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    Should People Be Able to Buy Soda With Food Stamps/EBT?

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    Question Should People Be Able to Buy Soda With Food Stamps/EBT?

    Post by Marc™ Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:05 pm

    Old article I found

    http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/07/ny-officials-take-soda-out-of-food-stamp-program/

    NY taking soda off the food stamp shopping list. What's your take on that? Should soda count as food or is it a luxury?
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    Post by Supernova Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:11 pm

    It's food, like it or not, it's a large part of most people's diets and very little is going to change that.
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    Post by Nystyle709 Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:13 pm

    I think its stupid and Bloomberg needs to leave office. Food stamps are for the purchase of food. Anything that can be consumed for nourishment ( no matter how "unhealthy") is food. The only thing that should be banned, and is, is alcohol and cigarettes.
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    Post by Shale Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:26 pm

    Supernova wrote:It's food, like it or not, it's a large part of most people's diets and very little is going to change that.
    It is not food. It is worthless shit with NO NUTRITIVE VALUE.

    Food assistance should be just that, food to keep ppl from starving in the U.S. Personally, I liked the idea of 'commodity food' that some states had in the '70s. It was nutritious food that was produced in the U.S. so it had the benefit of helping our food production while feeding the needy. Had such stuff as powdered non-fat milk, blocks of cheese, rolled oats, beans, rice. Nutritious stuff that ppl could live off of.
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    Post by Tony Marino Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:28 pm

    Nystyle709 wrote:I think its stupid and Bloomberg needs to leave office. Food stamps are for the purchase of food. Anything that can be consumed for nourishment ( no matter how "unhealthy") is food. The only thing that should be banned, and is, is alcohol and cigarettes.

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    Post by Supernova Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:30 pm

    Nystyle709 wrote:I think its stupid and Bloomberg needs to leave office. Food stamps are for the purchase of food. Anything that can be consumed for nourishment ( no matter how "unhealthy") is food. The only thing that should be banned, and is, is alcohol and cigarettes.

    And dog food.
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    Post by Cheaps Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:30 pm

    Nystyle709 wrote:I think its stupid and Bloomberg needs to leave office. Food stamps are for the purchase of food. Anything that can be consumed for nourishment ( no matter how "unhealthy") is food. The only thing that should be banned, and is, is alcohol and cigarettes.
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    Post by Chris Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:31 pm

    Yes. It may be classified as 'junk food,' but sustenance it is.
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