Kentucky wants to ban junk food from SNAP (food stamps)

[StatesRightsForever]

I've been saying this for a thousand years. SNAP should only get you rice, flour, rolled oats, bananas, and canned beans.

feb 12 2025 FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - A proposal that would ban most junk food from being SNAP-eligible is under consideration in Washington, D.C. and in Frankfort.

“The overall goal is to say that we recognize that these choices are not and do not provide good health outcomes,” said Rep. Matt Lockett (R-Nicholasville).

House Bill 279 seeks to exclude energy drinks, prepared desserts, such as cookies and candy, potato and corn chips and soft drinks from being purchased using SNAP benefits.

Rep. Lockett says it is a bill that is part of a larger goal to improve the health of Kentuckians both on and off the program.

Kentucky bill would restrict select ‘junk food’ from SNAP benefits

House Bill 279 labels some 'junk food' as accessory foods, or ones that would not be staple foods under SNAP if passed.

www.wkyt.com

 

[Muhammed]

The government should not ever dictate what the people eat. That is some Orwellian shit there.

 

[Vrenn]

I've been saying this for a thousand years. SNAP should only get you rice, flour, rolled oats, bananas, and canned beans.

Kentucky bill would restrict select ‘junk food’ from SNAP benefits

House Bill 279 labels some 'junk food' as accessory foods, or ones that would not be staple foods under SNAP if passed.

www.wkyt.com

I agree. Soft drinks are not a substitute for milk. Energy drinks shouldn't be covered. What should be covered is the basic food groups and nothing else. If a person doesn't want to live on that then they can just go get a job.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

I agree. Soft drinks are not a substitute for milk. Energy drinks shouldn't be covered. What should be covered is the basic food groups and nothing else. If a person doesn't want to live on that then they can just go get a job.

Many folks who receive food stamps do have a job.

 

[22lcidw]

Many folks who receive food stamps do have a job.

The Great Society was supposed to end all of this. 60 years in. Endless trillions of dollars spent. South Korea was closer to an agrarian nation then. Now it is one of the most high-tech modern nations in the world while we still have the same ghettos.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

The government should not ever dictate what the people eat. That is some Orwellian shit there.

They aren't, except when it is taxpayer money paying for it.
When you have seen dozens and dozens of times idiot, brain dead "parents" grocery cart filled with snack foods, frozen dinners etc. - pay with an EBT card - and then... AND THEN buy cigarettes and or alcohol with cash.... it changes your outlook

 

[1srelluc]

The government should not ever dictate what the people eat. That is some Orwellian shit there.

When it's on the taxpayer's dime we should have all the say.

If it's on your dime then eat what you will.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

When it's on the taxpayer's dime we should have all the say.

If it's on your dime then eat what you will.

It should be essentials, I very much believe we are going to see an end to the junk food madness with RFK. Sugar lobbyist are the reason why the USDA classifies fucking soda pop as a FOOD! Ridiculous.

 

[JWBooth]

Good idea.
Really ought to return to the old commodity programs.
Flour, cornmeal, salt, bacon, butter, beans, canned goods, and such.

 

[Vrenn]

Many folks who receive food stamps do have a job.

Then they should be able to afford to pay for their junk food. It's not that they have a job or not, it's the fact we, the taxpayer, is paying for what I would have called "Luxury Foods" when I was growing up because our parents either could not afford them or they thought them to be unnecessary. It was a real treat when visiting my Grand Parents in the 50s to get to drink a Soft Drink of any kind. And my father had a job and SNAP had not been invented yet.

 

[JWBooth]

Many folks who receive food stamps do have a job.

Yep.
The assistance they receive should go to actual nutrition.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

In households where both moron "parents" smoke cigarettes - that is at least $100 a week.
And if they both drink cheap beer - at least another $150/mo. At the very least.
That is $550 a month for beer and cigarettes. Fuck you getting EBT if you smoke and drink.

 

[Vastator]

When it's on the taxpayer's dime we should have all the say.

If it's on your dime then eat what you will.

Beggars can't be choosers...

 

[Seymour Flops]

This would be a no brainer if providing food to the poor and working poor were really the goal of SNAP.

But it is a program of buying votes, both from the recipients and people who grow, manufacture and sell the products.

WIC has strict rules about what can be purchased with taht benefit and nobody much cries about it.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

The Great Society was supposed to end all of this. 60 years in. Endless trillions of dollars spent. South Korea was closer to an agrarian nation then. Now it is one of the most high-tech modern nations in the world while we still have the same ghettos.

Yep, because we still have the same racist running the country.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Then they should be able to afford to pay for their junk food. It's not that they have a job or not, it's the fact we, the taxpayer, is paying for what I would have called "Luxury Foods" when I was growing up because our parents either could not afford them or they thought them to be unnecessary. It was a real treat when visiting my Grand Parents in the 50s to get to drink a Soft Drink of any kind. And my father had a job and SNAP had not been invented yet.

Food is food, I don't give a damn if they eat Burger King or crab legs.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Yep.
The assistance they receive should go to actual nutrition.

So you want to dictate what folks can and can't eat, isn't it you right wingers who always babbling about individual rights.

 

[JWBooth]

So you want to dictate what folks can and can't eat, isn't it you right wingers who always babbling about individual rights.

They can eat whatever the hell they want with their money.

 

[TNHarley]

So you want to dictate what folks can and can't eat, isn't it you right wingers who always babbling about individual rights.

You bring up "individual rights" in a thread about government redistribution of money LMAO

 

[Resnic]

The government should not ever dictate what the people eat. That is some Orwellian shit there.

If you can't take care of yourself and depend on others to take care of you then you shouldn't be able to dictate what you do.

If you're so bad off you can't even afford to buy food and rely on others to give you money for food then you shouldn't be buying candy bars and soft drinks. They have no nutritional value at all. They will spend money on junk food then need more money because they need money for real food they wasted on junk.

As the old saying goes, beggers can't be choosers.