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No Shit, Junk food, fast food, sports/energy drinks/soda, etc should ALL be banned from SNAP/EBT. You should only be allowed to get fresh non-pre prepared food items like fresh fruit/veg and raw meat. There should also be a limit to how long someone can be on SNAP/EBT. If there are other factors at play then it can be figured out but this would end a lot of the waste, fraud and just general stupidity of the current programs.

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>A push to ban sugary drinks, candy and more from the U.S. program that helps low-income families pay for nutritious food has been tried before — but it may soon get a boost from new Trump administration officials. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly confirmed health and human services secretary, and Brooke Rollins, the new agriculture secretary, have both signaled that they favor stripping such treats from SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Kennedy has been most vocal, calling for the government to stop allowing the nearly $113 billion program that serves about 42 million Americans to use benefits to pay for “ soda or processed foods.”

No Shit, Junk food, fast food, sports/energy drinks/soda, etc should ALL be banned from SNAP/EBT. You should only be allowed to get fresh non-pre prepared food items like fresh fruit/veg and raw meat. There should also be a limit to how long someone can be on SNAP/EBT. If there are other factors at play then it can be figured out but this would end a lot of the waste, fraud and just general stupidity of the current programs. Archive: https://archive.today/HNUoG From the post: >>A push to ban sugary drinks, candy and more from the U.S. program that helps low-income families pay for nutritious food has been tried before — but it may soon get a boost from new Trump administration officials. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly confirmed health and human services secretary, and Brooke Rollins, the new agriculture secretary, have both signaled that they favor stripping such treats from SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Kennedy has been most vocal, calling for the government to stop allowing the nearly $113 billion program that serves about 42 million Americans to use benefits to pay for “ soda or processed foods.”

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[–] • 3 pts

No kidding. The junk food industry spends a FUCKLOAD of $$$ to lobby to make sure that this is impossible.

We should just get rid of the program entirely and replace it with a new "CSA" type program that goes directly to farmers/ranchers and cuts out middle men. Weekly delivery's in the mail for your food needs if you are on "assistance".

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It works. I've seen nignogs spending 50-100$ on junk in a convenience store, paid for by We the People.

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Oh, definitely. Plenty of convenience stores, mostly run by goatfuckers and pajeets, miraculously accept EBT.

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All of them around here do, even the corp stores.