First SNAP Ban on Candy and Soda Set To Become Law

[Crepitus]

Yes you can.

All over Los Angeles.

Chick-fil-A, Burger King, and any hot food at 7/11.

Not supposed to be able to do that.

Must be some local thing.

 

[scruffy]

Not supposed to be able to do that.

Must be some local thing.

Coffee is excluded for some reason. Not sure why. You can buy ground coffee at the supermarket, but you can't buy a hot coffee at 7/11.

 

[Crepitus]

Coffee is excluded for some reason. Not sure why. You can buy ground coffee at the supermarket, but you can't buy a hot coffee at 7/11.

I don't actually have any experience with it, I'm just going by what I read, but I don't think you can do that most places.

 

[scruffy]

I don't actually have any experience with it, I'm just going by what I read, but I don't think you can do that most places.

3/4 of the musicians I work with get food stamps. Most of them look at it as "free food". They even ask me, "want some free food?" I say no thanks, just coffee, they say "sorry, can't do that". One of the local studios has a Keurig, then they come back with the fancy Starbucks multi-pack and I'm a happy camper all day. Would you believe the most expensive studio in town with three Neve boards doesn't even have a Keurig? I tell ya man, this business keeps going downhill. They used to give us lines and now we can't even get a coffee.

 

[toobfreak]

Where is SNAP in the Constitution?

C'mon, West. Are welfare people the new replacement for the people hating the Jews? Do we really want to punish all the people needing public assistance just because some few of them abuse it? Isn't the real goal here to catch fraud and get the cheaters out of the system? Does anyone here really think it is the right thing to deny some old guy on disability with a heart problem or cannot walk a simple snack, candy bar or drink of cola as his own dignity or pleasure left in an otherwise life of suffering, misery and pain just because some punks elsewhere abuse the system?

Do we really want to go down that slippery slope were we start sanctioning the government of all people in deciding one class of people's right to not deserve even a simple candy bar or a soda just because some misfortune forced them onto welfare while we afford that simple treat to everyone else? When does the government decide that hey, maybe they should have a say in what you and I eat and drink too?

Oh wait--- it is good for them. You can't seriously think that depriving all these people of a few candy bars a week or a few cans of pop is going to make any impact on their health.

No, then, it must be the money! But wait---- whether they spend their monthly allotment on Cheetos and Mountain Dew or 50 pounds of kale, their allotment does not change, and even if they spend less, whatever they don't spend this month carries through to the next month, so it isn't like anyone is even saving a dime.

So all that is left is /VINDICTIVENESS/--- "Those rat bastards are living the high life on my dime! Why should they have any pleasure at all! Feed them stale bread, tepid water, and some expired packs of lunch meat."

Geesh--- convicted murderers have gotten more civility.

I just cannot believe that some people here are so bitter about a few people being on SNAP who maybe abuse it or should not be on it at all, that they would be willing to punish the whole rest of the people on SNAP who play by the rules, really need and deserve it and are barely getting by as it is, that they would see them living on bread and water (somebody suggested that here) like they have done them some terrible wrong. Even a dog gets more dignity, love and respect. Wow.

I'm sorry. Maybe people don't get me--- I'm all for catching the cheaters and eliminating fraud and waste, but I've not lived so hard and terrible a life to deny those that really need it the same rights I have, and the dignity to be able to at least have the simple pleasure of a Clark bar or a can of soda to help make the miseries of life a little easier to get through.

Once we start rationalizing taking rights away from some of us, especially some people who have committed no wrong, in a country which prides itself on personal liberty, justice and rights, we diminish all of us. For once you go over that slope where the government sees fit now to control what some of us can eat, it can only open the door for them taking away more rights from more people--- there will always be someone with some reason to justify it.

 

[XponentialChaos]

Of course not, but then, where did I ever say anything about able-bodied young people? What are they doing on welfare? I'm talking about old, sick, disabled people with no choice forced onto welfare. Maybe even disabled through the government's own actions itself. Telling these people they must give up the only judicious pleasure left in their life is insane, not just for the discriminatory nature and unconstitutionality of it, but because it doesn't make anyone healthier nor save a dime.

It’s unconstitutional for the government not to supply people with free Skittles and Pepsi?

 

[Meathead]

Once again, Idaho leads the nation!
Well..in stigmatizing the poor, anyway~

Gov. Little is sure to sign this.

First SNAP ban on candy and soda set to become law

The bill now heads to Idaho Governor Brad Little's desk to be signed.

www.newsweek.com

SNAP benefits—also known as "food stamps"—are administered nationwide to low- and no-income households that would otherwise struggle to purchase groceries. In the 2024 fiscal year, the program served 130,900 Idaho residents, or 7 percent of the state population. But numerous states are considering banning certain purchases from being made using the anti-poverty benefit, Idaho being the first to pass a bill in both chambers.
The passage and potential signing of the bill does not necessarily mean Idaho's SNAP recipients in Idaho will be immediately impacted, as the ban will be subject to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approval.

No waivers are currently in place in any state that bar SNAP recipients from buying foods based on their nutritional value. However, this could be subject to change under the current Trump administration. Newsweek has contacted the USDA for comment via email.

There is also a push at the federal level to see junk food purchases banned. In January, U.S. Representative Josh Brecheen, a Republican from Oklahoma, introduced the Healthy SNAP Act, which would make soft drinks, candy, ice cream and prepared desserts ineligible from being purchased using SNAP benefits.

Is it really up to the taxpayer to feed La Quisha fattening junk food and drink so she can sport a sizeable ass, get diabetes and die after she's spawned seven kids from seven different baby daddies while still in her 30s?

 

[toobfreak]

Is it really up to the taxpayer to feed La Quisha fattening junk food and drink so she can sport a sizeable ass, get diabetes and die after she's spawned seven kids from seven different baby daddies while still in her 30s?

^^^^^There it is again. Lumping all SNAP users into lazy fat ass blacks with their legs up in the air! Maybe it isn't desirable or fair to feed her under those conditions, but why punish all the rest because her fat ass is abusing the system?! Let me extend your thinking in a way to make my point:

If we take your reasoning and applied it to motor cars, then instead of just tickets speeders, we should give a ticket to everyone.

 

[Meathead]

^^^^^There it is again. Lumping all SNAP users into lazy fat ass blacks with their legs up in the air! Maybe it isn't desirable or fair to feed her under those conditions, but why punish all the rest because her fat ass is abusing the system?! Let me extend your thinking in a way to make my point:

If we take your reasoning and applied it to motor cars, then instead of just tickets speeders, we should give a ticket to everyone.

Where did you think all those thugs came from. It's a viscous circle which the taxpayers are forced to perpetuate.

 

[roderick]

Cut off all EBT and related crap.

 

[roderick]

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

Then don't take gov money.

 

[roderick]

Your two pennies in tax given to the poor isn't enough for you to determine what people should eat or drink.

Government handout is a privilege, not a right.

 

[roderick]

Where's the fun in welfare if we can't lord it over the less fortunate?

If you don't want to be lorded over, then don't take the money.

 

[roderick]

Most everything on the shelf has sugar and salt in it. Cry about that while you're at it.

Try the produce section.

 

[roderick]

I see zero reasons to limit what the poor buy with their SNAP benefits--do you?

Maybe they can just buy pussy.

 

[roderick]

Look at the those WIC labels the next time you in a grocery store. Nothing but pure politics.

 

[roderick]

I haven't decided if I'm for this or against this.

Does Little Debbie and Moon Pies qualify as candy?

Damn, I remember the first time I try a moon pie. They looked pretty good, especially with the packaging and all. And then I ate one and could not even finish it.

Little Debbie is just low quality.

 

[roderick]

MAGA Nanny State​

The nanny state started with handouts in the first place.

 

[Mac-7]

Once again, Idaho leads the nation!
Well..in stigmatizing the poor, anyway~

Gov. Little is sure to sign this.

First SNAP ban on candy and soda set to become law

The bill now heads to Idaho Governor Brad Little's desk to be signed.

www.newsweek.com

SNAP benefits—also known as "food stamps"—are administered nationwide to low- and no-income households that would otherwise struggle to purchase groceries. In the 2024 fiscal year, the program served 130,900 Idaho residents, or 7 percent of the state population. But numerous states are considering banning certain purchases from being made using the anti-poverty benefit, Idaho being the first to pass a bill in both chambers.
The passage and potential signing of the bill does not necessarily mean Idaho's SNAP recipients in Idaho will be immediately impacted, as the ban will be subject to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approval.

No waivers are currently in place in any state that bar SNAP recipients from buying foods based on their nutritional value. However, this could be subject to change under the current Trump administration. Newsweek has contacted the USDA for comment via email.

There is also a push at the federal level to see junk food purchases banned. In January, U.S. Representative Josh Brecheen, a Republican from Oklahoma, introduced the Healthy SNAP Act, which would make soft drinks, candy, ice cream and prepared desserts ineligible from being purchased using SNAP benefits.

This is a good idea that is 50 years overdue

 

[roderick]

Well maybe they should form a committee of folks like you and Lisa and you can go to the grocery shop for them and drop it off at their house.

WIC and Door Dash already do that.