First SNAP Ban on Candy and Soda Set To Become Law

[progressive hunter]

 

[scruffy]

Most do. Smoking and drinking is more prevalent among welfare people than people who support themselves.

Link?

 

[Dante]

No. Welfare is the nanny state.

Welfare? Like Trump's bailout of farmers last time and now this time because of his tariffs...?

 

[Lisa558]

Link?

72% of smokers are from the low-income.

Why are 72% of smokers from lower-income communities?

Tobacco companies have targeted low-income populations in many ways over many years, creating smoking rate disparities that did not previously exist.

truthinitiative.org

And problem drinking is more common among the poor, as well.

Where you live may impact how much you drink

Neighborhoods with greater poverty and disorganization may play a greater role in problem drinking than the availability of bars and stores that sell hard liquor, a University of Washington-led study...

www.washington.edu

 

[martybegan]

LOL! I'll bite:

Paternalistic actions implemented against a class of people solely because of their financial status.
It takes a little piece of the poor person's freedom away..and creates a subtle social difference.

I remember never taking free lunches as a kid..because of the stigma of handing in a specially colored ticket that designated me as being one of the poor kids...so perhaps I take it personally.

Choice is freedom...and it is not up to the Govt. to police people's food purchases.

If the government give it to you, they can decide how they give it.

 

[dblack]

And that’s a big problem. They feel entitled for other people to pay for their food, and to pay for anything they want without restriction. And if anyone suggests we shouldn’t have to pay for their soda, they say “fuck you.”

I don't welfare recipients really give a shit. They're just trying to get by.

 

[martybegan]

First off..fuck you~

That out of the way...I'm old..and, for us, welfare as people know it now did not exist.

After my father died we had his social security for income. 6 kids and a frazzled Mom.
We did have medical..but only because it was California..a lot of states didn't play that.
We ate when we could and some times we didn't....and no, there is no nobility in poverty.


Taxpayers feed me...huh?


The reason I hate your ilk so intensely is that you wish to bring all those times back to America.

But when there is no consequence for poverty, there is plenty of comfort in it.

Subsidizing bad behavior gets you more of that bad behavior.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Welfare? Like Trump's bailout of farmers last time and now this time because of his tariffs...?

Nope Farmers work .

 

[Lisa558]

I don't welfare recipients really give a shit. They're just trying to get by.

And they don’t need us to pay for their sodas in order to “get by” with all their free food.

 

[Rawley]

Yes. And you want to use it to lord it over people. The whole thing is a shit show of meddling busybodies. .

So these recipients should be able to use their EBT cards to buy cigarettes and beer at the grocery store? 'It's their money, butt out?'

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Nope Farmers work .

So do about 40% of all SNAP recipients~

 

[Rawley]

The reason I hate your ilk so intensely is that you wish to bring all those times back to America.

I guess it's a good start in realizing that the hate and anger you are feeling today stems from your fucked up childhood.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

I guess it's a good start in realizing that the hate and anger you are feeling today stems from your fucked up childhood.

Psych 101 Rawley..Question is..what made you so fucked up?
Where does YOUR hate and anger come from?
What is your underlying fear--the one that feeds all your venom?

 

[Rawley]

Psych 101 Rawley..Question is..what made you so fucked up?
Where does YOUR hate and anger come from?
What is your underlying fear--the one that feeds all your venom?

No hate, no anger. Add 'projection' next time you talk to your shrink.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

No hate, no anger. Add 'projection' next time you talk to your shrink.

Ahh..the old, "I'm rubber and your glue' comeback...too funny~

 

[Rawley]

Ahh..the old, "I'm rubber and your glue' comeback...too funny~

Nope. I just don't harbor the hate and anger that you've just admitted to here. I come here to discuss political and legal issues. When posters start with the personal and the vitriol, they go on my iggie list as it's a complete waste of time to engage them. I hope you're not one of them.

 

[Lisa558]

Nope. I just don't harbor the hate and anger that you've just admitted to here. I come here to discuss political and legal issues. When posters start with the personal and the vitriol, they go on my iggie list as it's a complete waste of time to engage them. I hope you're not one of them.

His response to my very reasonable opinion that taxpayers should not have to buy soda and candy for welfare recipients in addition to all the real food we buy for them - was to say “fuck you.”

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Nope. I just don't harbor the hate and anger that you've just admitted to here. I come here to discuss political and legal issues. When posters start with the personal and the vitriol, they go on my iggie list as it's a complete waste of time to engage them. I hope you're not one of them.

How odd..in that I was thinking the very same about you?
You chose to be snarky about my 'fucked up childhood'--so, in the immortal words of the New Radicals, "You get what you give".

Have a nice day~

 

[Lisa558]

So do about 40% of all SNAP recipients~

That means they have their OWN money for the sodas and candy. And they have plenty of it since they get other people’s money to buy groceries.

 

[Rawley]

How odd..in that I was thinking the very same about you?
You chose to be snarky about my 'fucked up childhood'--so, in the immortal words of the New Radicals, "You get what you give".

Dude. Don't share your life story and admit the reasons for your hate and anger if you don't want it commented on.

Have a nice day~

I truly hope you can work through and resolve your issues. You have a blessed day.