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Amount of added ingredients that all receive subsidies from the government. This helps lower their prices. On top of that you can get coupons to lower that price. When you are trying to feed people enough food to keep them alive, it’s not as important whether the quality is there or not. I am not saying it’s right or good. It’s about choices in the moment with the resources available. I’ve lived on both sides here. I worked for Job and Family Services and understand that the snap benefit most receive is inadequate and meant to be a supplement. But that’s a whole other issue. I’ve worked in grocery off and on for years and often saw customers struggling to make it through, feed their kids, often with whatever was on sale…and that’s mostly junk. And I’m talking a large majority of the food we eat or have available is processed crap. But it is cheap. And it quiets the hunger. And I have been on food stamps and thankful for the ability to buy the food I can actually digest. I can’t eat most crap. This is not an issue for me. But there are a lot of foods I can’t eat and that is not likely to be taken into consideration. Even worse, I’ve been homeless and eaten out of trash cans. If this is allowed to proceed there will be one aisle at the grocery snap recipients here will be allowed to shop. The class war grows.And those in charge will decide what’s good enough for each group.
Is this hyperbole…I would have thought so but here we are.