[/quote]

Of course, but less food.  You think people receiving snap can buy zero food at all without snap? [/quote]

And they be even more likely to buy crap food because it is cheap! They’re not going to buy ground beef or milk like they do now.

They’re going to buy ramen packs and other cheap crap. [/quote]

There are many, many heathy options that are cheap, if not cheaper than junk. People buy the junk because of convenience and preference, not price.  [/quote]
Yep, this. We’ve gone over and over this. A 10 pound bag of potatoes is $5 at Aldi. Loaded Baked potatoes make a great meal, and you can make a ton of other sides. Or potato soup. These are all things I eat btw. Dry beans and rice are cheap. You can make all kind of meals with that and various fixing. A family pack of chicken thighs is $6 at Aldi. A pork roast is around 12 and makes a ton of meat. [/quote]

And how should a family living out of their car prepare those things? Or maybe in a motel room with just a microwave? Do you have any idea how many thousands of people are in exactly those circumstance or that car living is on the rise in America? [/quote]

This is why SNAP has the restaurant program.[/quote]

So you don’t want homeless people who use SNAP to buy soda or snacks but you are ok if they get benefits for restaurants where they will probably buy soda and other food you don’t approve of?

I call BS. [/quote]

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