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I don't have an issue w/ people using food stamps to buy junk food, however buy actual food too! As long as you are feeding your children meals, there is nothing wrong w/ buying snacks as well.
Pandora? I agree but the real problem is actual food costs "real" money! Oh and junk food isn't cheap either! Go buy a bag of potato chips! Does Idaho no longer exist?
Who has time to check the purchases of other shoppers, let alone how they pay their bill? I am far too busy looking at the magazines, and talking to the kid in the cart ahead of me.
I do not have a problem with a parent putting a bag of chips in a lunch bag. With everything else going on in the world this is petty and small.
I generally hate government becoming a parent. In many ways I blame that for the poor choices we have seen since the 60's when people eat healthier but cheaper types of food. Just as you can't mandate exercise such nanny state doesn't work. If you cannot get people to obey drug laws now are you going to this. Government would have to issue them rationed food. They would do just what they did with food stamps; where they buy drug with them.
Personally I am in favor of eliminating food stamps all together and going back to distributing commodities.,
I agree. But unless the commodities they distribute are Encore, frozen pizzas, and Hot Pockets, they will need to teach the recipients how to cook. Give them a bag of rice, a sack of potatoes, or a box of oatmeal, and do you really think they'll know how to prepare it?
Is this a good thing, or is it a violation of freedom and choice? Keep in mind: It's the government that will decide what is 'junk' and what is not.
I'm surprised. Lobster is a go but pretzels are a no-go? I do not support the government telling people what they can eat.
Do the schools that provide free breakfast and free other meals have to conform to Mrs Obama's dictates on "healthy food" that no one likes?
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