Govt says it's so people can make healthy choices but it's really so welfare queens can buy their junk food anonymously.
As a Republican and a conservative, I say **** these poor people. My parents have a ton of money and I'll always have food. Most of them are probably non-whites anyway.
Most of them are "non-whites"? And? Besides showing your true colors, what difference would it make?
Can it be immoral to simply tax the rich into Heaven and solve simple poverty at the same time?
I have a better idea. How about we take the the money from the defense budget?
In 2015 our defense budget was $598 billion and SNAP was $75 billion. Surely $523 billion would suffice, especially considering that the nation with the next highest military budget is China and they spent $145.8 billion.
In fact, at $598 billion, we spend as much as the next 10 nations combined. At $523 billion, we are still outspending the next 8 nations combined.
When you show me the word food stamps in the Constitution and things directed related to raising and supporting a military are going, you'll have an argument. Otherwise, what you're saying is increase spending on thing NOT in the Constitution and stop spending on things that are.
I have no problem with the military spending. It's a delegated power of Congress to do so. As for SNAP, the $75 billion is $75 billion too much for reasons I've already explained.
If you want someone that can't afford it to have food, buy it for them using your money. If you want to support kids that you didn't produce, do it with your money.