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Mossfern

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99. Maybe have a program where an EBT card

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:25 PM

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is kind of a membership card where more nutritious foodstuffs are at a significant discount, so if a person on food stamps preferred to buy whole grain bread they would not be penalized because it's so much more expensive? Then there would be credit left over to buy treats.

I don't think that encouraging people to eat more nutritious foods is punishing them or looking down on them.

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Do SNAP Food Restrictions Help Health, or Punish Poor People? [View all] justaprogressive Wednesday OP

They just punish. Food is food pretty much. Most food problems are from over eating, not what your eating Blues Heron Wednesday #1

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Did I say it was water? No it's sugar water. Not a problem unless you guzzle a quart at a time. Blues Heron Wednesday #5

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So ban all processed food for snap recipients? That's dumb. The restrictions are dumb. Blues Heron Wednesday #7

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WIC is too restrictive for most Freddie Wednesday #14

WIC is very restrictive... SickOfTheOnePct Wednesday #16

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Not sure what your point is SickOfTheOnePct Wednesday #69

Their point is pushing the right wing "welfare queen" angle in new clothes (new wording for old trope) Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #73

I'm not pushing right wing anything SickOfTheOnePct Wednesday #75

It's not you. I was answering your question you asked of the right wing troll. They got banned for the reason I cited. Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #76

Ah, got it - thank you for the clarification! n/t SickOfTheOnePct Wednesday #77

Restrictions punish and people get weird about food "morality" REALLY quickly. WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #4

Restrictions on food stamps are pretty much to humiliate people questionseverything Wednesday #6

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Of course it's to humiliate food stamp recipients questionseverything Wednesday #17

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It's foolish, where does the no sugar stop? questionseverything Wednesday #19

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I'm not asking for anyone's sympathy questionseverything Wednesday #28

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No we don't, they can pass anything they want on their own questionseverything Wednesday #34

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No, repukes start by eliminating soda and end with eliminating the program questionseverything Wednesday #38

The "government" isn't paying for it. choie Wednesday #90

I disagree Mossfern Wednesday #44

So since you are such an expert, I assume your eating habits are "perfect "? questionseverything Wednesday #46

Actually .... Mossfern Wednesday #54

The problem is balance between what is healthful... haele Wednesday #48

Very often people receiving food stamps Mossfern Wednesday #57

Poison is not on the list of SNAP-eligible products. WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #58

That public assistance doesn't always pay rent and utilities synni Wednesday #96

As a matter of fact choie Wednesday #91

Punishment berniesandersmittens Wednesday #9

This! justaprogressive Wednesday #15

And also, the homeless. A bag of beans to someone who, by definition, has no kitchen to cook in, is just insulting. CTyankee Wednesday #20

Exactly berniesandersmittens Wednesday #24

I wonder if that's how their mamas raised them -- to inventory a stranger's cart and pay strict attention to how ... Alice B. Wednesday #39

In AR all ebt cards look the same berniesandersmittens Wednesday #41

I hear you. I know this quite personally because I've used an EBT card -- even an average white lady Alice B. Wednesday #79

But Twinkies and a Coke Mossfern Wednesday #45

"Twinkids and a Coke will harm them." WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #53

People on snap already can't buy candy bars with it standingtall Wednesday #59

Yup, I heard it straight from the horse's mouth. GoCubsGo Wednesday #23

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I wasn't responding to the OP. GoCubsGo Wednesday #26

+1 leftstreet Wednesday #35

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Neither help nor punish GreatGazoo Wednesday #10

See my post just before yours. CTyankee Wednesday #21

I got into an argument with a professor once over this sort of thing. Alice B. Wednesday #42

Honestly, I'm torn on this... SickOfTheOnePct Wednesday #11

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Most people want to be healthy, so focus on education not restrictions. Blues Heron Wednesday #29

I agree but not sure how they could Tree Lady Wednesday #52

The only real way to do it... SickOfTheOnePct Wednesday #55

One item drives me nuts. Kraft box of Mac n cheese. If cbabe Wednesday #27

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If you have a microwave. One innovation is pop top cans so a can opener isn't needed. cbabe Wednesday #32

When healthy foods become more price-competitive to the alternatives Torchlight Wednesday #33

$25 bottle of olive oil vs $7 bottle of hydrogenated veg oil berniesandersmittens Wednesday #37

Please don't feel that way, most of us don't agree with that crap questionseverything Wednesday #40

Thank you berniesandersmittens Wednesday #43

No one should ever feel ashamed for doing the best they can. Ever. Torchlight Wednesday #51

It's very disappointing to see holier than thou types pushing this shit on a democratic site questionseverything Wednesday #64

I'm on SNAP, ask me anything. Luz Wednesday #47

you explain it well Skittles Wednesday #50

Honestly, I live in a food desert..literally. We Luz Wednesday #92

aahhh OK Skittles Wednesday #93

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In the 'hood??? berniesandersmittens Wednesday #71

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FWIW, there's very little difference in the kind of purchases SNAP households make compared to non-SNAP households. WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #56

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Besides the obvious objections from industries, one of the reasons the USDA is generally loathe to implement WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #65

Exactly, it would just run up the cost which of course means more people can't get food questionseverything Wednesday #67

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go cry about it WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #82

Link? questionseverything Wednesday #66

Interesting thread that deserves only one response Smokster Wednesday #62

There's something else at play here. surrealAmerican Wednesday #74

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I've seen one person in my entire life only buy standingtall Wednesday #83

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Ah, *here's* where the dog is buried. You're mad about the way other people choose to eat. WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #88

I detest food snobbery Skittles Wednesday #94

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Gosh, lots of cart-peerers today Starry Messenger Wednesday #86

Gladys Kravitz is alive and well Torchlight Wednesday #87

right? Skittles Wednesday #95

Damn. The shitty things being said about poor people. Double damn. Solly Mack Wednesday #89

I agree, this thread is making huge assumptions Luz Wednesday #97

Yep. Paternalistic assumptions. Solly Mack Wednesday #98

Maybe have a program where an EBT card Mossfern Wednesday #99