No Food Stamps For Soda

randallscott35 · #1 10-07-2010, 10:22 AM

Why on earth were you ever allowed to get soda with food stamps is a better question? What the ****?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/ny.../07stamps.html

Arletta · #2 10-07-2010, 10:31 AM

Whats next? No chips or cookies?

#3 10-07-2010, 10:32 AM

George Hacker is what's wrong with America.

dellinger63 · #4 10-07-2010, 11:05 AM

Why punish everyone on food stamps when the target is obesity? How about the skinny, redneck, meth-head who sells his family's stamps each month for 50 cents on the dollar?

Crap, I just stigmatized rednecks.

randallscott35 · #5 10-07-2010, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

Why punish everyone on food stamps when the target is obesity? How about the skinny, redneck, meth-head who sells his family's stamps each month for 50 cents on the dollar?

Crap, I just stigmatized rednecks.

Once you get the food, I can't control what you do with it....but we don't let people on food stamps, say, buy cigarettes, so soda is in the same vein as far as I'm concerned.

dalakhani · #6 10-07-2010, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by randallscott35

Once you get the food, I can't control what you do with it....but we don't let people on food stamps, say, buy cigarettes, so soda is in the same vein as far as I'm concerned.

How about Butter? Crisco?

randallscott35 · #7 10-07-2010, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by dalakhani

How about Butter? Crisco?

You are comparing soda to butter?

dellinger63 · #8 10-07-2010, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by randallscott35

Once you get the food, I can't control what you do with it....but we don't let people on food stamps, say, buy cigarettes, so soda is in the same vein as far as I'm concerned.

$200 in stamps gets you at least $100 in cash. No food involved.

randallscott35 · #9 10-07-2010, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

$200 in stamps gets you at least $100 in cash. No food involved.

Wonderful. Fraud exists everywhere. Obviously it is wrong. Not really on topic though. It is what you use the food stamps for in the store. If you are selling them for meth, then this doesn't affect you anyway.

hoovesupsideyourhead · #10 10-09-2010, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

$200 in stamps gets you at least $100 in cash. No food involved.

bingo! red bull and prime rib also with the food stamps..