Si modo
Diamond Member
I am of the same mind, Paulie. I'm trying to figure out what the hell this Iam character wants now.I'm not cool with removing junk food from the purchasing, and then reducing the benefit amount in kind.How the hell does that contribute to the bottom line, if that's REALLY what you NOW want us to believe concerns you?Of course it should be regulated.
It is pure insanity for a country that is bankrupt to pay for soda pop and candy bars for as many as 40,000,000 people.
First of all, soda and candy are allowed, so we do what Iam wants - disallow it and now the folks buy oatmeal, for example. The sameamount of money is spent. Or we disallow soda and candy, estimate how much soda and candy those on assistance buy each month and adjust their amount of assistance. OK, that actually would save a bit of money; but you penalize those who do NOT currently buy soda and candy.
Make up your mind, Iam. What really bothers you? I trust your initial reaction is what really bothers you but so many pinpointed how authoritarian that was and now you backpeddle.
You're just taking more money from them that could have been used to buy healthier food instead. So now they lose the junk food, but also lose part of their much needed funds to otherwise buy different foods.
There's no good way to regulate how someone spends a handout of cash.
The only way is to cut that completely out, and just offer them certain foods directly, with vouchers or what have you.
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Right. With some, even such trivial control powers excite them..... Amazingly though, some of these people here like Iam and jester would be satisfied with just knowing they got to control the decisions of the recipients.