Donald wants to people to spend food stamps on junk food

[keepitreal]

People on EBT should be able to buy any food they want. That's FREEDOM BABY!!!

Stop micromanaging people.

Again, I am not critiquing individuals receiving food stamps. I am objecting to convenience stores who don't actually sell real nutritious food items being allowed to accept food stamp payments.

Convenience stores, like 7*11 and gas stations with mini marts
sell milk, bread, bananas, cans of soup, eggs...

Can you be more specific and list some food items
sold in a convenience store that you feel
shouldn’t be bought nor allowed to be bought with link

 

[keepitreal]

ROFLMFAO

YOU CAN ALREADY USE FOOD STAMPS FOR THAT

Yes, you can. But that is not the issue here. Or, more accurately, that is only a complication.

In order to be able to accept food stamps, a business must provide three staple foods in a handful of categories. So your local grocery store can meet the requirements for the dairy category by offering milk, yogurt, and cottage cheese. But these changes to what qualifies as a staple food reduce the standards to practically being formalities, opening the door for convenience stores to begin accepting food stamps even though the closest thing to a nutritious food item on their shelves are fig newtons. This means that even more taxpayer money will be wasted paying for food stamp funded junk foods.

You can use EBT(link, Chicago)
at the mexican ice cream shop by my house

All the convenience stores and gas stations
take EBT by me

People use their link card to buy Slurpies
candy and soda at 7*11 over here

They can use their link to buy Easter Baskets

My new girlfriend told me when she used to work at a 7/11 they couldn't sell hot food for EBT, but if someone bought a frozen pizza she would heat it up for them..


I never got why they couldn't buy hot food say chicken at the grocery store or at McDonald's or some place

I see no reason for food stamp to be spent on McDonalds.

/——-/ They can’t. McDonalds would be prepared food and is not allowed. What Can SNAP Buy? | USDA-FNS

It has nothing to do with prepared food...
you can use food stamps to buy deli trays

Hot food, not prepared food

 

[Cellblock2429]

Yes, you can. But that is not the issue here. Or, more accurately, that is only a complication.

In order to be able to accept food stamps, a business must provide three staple foods in a handful of categories. So your local grocery store can meet the requirements for the dairy category by offering milk, yogurt, and cottage cheese. But these changes to what qualifies as a staple food reduce the standards to practically being formalities, opening the door for convenience stores to begin accepting food stamps even though the closest thing to a nutritious food item on their shelves are fig newtons. This means that even more taxpayer money will be wasted paying for food stamp funded junk foods.

You can use EBT(link, Chicago)
at the mexican ice cream shop by my house

All the convenience stores and gas stations
take EBT by me

People use their link card to buy Slurpies
candy and soda at 7*11 over here

They can use their link to buy Easter Baskets

My new girlfriend told me when she used to work at a 7/11 they couldn't sell hot food for EBT, but if someone bought a frozen pizza she would heat it up for them..


I never got why they couldn't buy hot food say chicken at the grocery store or at McDonald's or some place

I see no reason for food stamp to be spent on McDonalds.

/——-/ They can’t. McDonalds would be prepared food and is not allowed. What Can SNAP Buy? | USDA-FNS

It has nothing to do with prepared food...
you can use food stamps to buy deli trays

Hot food, not prepared food

/—-/ I posted the link earlier with the guidelines. Maybe you’re right.

 

[jasonnfree]

Some of the poor who rent rooms, live in motels or their car or under bridges have to do whatever. If you got hot water you can have cup of soup. I see it's usually the so called conservatives who're always hating and judging their fellow man just like it says not to do in the bible.

 

[Soupnazi630]

If you've ever seen the grocery carts of EBT moochers, you'd already know that junk food is the general order of the day to begin with.

You beat me to it.

I don't know how many times I've seen people with those cards purchase junk foods of every description. Since when were they limited to staple foods anyways?

 

[keepitreal]

ROFLMFAO

YOU CAN ALREADY USE FOOD STAMPS FOR THAT

Yes, you can. But that is not the issue here. Or, more accurately, that is only a complication.

In order to be able to accept food stamps, a business must provide three staple foods in a handful of categories. So your local grocery store can meet the requirements for the dairy category by offering milk, yogurt, and cottage cheese. But these changes to what qualifies as a staple food reduce the standards to practically being formalities, opening the door for convenience stores to begin accepting food stamps even though the closest thing to a nutritious food item on their shelves are fig newtons. This means that even more taxpayer money will be wasted paying for food stamp funded junk foods.

You can use EBT(link, Chicago)
at the mexican ice cream shop by my house

All the convenience stores and gas stations
take EBT by me

People use their link card to buy Slurpies
candy and soda at 7*11 over here

They can use their link to buy Easter Baskets

My new girlfriend told me when she used to work at a 7/11 they couldn't sell hot food for EBT, but if someone bought a frozen pizza she would heat it up for them..


I never got why they couldn't buy hot food say chicken at the grocery store or at McDonald's or some place

I see no reason for food stamp to be spent on McDonalds.

Why don't you want a homeless person to get a hot meal?

You’d have to give out vouchers or different types of cards...
I thought this was food stamps in general

 

[keepitreal]

You can use EBT(link, Chicago)
at the mexican ice cream shop by my house

All the convenience stores and gas stations
take EBT by me

People use their link card to buy Slurpies
candy and soda at 7*11 over here

They can use their link to buy Easter Baskets

My new girlfriend told me when she used to work at a 7/11 they couldn't sell hot food for EBT, but if someone bought a frozen pizza she would heat it up for them..


I never got why they couldn't buy hot food say chicken at the grocery store or at McDonald's or some place

I see no reason for food stamp to be spent on McDonalds.

/——-/ They can’t. McDonalds would be prepared food and is not allowed. What Can SNAP Buy? | USDA-FNS

No shit Sherlock but why can't they?


What is the reason?
.

Because prepared food and convenience stores are places you spend high dollars for CONVENIENCE. Sure, it's nice you can get cheeze whiz and soda at 3AM there. It's nice you can get a big Mac made for you at McDonalds. But you are paying a premium for those services. Is that something we should be expanding socialist programs to cover?

EXACTLY!

If you can’t afford to feed your kids and need food stamps
you should be getting the most for other people’s money

That’s just it...they don’t care
it’s NOT their money they’re spending

They can buy food items
they wouldn’t or couldn’t buy otherwise

 

[bripat9643]

Canned spray cheese would be considered a "staple" food, according to new policies proposed by the Trump administration. Lowering the the standards for what constitutes a "staple" food will only serve to open the door to businesses to begin accepting food stamps payments despite offering little to no nutritious food items. Which means that it will be easier for food stamps recipients to waste their allowances on junk food.

Once again, Donald betrays the values of Republicans and conservatives.

Trump proposal would allow spray cheese to count as a staple for food stamps

What's stopping them from buying junk food now?

 

[LeftofLeft]

Canned spray cheese would be considered a "staple" food, according to new policies proposed by the Trump administration. Lowering the the standards for what constitutes a "staple" food will only serve to open the door to businesses to begin accepting food stamps payments despite offering little to no nutritious food items. Which means that it will be easier for food stamps recipients to waste their allowances on junk food.

Once again, Donald betrays the values of Republicans and conservatives.

Trump proposal would allow spray cheese to count as a staple for food stamps

You people are laughable. When Republicans raise the issue as to how money is to be spent by welfare recipients to keep them from spending money on liquor, cigarettes, and hookers, you say it is a violation of their rights

 

[whitehall]

Incorrectly called spray cheese it's real food with over 20%milk fat and 80% protein. Where do lefties come up with this stuff and why do they think it's worthy of the political forum?

 

[SandSquid]

If you've ever seen the grocery carts of EBT moochers, you'd already know that junk food is the general order of the day to begin with.

You beat me to it.

I don't know how many times I've seen people with those cards purchase junk foods of every description. Since when were they limited to staple foods anyways?

The issue is that for a grocery to accept food stamps, they couldn't just sell junk food. They had to have "Staple foods" where people could buy nutritious options. Now if you sell cheez whiz at your gas station, that's a staple food and they can shop their.

And while people will lie and say "well they just spend their money on candy", the reality is only about 2% of SNAP money goes to candy. The majority goes to meat, fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, and bread, prepared foods, cooking ingredients, cereal dairy products, rice, and beans.

Candy ranks as the 15th top expenditure of food types according to the USDA of non-SNAP purchases. And the 15th top expenditure of food types of SNAP purchases. Actually Snap households spend 2.1% of their money on candy, while the non-SNAP household spends 2.2% of their money on that.

 

[Soupnazi630]

If you've ever seen the grocery carts of EBT moochers, you'd already know that junk food is the general order of the day to begin with.

You beat me to it.

I don't know how many times I've seen people with those cards purchase junk foods of every description. Since when were they limited to staple foods anyways?

The issue is that for a grocery to accept food stamps, they couldn't just sell junk food. They had to have "Staple foods" where people could buy nutritious options. Now if you sell cheez whiz at your gas station, that's a staple food and they can shop their.

And while people will lie and say "well they just spend their money on candy", the reality is only about 2% of SNAP money goes to candy. The majority goes to meat, fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, and bread, prepared foods, cooking ingredients, cereal dairy products, rice, and beans.

Candy ranks as the 15th top expenditure of food types according to the USDA of non-SNAP purchases. And the 15th top expenditure of food types of SNAP purchases. Actually Snap households spend 2.1% of their money on candy, while the non-SNAP household spends 2.2% of their money on that.

Like I said

That's not what they spend it on when you see them using the cards

 

[SandSquid]

If you've ever seen the grocery carts of EBT moochers, you'd already know that junk food is the general order of the day to begin with.

You beat me to it.

I don't know how many times I've seen people with those cards purchase junk foods of every description. Since when were they limited to staple foods anyways?

The issue is that for a grocery to accept food stamps, they couldn't just sell junk food. They had to have "Staple foods" where people could buy nutritious options. Now if you sell cheez whiz at your gas station, that's a staple food and they can shop their.

And while people will lie and say "well they just spend their money on candy", the reality is only about 2% of SNAP money goes to candy. The majority goes to meat, fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, and bread, prepared foods, cooking ingredients, cereal dairy products, rice, and beans.

Candy ranks as the 15th top expenditure of food types according to the USDA of non-SNAP purchases. And the 15th top expenditure of food types of SNAP purchases. Actually Snap households spend 2.1% of their money on candy, while the non-SNAP household spends 2.2% of their money on that.

Like I said

That's not what they spend it on when you see them using the cards

Interesting. Because from USDA data on what is actually spent, that is where it goes.

But I guess that would be an episode of confirmation bias in your case.

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[dblack]

The issue is that for a grocery to accept food stamps, they couldn't just sell junk food. They had to have "Staple foods" where people could buy nutritious options. Now if you sell cheez whiz at your gas station, that's a staple food and they can shop their.

Why should government tell them what to buy or where to shop? Is the goal to help these people, or control them?

 

[SandSquid]

The issue is that for a grocery to accept food stamps, they couldn't just sell junk food. They had to have "Staple foods" where people could buy nutritious options. Now if you sell cheez whiz at your gas station, that's a staple food and they can shop their.

Why should government tell them what to buy or where to shop? Is the goal to help these people, or control them?

To help. Why should a Supplemental NUTRITIONAL assistance program be expanded to more easily allow non-NUTRITIONAL foods? Because of lobbyists for potato chip and snack food producers?

Nobody is saying control them. Just that for a nutritional supplement, the key should be focusing on nutritional foods to supplement and this move clearly goes in the opposite direction.

Just because beachfront mansions aren't eligible for public housing doesn't mean that is an attempt at control. If you want an 8000 sq ft mansion, buy one. I don't think we need to expand socialism to that point myself.

 

[dblack]

The issue is that for a grocery to accept food stamps, they couldn't just sell junk food. They had to have "Staple foods" where people could buy nutritious options. Now if you sell cheez whiz at your gas station, that's a staple food and they can shop their.

Why should government tell them what to buy or where to shop? Is the goal to help these people, or control them?

To help. Why should a Supplemental NUTRITIONAL assistance program be expanded to more easily allow non-NUTRITIONAL foods? Because of lobbyists for potato chip and snack food producers?

Nobody is saying control them. Just that for a nutritional supplement, the key should be focusing on nutritional foods to supplement and this move clearly goes in the opposite direction.

Just because beachfront mansions aren't eligible for public housing doesn't mean that is an attempt at control. If you want an 8000 sq ft mansion, buy one. I don't think we need to expand socialism to that point myself.

Of course that's controlling them. If they want the money, they gotta jump through the hoops. Regardless of the sales pitch, welfare is about controlling people. Always for their own good, of course.

 

[SandSquid]

The issue is that for a grocery to accept food stamps, they couldn't just sell junk food. They had to have "Staple foods" where people could buy nutritious options. Now if you sell cheez whiz at your gas station, that's a staple food and they can shop their.

Why should government tell them what to buy or where to shop? Is the goal to help these people, or control them?

To help. Why should a Supplemental NUTRITIONAL assistance program be expanded to more easily allow non-NUTRITIONAL foods? Because of lobbyists for potato chip and snack food producers?

Nobody is saying control them. Just that for a nutritional supplement, the key should be focusing on nutritional foods to supplement and this move clearly goes in the opposite direction.

Just because beachfront mansions aren't eligible for public housing doesn't mean that is an attempt at control. If you want an 8000 sq ft mansion, buy one. I don't think we need to expand socialism to that point myself.

Of course that's controlling them. If they want the money, they gotta jump through the hoops. Regardless of the sales pitch, welfare is about controlling people. Always for their own good, of course.

No it isn't If they need money for Nutritional assistance, that should go towards NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE. No hoops. What you are talking about is expanding this program further for non-nutritional assistance.

It's not controlling someone to say that if you can't pay your rent, you don't get a mansion.

But some like the swamp, the lobbyists trying to say that monster energy drinks and candy are food staples.


Which is why I am not for listening to the swamp saying we need to expand these socialist programs not just to provide nutritional assistance, but also candy and make sure Soda doesn't get pulled off the list etc. This program used to be simple. Excess crops went to a food bank where those in need could get it for free. Dairy, eggs, meat, grains. That was it. But people like you want to expand and expand, drive up those taxes to pay for more and more things that aren't needed, so everyone can have the same things whether they work for them or not.

 

[22lcidw]

But that's my thought. I guess I'm kind of old school where I don't like expanding socialist government programs based on what soda and junk food lobbyists want.

But you do seem to like using those programs to control what poor people eat. I guess I'm kind of old school, but I say leave them their dignity, and the freedom to decide for themselves what to eat.

Why the hell are Prog blue cities taxing sodas and sugar laden products for and other products? Taxpayers get reamed in all ways.

 

[dblack]

But that's my thought. I guess I'm kind of old school where I don't like expanding socialist government programs based on what soda and junk food lobbyists want.

But you do seem to like using those programs to control what poor people eat. I guess I'm kind of old school, but I say leave them their dignity, and the freedom to decide for themselves what to eat.

Why the hell are Prog blue cities taxing sodas and sugar laden products for and other products? Taxpayers get reamed in all ways.

Good point, what's one more reaming?