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There is no longer actual "food stamps", SNAP benefits go on your EBT account, "free" food might be something like government cheese or other programs that distribute USDA surplus. Because nobody monitors how EBT funds are used, the program has all too many abuses.
EBT isn't limited to SNAP.
We need to revert back to food stamps where you get the staples in exchange for the stamps, even if it's electronically.
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Originally Posted by Loveshiscountry
People will sell them for less than face value to get what they want. This is what Americans do, we don't like people telling us what we can or cannot buy. Prohibition taught us that.
They shouldn't be "buying" anything; they should be receiving staple goods. If they sell those, oh well.
Sugar is part of the obesity in our country. If you can't control yourself then maybe someone else should do it for you. Sorry, many are tired of paying your healthcare because you choose to live an unhealthy lifestyle. Our rates go up because of people like you
Natalie, unhealthy and obese people also don't live to old ages and thus strongly supplement the social security pension etc. that you are more likely to draw from for a long long time.
With that said, if you're going to make a facist rant about controlling people whose lifestyles you don't like then you should at least be informed enough to recognize ALL of the things that should be adjusted for in order to be "equitable" in your eyes.
I haven't read the whole thread yet, maybe someone already brought this up but, today it's sweet drinks and tomorrow, what? Any sugar bearing foods? That'll take about 75% of all foods off the shelf.
Have you ever wondered why there are so many sugary products in grocery stores and the country has such a high rate of diabetes and obesity?
Speaking of what makes no sense, can you explain how by making people poorer, they are made healthier?
Because sugary drinks is the only thing people can drink? I don't have any issue finding affordable drinks that isn't loaded with sugar. If this causes a few people to also make that change, then there is some good that would come from this tax.
So I'm a healthy adult who rarely drinks soda. But when I do now I get hit with a huge tax in order to help me be healthy? I already am. Why in the world do I have to pay for others?
Why don't we just make it illegal and throw people in jail who drink it.
I wouldn't call it a huge tax, though if that tax is too much for you, then it might be in your best interest to skip the sugary drink because you clearly can't afford it. Also, when people in this country suffer from diabetes and obesity, you end up having to pay for that too. Paying for people to be healthy is much, much cheaper in the long run.
Probably the same reason why we don't make tobacco illegal and throw people in jail for it.....granted we still have marijuana be illegal and people getting thrown in jail over it....so we obviously don't have a perfect system right now. But a tax on sugary drinks is realistic, throwing people in jail over sugary drinks seems absurd.
Sugar is part of the obesity in our country. If you can't control yourself then maybe someone else should do it for you. Sorry, many are tired of paying your healthcare because you choose to live an unhealthy lifestyle. Our rates go up because of people like you
What about the people that can control themselves?
What about the people that can control themselves?
Are you hinting at a tax only for people of size?
They too would pay the same tax when buying a sugary drink in Philly. Though someone who can control themselves probably doesn't bother to drink soda to begin with.
Who cares, soda is dumb. The Sugar Lobby has been playing us for fools for decades. They turn you against the government and profit. But go ahead, drink up that soda, just don't bother to complain about healthcare costs.
It seems that Americans believe that they have a God-given right to develop Type II diabetes.
Of course, they don't want to pay for their own health insurance to cover their treatment either but that's a different thread.
As for the tax, who cares?
Where is it written that soda shouldn't be taxed or that it should be cheap?
Soda is not a staple nor is it a necessity.
They should at least have to do commercials with people who are over weight and suffering from diabetes, that way they would at least be honest when showing how much people love drinking soda because it isn't the fit healthy people they try to make you think that are drinking it.
Maybe it would be a good idea to teach Americans how diabetes happens before they actually get diabetes.
Agreed.
Of course, if poor people stop buying soda with their food stamps, people couldn't get all high and mighty about how they shouldn't be buying that stuff with food stamps.
Where's the fun in that?
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