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Banning soda and snacks from Food Stamp purchases

Kev3188 said:
Both my kids brown bag it a lot. Besides being cheaper, we know what they're eating, and since they helped put it all together, the odds it all gets eaten are at least slightly better...

Speaking of cheaper (and back OT), I'd like to see fruits & vegetables be more accessible to SNAP families. I don't have an ideal answer as to how, but some sort of cost offset would go a long way...
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A lot of states have programs for local produce mkt's where seniors and other low on the totem pole types can get coupons for discounted fruit and veggies.
 
Just another example of the LEFT taking care of welfare parasites in exchange for votes. Nothing new here. 
 
All of the benefits of working for a living and none of the hassles.
 
I don't know why I find this oddly amusing though not surprising.
 
This is what happens when a well meaning Government tries to anything. Doesn't matter if it's the Obama Care website, The VA, Common Core or SNAP.
 
Look folks we lost the war on poverty. Let's hope our captors (The Fed) treat us well.I tried to surrender the other day but the Social Services office said they aren't taking prisoners. 
 
eolesen said:
But Kev, your lunches might not be healthy enough for them, which would make you a bad parent.

Apparently Tree never raised kids. A balanced diet is managed across the entire week, not a specific meal.
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It gets worse; I let them bike around the neighborhood unsupervised the other day...
 
delldude said:
 
A lot of states have programs for local produce mkt's where seniors and other low on the totem pole types can get coupons for discounted fruit and veggies.
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Indeed.

What I was driving at was a larger scale solution.
 
It gets worse; I let them bike around the neighborhood unsupervised the other day...
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that makes you a good dad, Kev.

the whole point of the food and the freedom to recreate where a kid wants - both after good parent education - is to make the right choices and know the consequences of making bad choices.

Chances are your kids will do quite well - and I'm betting you let them play in the dirt which means they might have stronger immune systems to boot!

you can't legislate common sense or maturity
 
My son's school district about seven years ago, removed all the fryers and went to a more healthy selection of foods including a salad option for lunch.
 
Kev3188 said:
It gets worse; I let them bike around the neighborhood unsupervised the other day...
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O. M. G.... I'm calling CPS.

Hopefully, they had full armor and were on Worksman tricycles...
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WorldTraveler said:
you can't legislate common sense or maturity
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Indeed, and yet when you look at the public schools.... ah, nevermind.
 
I mentioned farm subsidies once in post about reducing our spending on things and you said it didn't amount to that much, and now why does it matter?
 
 
Among the members of the 112th Congress who collect payments from USDA are six Democrats and 17 Republicans. The disparity between the parties is even greater in terms of dollar amounts: $489,856 went to Democrats, but more than 10 times as much, $5,334,565, to Republicans.
One reason for the disproportionate number of Republican lawmakers benefiting from farm subsidy programs is the current scarcity of rural Democrats in Congress -- casualties of the Tea Party wave that swept into office in November of 2010. (This was despite the Democrats' decision to bow to the wishes of the subsidy lobby by passing a status quo 2008 farm bill in a misguided bid to hang on to those seats.)
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EWG doesn't believe that the payments to lawmakers are improper or illegal.
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Of course, Democratic members of Congress have historically been subsidy recipients too, notably former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Charles Stenholm of Texas and former Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas.
Nor is the phenomenon of lawmakers receiving farm subsidies limited to the federal level. Recent media reports have shown that direct payments are even more common in state legislatures in Wyoming, Wisconsin, Montana, Idaho and South Dakota.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donald-carr/farm-subsidies-paid-to-112-congress_b_842704.html
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http://www.ewg.org/release/members-congress-received-238k-farm-subsidies
 
http://www.ewg.org/research/methodology-used-identify-members-112th-congress-receiving-farm-subsidies
 
Both my kids brown bag it a lot. Besides being cheaper, we know what they're eating, and since they helped put it all together, the odds it all gets eaten are at least slightly better...

Speaking of cheaper (and back OT), I'd like to see fruits & vegetables be more accessible to SNAP families. I don't have an ideal answer as to how, but some sort of cost offset would go a long way...
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My State is now allowing the use of EBT cards at local farmer's markets.
 
delldude said:
I mentioned farm subsidies once in post about reducing our spending on things and you said it didn't amount to that much, and now why does it matter now?
 
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I don't recall saying that it did not amount to much.  I do recall saying why are we giving for all intents and purposes free money to companies like ConAgra.
 
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I don't recall saying that it did not amount to much.  I do recall saying why are we giving for all intents and purposes free money to companies like ConAgra.

 
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Its been a while.....we were sparring over the debt and I brought up the farm subsidies...at the time you didn't think it was a lot.....but a little here, a little there all adds up.
 
I do remember you held a soft spot in your heart for Michelle Bachmann and her subsidy....LOL
 
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