http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/22/maine-gov-lepage-threatens-to-halt-food-stamp-program.html
“The Obama administration goes to
great lengths to police the menus of K-12 cafeterias but looks the other
way as billions of taxpayer dollars finance a steady diet of Mars bars
and Mountain Dew,” LePage said. “I can think of only one reason why the
federal government would refuse to eliminate junk food from the EBT
menu: special interests.”
I love this guy. He asked for permission from the .gov to stop allowing
the sales of soda and candy bars on EBT cards, pointing out legitimate
concerns and now that they've rejected his idea, he's going to do it
anyhow.
I'm also very curious how they justify allowing SNAP recipients to buy junk
food with their cards. Somehow our country has changed from the time
when being on food stamps and welfare was a sign of humiliation to a
time when it is a point of pride to be able to game the system and get
as much free stuff as you can. IMO, there is no natural right to being
fed, clothed and sheltered by the government. We should do away with
every one of these programs. Failing to do that, if the government
insists on feeding social leeches, they need to give them sacks of
plain, basic groceries. Flour, beans and vegetables. I'm feeling
generous, so the .gov could even throw in a recipe pamphlet with the
groceries. Make the food as depressing as possible and you'll have
people actually going back to work to try to be able to feed themselves a
more varied diet.
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