I am really torn on there being restrictions on what food stamps can buy in the first place, as long as it is food and stuff available at a normal grocery store (so not including alcohol).
I understand the idea of what they are going for here with trying to push people to buy healthier items which on paper sounds like a good thing.
At the same time I feel like people should be able to make their own decisions and if you are already having a hard time, why not be able to get a small treat with a soda or something? If they looked at the numbers and decided that they could get it with the money they had.
Not exactly siding with the companies here, since they are only doing this for profits and not any positive goal. But just the core idea of saying food stamps can't be used on something.
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I really don't care to reply to every comment so just going to add this here.
Regarding Alcohol: TBH I don't have strong feelings on this, I just feel like it is a fairly easy to show a difference between food/drinks and alcohol. Age restrictions licenses, etc. But, at the end of the day if alcohol was the line I don't think we need to die on that hill to justify saying someone having a hard time can't get a treat.
This goes back to judging (and making) other people's health decisions and punishing people that are just trying to get by.
I understand the idea of what they are going for here with trying to push people to buy healthier items which on paper sounds like a good thing.
At the same time I feel like people should be able to make their own decisions and if you are already having a hard time, why not be able to get a small treat with a soda or something? If they looked at the numbers and decided that they could get it with the money they had.
Not exactly siding with the companies here, since they are only doing this for profits and not any positive goal. But just the core idea of saying food stamps can't be used on something.
Edit:
I really don't care to reply to every comment so just going to add this here.
Regarding Alcohol: TBH I don't have strong feelings on this, I just feel like it is a fairly easy to show a difference between food/drinks and alcohol. Age restrictions licenses, etc. But, at the end of the day if alcohol was the line I don't think we need to die on that hill to justify saying someone having a hard time can't get a treat.
This goes back to judging (and making) other people's health decisions and punishing people that are just trying to get by.