No sweets with food stamps

[slim 1,530]

these people many who can not hold a job are going attend school and "make something of themselves" is classic utopian thought.

The only way these folks will ever make something of themselves is when they have to.

[tmma 467]

I don't care about buying candy with food stamps, what about the whole trading them for meth?

Drug test all food stamp ( Hell, all Govt money) receivers.

THEN tackle the candy/junk food problem.

Edited February 8, 2012 by tmma

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

When Newt mentioned minorities and food stamps in the same sentence, he was considered racist by some.... for merely linking the two.

Here we have a story about a proposal to remove sweets and junk-food from the Food stamp approved list and what is the first thing the left retorts with "It will hurt minorites".

... But their observation is not racist as well?

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Bill: No sweets with food stamps

Cookies, cakes, more would be banned from Florida program

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -

A Florida lawmaker is pushing a bill that would ban the use of food stamps to purchase snacks and sweets, such as cookies and cakes.

Republican State Sen. Ronda Storms, of Valrico, says her goal is to stop a small percentage of recipients who misuse food stamps.

Her bill would also require food stamp recipients to take state-run classes on healthy eating and how making your own baked goods is cheaper than store-made sweets.

The bill is moving through state committees in Tallahassee.

Critics say the government shouldn't be telling people what to eat.

Democratic Rep. Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed, of Pompano Beach, also says the educational provision is demeaning to minorities and the poor by implying they aren't smart enough to make their own choices.

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Watch Local 6 and visit ClickOrlando.com for more on this story as it works its way through the state legislature.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Bill-No-sweets-with-food-stamps/-/1637132/8601358/-/fpgcmq/-/index.html

The idea that the tax payer must supply Cheesecake to anyone..... is absurd from the outset.

Bolsheviks want to ban McDonalds, yet they don't want their sweets cut off in regards to food stamps. Irony or what?

[Danno 1,228]

Bolsheviks want to ban McDonalds, yet they don't want their sweets cut off in regards to food stamps. Irony or what?

Well again this goes back to the whole Collectivist mentality they have, Banning McDonalds applies to everyone, putting a limit of what can be bought with gov't sourced income would cause the "stigmatizing" of the poor.

To a normal mind, what people do with their own cash should have to cross a much much higher bar...... if any at all but not with Libs.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Well again this goes back to the whole Collectivist mentality they have, Banning McDonalds applies to everyone, putting a limit of what can be bought with gov't sourced income would cause the "stigmatizing" of the poor.

To a normal mind, what people do with their own cash should have to cross a much much higher bar...... if any at all but not with Libs.

It's like they can't run this country into the ground quick enough.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It's like they can't run this country into the ground quick enough.

So why is everyone against requiring that people DO something in return for help they receive?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The only way these folks will ever make something of themselves is when they have to.

And if they HAVE TO have a job AND they HAVE TO be enrolled in school in order to receive food stamps, do you think they may be more inclined (and able) to make something of themselves than if you say "Here, but you can't buy cheesecake" ???

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Bolsheviks want to ban McDonalds, yet they don't want their sweets cut off in regards to food stamps. Irony or what?

No irony at all. Democrats want to control what you eat, what you drive, what type of light bulb you have, limit your income to some amount that will not offend anyone

Republicans want to control what you do in your bedroom, what you eat if you get food stamps, make medical decision that apply to reproduction but otherwise "screw you" (could go back to controlling your sex life)

Where is the irony? It is exactly what to expect from politicians. Why not support a means to make people independent of politicians?