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Cheese has been included to help the dairy farmers stay in business.
I wish Trump would order the same kind of study of Pentagon and military spending.
I don't think dairy farmers are in danger of going out of business anytime soon...everyone's obsessed with cheese. As someone who doesn't feel good after eating dairy and actively avoids it as a result, I can attest this. lol
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And he keeps on throwing MORE $$$ at an already bloated military budget with NO mention of trying to curtail those costs. Just another clueless pawn of the MIC. And Lil' DonnyBoy certainly never shied away from taking tax breaks from NYC, heaven forbid his own brand of welfare should be cut.
However soda is CHEAP, and I wonder if that's why it is the number one item.
Two liters can be had for less than a dollar.
If a case of 24 goes on sale for $5.00, that is roughly 20 cents a can.
Think about that in terms of packing a lunch.
I buy my son bottled juice which is about .67 each, or chocolate milk, which is over $1.00 each.
Soda is definitely not healthy (especially the diet kind) but it is cheap.
It isn't a matter of soda being cheap, it is a matter of how much of it they buy. SNAP recipients should be limited just like WIC. Soft drinks are the #1 thing purchased and it takes up over 5% of their benefits. That's just for soda and doesn't include other stuff like chips. They want frivolous items, they can buy them with their own money.
And he keeps on throwing MORE $$$ at an already bloated military budget with NO mention of trying to curtail those costs. Just another clueless pawn of the MIC.
This has nothing to do with anything.
Welfare might well be bloated. Stories abound of women having kid after kid after kid and they just keep getting more money. Is that OK with you?
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It isn't a matter of soda being cheap, it is a matter of how much of it they buy. SNAP recipients should be limited just like WIC. Soft drinks are the #1 thing purchased and it takes up over 5% of their benefits. That's just for soda and doesn't include other stuff like chips. They want frivolous items, they can buy them with their own money.
There are simple fixes that can be made to food stamp programs that will curb abuse. Eliminate the ability to use them to buy soda, candy, chips, ice cream, and other non essential junk food. Make it similar to WIC so they can only use it for important nutrient rich essential products (meat, cheese, milk, vegetables, fruits, whole grains)... You know, ingredients that focus on making healthy meals.
Michelle, is that you?
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