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Iowa Bill Would Ban SNAP Recipients from Buying Meat
A bill introduced earlier this month in the Iowa Legislature -- the country's top red meat-producing state -- would ban people on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from buying meat and a lot of other typical grocery foods as well.
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...The bill, House File 3, has 39 co-sponsors in the Iowa House and is led by House Speaker Pat Grassley, a Republican. Pat Grassley is the grandson of Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving member of the Senate Agriculture Committee -- the committee that writes the farm bill, including SNAP rules, in Congress. Under the bill, SNAP recipients would be restricted to buying foods that are approved under a separate USDA food-aid program, the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. WIC requires aid recipients to buy from a specific list of approved items that includes staples such as infant formula, cereal, milk, bread, juices, canned foods and baby foods. WIC doesn't allow people to buy products such as packaged meat, or frozen or processed foods....
Under the bill, SNAP recipients would be restricted to buying foods that are approved under a separate USDA food-aid program, the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. WIC requires aid recipients to buy from a specific list of approved items that includes staples such as infant formula, cereal, milk, bread, juices, canned foods and baby foods.
WIC doesn't allow people to buy products such as packaged meat, or frozen or processed foods....
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-31 02:22 PM | Reply
Doesn't Iowa know where Iowa corn ends up?
#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-01-31 02:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Let them eat crickets.
#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2023-01-31 07:44 PM | Reply
Hey, Lfthndthrds, where'd you run to? drudge.com
#4 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-01-31 08:04 PM | Reply
Ground beef is fine. Porterhouse steaks is not. Abuse is rampant. Why should SNAP benefits cover lobster? You have no right to surf and turf on someone elses dime.
#5 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-01-31 08:18 PM | Reply | Funny: 6 | Newsworthy 1
Why not soda?
#6 | Posted by Tor at 2023-01-31 08:26 PM | Reply
#5
Please layout the math that suggests SNAP recipients would be capable of purchasing surf and turf ingredients on SNAP.
This should be good, if the idiot poster has the courage to offer such math.
LOL
#7 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2023-01-31 09:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Ground beef is fine. Porterhouse steaks is not. Abuse is rampant. Why should SNAP benefits cover lobster? You have no right to surf and turf on someone elses dime. #5 | POSTED BY GRACIEAMAZED
You buy groceries with your ex-husband's government pension, so you can kindly shut the ---- up forever about what SNAP recipients are allowed to buy.
#8 | Posted by JOE at 2023-01-31 10:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 8
You have no right to surf and turf on someone elses dime.
And you get to determine that why?
#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2023-01-31 10:02 PM | Reply
LOL. Do your own research and see what can be bought with SNAP. Go ahead and defend the nutritional value of a 2 L bottle of soda for a child that's going hungry? Never mind.
#10 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-01-31 10:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
The problem with the food stamp program is that some people live in food deserts and the only place they can get food are convenience stores and liquor stores that charge an arm and a leg.
The funds they need have to also be distributed equally to people that don't live in food deserts.
#11 | Posted by Tor at 2023-01-31 10:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
But then again, this is the same group that thinks Snoofy is brilliant because he got his unemployment dollars downloaded onto a fake Bank of America Visa card during Covid. A highly in demand employee according to him, that couldn't find a job to save his life. Let them eat cake!
#12 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-01-31 10:12 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Talk about banning soda for EBT recipients in Iowa and watch all the politicians Yelp in Fright.
#13 | Posted by Tor at 2023-01-31 10:17 PM | Reply
Just because it's corn syrup with bubbles? I'm sure they would be more concerned about the children. LOL.
#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2023-01-31 10:40 PM | Reply
#9 | POSTED BY REDIAL
He's a US taxpayer.
The real question is why do you even have the arrogance to ask.
#15 | Posted by oneironaut at 2023-01-31 10:42 PM | Reply
I think it's a she. And I don't think "taxpayers" have much deciding power.
#16 | Posted by REDIAL at 2023-01-31 10:46 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
This thread reminds me of gracie rubbernecking 'round the checkout line for people using EBT cards. EBTers swipe, everyone else uses the chip. Or so she said.
#17 | Posted by horstngraben at 2023-01-31 11:01 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3
Republicans are scum
#18 | Posted by truthhurts at 2023-01-31 11:07 PM | Reply
Kiss my hiney Gracie.
#19 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2023-01-31 11:40 PM | Reply
Well they aren't buying surf and turf with SNAP so you don't have to worry about that.
40 cents of every SNAP dollar is spent on basic items like meat, fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs and bread. Another 40 cents of every dollar is spent on cereal, prepared foods, dairy products, rice and beans. 20 cents of each dollar is spent on a broad category of junk foods that included sweetened beverages, desserts, salty snacks, candy and sugar.
Gracie is the exact type of cruel individual that Jonathan Swift had in mind in 1729 when he satirically suggested that poor people sell their children as food for the more economically privileged.
#20 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2023-02-01 01:01 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 8
Gracie needs to find Jesus, she's no good.
#21 | Posted by Jay at 2023-02-01 04:42 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
The fascist right needs, always needs, people to hate, and so the very poor in this country will be living with targets on their backs for at least the next two years as the Republican Party does what it can to turn us into Russia.
#22 | Posted by Hughmass at 2023-02-01 06:06 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3
lol. Republoturds now have 'food envy' of any and all non-rich that dare to eat what they eat...
Can they even invent more ways to hate? I think they've about found them all...
#23 | Posted by earthmuse at 2023-02-01 06:46 AM | Reply
Lol. Republoturds... What an angry little people.
#24 | Posted by earthmuse at 2023-02-01 06:47 AM | Reply
The classic Republican "I saw them use a SNAP card at the grocery store buying steaks!" welfare queen mythology.
ChatGPT, Do republicans have proof of extensive SNAP fraud to buy filet mignon and lobster?
No, there is no proof of extensive SNAP fraud to buy filet mignon and lobster. While it is possible for some SNAP recipients to misuse the program, the vast majority of SNAP benefits are used to purchase healthy, nutritious food. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the SNAP program, also sets strict limits on the types of food that can be purchased with SNAP benefits.
#25 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-02-01 08:07 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 4
Do republicans have proof of extensive SNAP fraud to buy filet mignon and lobster?
#25 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG
No, but they had this horrible dream. It awakened them screaming.
#26 | Posted by Zed at 2023-02-01 09:39 AM | Reply
#26 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2023-02-01 09:39 AM | FLAG:
Probably, but lets see where Blue and Red can come together on this one.
ChatGPT, What is PETA's stance on preventing SNAP recipients from buying meat?
PETA does not take an official stance on preventing SNAP recipients from buying meat. However, PETA does support the idea of providing healthier, plant-based options on the SNAP program to give people more access to affordable, healthy food. PETA also supports initiatives to help people transition to a more plant-based diet, such as providing resources and education about healthier alternatives.
#27 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-02-01 09:48 AM | Reply
Idiots like Gracie think Impossible Burgers should be banned from SNAP. "Gubmint cheese and french fries are good enough for the poor!"
#28 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-02-01 10:03 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
A highly in demand employee according to him, that couldn't find a job to save his life. Let them eat cake! #12 | POSTED BY GRACIEAMAZED
I was never on SNAP. Though if I had known it would cause even more of your hair to fall out, I would have signed up!
It was your boy Trump signed the bill that gave me an extra $15,000 for being unemployed at the right time.
Thanks, President Donald J. TRUMP!
#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 10:30 AM | Reply
Do republicans have proof of extensive SNAP fraud to buy filet mignon and lobster? #25 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG
Fraud?
The complaint is that filet mignon and lobster are not for poor people. It's too good for the poors.
GracieAmazed has to dip her Slim Jim's into a tin of wet cat food when she wants something fancy.
It's unfair that other people get lobster and filet.
#30 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 10:35 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
The GQP loves to vilify and punish the poor.
The military is one of the biggest user blocks of SNAP benefits.
www.fns.usda.gov
Here comes along the GQP sticking a finger in the eye of soldiers and the poor who rely on these benefits for healthy meals and the so called christians hoot and holler and jump up and down in approval for their ------- tactics.
The politics of the christian right have nothing in common with the teachings of Jesus Christ.
They are scum.
#31 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-02-01 10:42 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 4
Meat production produces a lot of green house gasses. A vegan diet is healthy for you and the planet. Kudos to Iowa.
#32 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 10:43 AM | Reply
#30 | POSTED BY SNOOFY AT 2023-02-01 10:35 AM | FLAG:
Some people on here are old enough to remember when lobster was a trash fish you got in trouble for feeding to prisoners 5 days a week.
but not me.
#33 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-02-01 10:43 AM | Reply
but if you want me to ask ChatGPT again, rephrase the question how you prefer and I'll pop it into the playground. It's churning out javascript and C# for me this morning building a json server with OAuth for me.
#34 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-02-01 10:44 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
I was never on SNAP.
When my dad was almost killed by a drunk driver we landed on food stamps until he could get back to work.
Let me tell you, people on SNAP are not buying lobster and filet as those benefits are a set dollar amount per week and if you use it up on one meal you don't eat for the remainder of the week. It barely buys the bare necessities to survive. Name brand baloney is too expensive for it.
"In fiscal year 2023, after the likely end of temporary measures, we estimate SNAP benefits per person will average about $186 per month, or $6.10 per person per day, "
So do tell me who is buying a $20 per pound lobster or $40 per pound filet?
This just more b u l l s h o t from the GQP... the "cadillac welfare queen" baloney of 2023.
The GQP relies on hate and fear to keep their morons in line. This is no different.
#35 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-02-01 10:48 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 8
In the 19th century lobsters were plucked out of rivers and seas and ground up for fertilizer and animal feed. That's why there's not many left.
It's funny that it's fancy now. Nothing about lobster has changed.
#36 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 10:49 AM | Reply
"Nothing about lobster has changed."
Sure it has.
The ability to transport it cold, quickly, changed everything. And it either retained, or acquired, a cache.
Also, we all know this: even your favorite food, at every meal, would get tedious.
#37 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 11:02 AM | Reply
You'd starve. There's practically no nutrition in lobster.
#38 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 11:24 AM | Reply
#4 | POSTED BY DANFORTH AT 2023-01-31 08:04 PM | REPLY |
Hey dumbass, quit spamming threads while you chase me around.
I made several comments while waiting on you losers..
#39 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2023-02-01 11:36 AM | Reply
#30 | POSTED BY SNOOFY AT 2023-02-01 10:35 AM | REPLY
Liar
The complaint is, that luxury items shouldn't be purchased with govt assistance dedicated to feeding poor people. Same for non-nutritional foods and beverages like candy and Monster energy drinks.
#40 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2023-02-01 11:43 AM | Reply
"I made several comments while waiting on you losers."
Not after you were exposed for using an equation reality doesn't use.
Biden sold SPRs for more than the purchase price. Is that a profit, or not?
For example, what would the IRS say?
#41 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 11:48 AM | Reply
"The complaint is, that luxury items shouldn't be purchased with govt assistance dedicated to feeding poor people."
You're right, and I agree.
That said...never? The couple is NEVER allowed to decide to splurge? They can't eat beans and rice to save up for an anniversary dinner?!?
Sounds a bit Dickensian to me.
#42 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 11:54 AM | Reply
The complaint is that filet mignon and lobster are not for poor people. It's too good for the poors. #30 | POSTED BY SNOOFY
Liar The complaint is, that luxury items shouldn't be purchased with govt assistance dedicated to feeding poor people. Same for non-nutritional foods and beverages like candy and Monster energy drinks. #40 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS
^ That's the same complaint just with more words.
#43 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 12:00 PM | Reply
Lobster is like diamonds... the industry has convinced people it should be expensive. I know lobster fishermen who get about $5/pound. It's 20x that once it gets to your plate.
#44 | Posted by REDIAL at 2023-02-01 12:05 PM | Reply
Not after you were exposed for using an equation reality doesn't use. Biden sold SPRs for more than the purchase price. Is that a profit, or not? For example, what would the IRS say?
#41 | POSTED BY DANFORTH AT 2023-02-01 11:48 AM
--------. You used Vernon's calculator and got busted. But carry on spamming the threads.
#45 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2023-02-01 12:09 PM | Reply
You're a liar. The IRS, and everybody else treats buying something for a lower price, and selling it for a higher price as a profit. That's legally, and by definition.
You got caught inventing an equation and using Republican Math.
Now, you can't even answer your own question in a way that would pass on Econ 101 midterm.
#46 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 12:15 PM | Reply
^an
#47 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 12:15 PM | Reply
"carry on spamming the threads."
IOW, you saw the other, but were too cowardly to return to the thread and admit you invented an equation the real world doesn't use.
You also showed your ignorance of locking in profits, another basic Econ principle.
So, (hopefully) for the last time: When President Biden sold SPRs for more than the US paid for it...was that a profit, or not?
It was YOUR question, remember?
#48 | Posted by Danforth at 2023-02-01 12:29 PM | Reply
Well...look at the bright side comrades. This ought to bring down the price of meat. And...you can always save more money by substituting Dandelion leaves for lettuce.
#49 | Posted by wolfdog at 2023-02-01 12:49 PM | Reply
#10 | POSTED BY GRACIEAMAZED
That's what I thought, coward. You're full of chit.
Swallow it.
#50 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2023-02-01 01:00 PM | Reply
#36 | POSTED BY SNOOFY AT 2023-02-01 10:49 AM | FLAG:
After decades of dead cooked, canned lobster, in the 1860s people figured out it tastes good if you cook it while it's still alive. Apparently this was some kind of culinary revolution.
#51 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-02-01 01:00 PM | Reply
I can't believe a person would have the temerity to try and buy fresh redfish. They should pull themselves up by their boot straps, wade out there and get the fish for themselves. They're only worthy of dining on farm raised talapia and catfish.
#52 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-02-01 01:02 PM | Reply
#35 | POSTED BY NIXON
Ah, so someone did the math for GRACIE. Maybe she'll STFU now.
#53 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2023-02-01 01:10 PM | Reply
You know people like Gracie need to STFU. We only get a certain amount on SNAP. She wants us to suffer so she can feel morally superior to us poor folk. We splurge on stuff sometimes. Cry me a river Gracie.
#54 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2023-02-01 02:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
-She wants us to suffer so she can feel morally superior to us poor folk.
That's pretty ------- up and sadistic on her part.
Personally, I can feel morally superior to anybody without actually trying to make you suffer.
Unless reading my posts constitutes "suffering".
#55 | Posted by eberly at 2023-02-01 03:02 PM | Reply
#50 I thought and my mistake you had a higher IQ then others here. I won't make that mistake again:
SNAP: www.fns.usda.gov Line 2 Meat, poultry, and fish
Let me dumb it down for you, lobster, porterhouse steaks, candy are FOOD. Now you swallow it. You prove they can't buy lobster with SNAP.
#56 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 03:18 PM | Reply
#54 "We splurge on stuff sometimes."
Did you go on foods stamps before or after?
#57 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 03:20 PM | Reply
Let me dumb it down for you, lobster, porterhouse steaks, candy are FOOD. Now you swallow it. You prove they can't buy lobster with SNAP. #56 | POSTED BY GRACIEAMAZED
Ah I see. SNAP should only be used to by FOOD. But using SNAP to buy FOOD is wrong!
#58 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 03:21 PM | Reply
"Let me dumb it down for you, lobster, porterhouse steaks, candy are FOOD."
It comes down to a question of how wisely someone is spending the SNAP money. If you buy a lot of candy and soda, you might not have enough money to spend on more nutritious options like eggs and milk, and with the price of eggs and milk these days, that's probably a given. Likewise if you spend a lot of money on lobster and porterhouse steaks, you likely won't have enough money left to buy hamburger and chicken for the rest of the month. That said, if someone wants to splurge as Laura said for a special occasion and is willing to eat rice and beans or PB&J for a week to compensate, that is their decision. The potential problem would be selfish parents who might buy the good stuff for themselves and skimp on what they buy for their kids.
#59 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-02-01 03:31 PM | Reply
"The potential problem would be selfish parents who might buy the good stuff for themselves and skimp on what they buy for their kids."
But, of course, such potential behavior isn't limited to food stamp recipients.
#60 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-02-01 03:32 PM | Reply
Snoofy I get it you have a reading comprehension problem. I never said Snap should not be used to buy food. I said it should not be used by certain foods like lobsters and porterhouse steaks. If you read up thread I said hamburger was fine. And then you have Laura bragging that she is on food stamps and admitting that she splurges and doesn't stick with the basics to survive you guys live in some alternative reality so far removed from what happens in real life. It's shocking.
#61 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 03:38 PM | Reply | Funny: 2
"I never said Snap should not be used to buy food. I said it should not be used by certain foods like lobsters and porterhouse steaks."
Oh I heard you. Funny how you can't hear that you're being white-trash elitist.
#62 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 03:39 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
#59 I agree. That is why there needs to be systems in place on what the snap card can be used for because in the end, it's the children that are getting punished for the poor decisions the adults in their life make.
#63 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 03:40 PM | Reply
I think we should address hunger by having the National Guard run soup kitchens. But that wouldn't make any money for food companies and grocery stores, now would it? So that's why my idea, which would directly address the nutritional requirements of people in need, will never happen.
But letting people buy whatever they want with SNAP? That's a win for everyone! Your hurt feelings is a win for us, against people like you who poke your nose in where it doesn't belong, because you're a busybody with nothing better to do than scold others.
#64 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 03:42 PM | Reply
"That is why there needs to be systems in place on what the snap card can be used for "
There are restrictions. It can be used for food. It can even be used food that is only for rich people!
#65 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 03:44 PM | Reply
GFY Gracie. I don't do it everyday. I may get 2 TBone steaks when they are on sale. Besides it's none of your business what I buy on SNAP. You need to get your nose out of other people's lives. Worry about yourself. That's a full time job.
#66 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2023-02-01 03:47 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
GracieAmazed, you shouldn't be spending your Social Security checks on eating cat food!
I mean, you shouldn't, but it's not really my business. Once it's your money, it's yours. Once SNAP is someone's benefit, it's theirs. And it's not like your complaint is even related to the nutrition. It's that poor people shouldn't have nice things.
You're poor, GracieAmazed. You shouldn't have nice things. And you don't. Not even happy emotions. You reap what you sow.
#67 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 03:51 PM | Reply
"I don't do it everyday."
I think the fantasy may be that you do, that you get so much money from Snap that you feast on steak and lobster as a regular occurrence.
#68 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-02-01 03:55 PM | Reply
#66 Please tell #7 Rusty to swallow it because he says no you can't! And thank you for agreeing that you buy T-bone steaks with your snap card for short term gratification. Versus I don't know, if you bought a pound of ground beef that can last a week in meal prep.
#69 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 03:55 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
You prove they can't buy lobster with SNAP. #56 | POSTED BY GRACIEAMAZED
You said surf and turf.
Put down those goal posts already! They must be getting heavy.
#70 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2023-02-01 03:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
And it is extremely clear that none of you volunteer with any organization that deals with underprivileged children. Because if you did, you would be well aware of the rampant abuse of snap benefits by the adults left in charge of these children. They are sent home with backpacks on Friday filled with canned goods so they can eat over the weekend when the school cafeteria is closed. It got so bad with one organization. I never said all recipients of snap cards abuse the privilege. is no abuse is ludicrous and quite frankly, if you think there are no abuse is going on with food stamps there's really no point caring on this conversation.
#71 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 03:59 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
#71 Used voice to text on my phone without proof reading.
#72 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 04:04 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
#71 What you are describing sounds like child abuse--or more likely neglect. Do you think that restricting Snap benefits to specified food choices would solve the problem?
#73 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-02-01 04:10 PM | Reply
#70
Surf and Turf defined: A meal that combines seafood and meat.
Can you buy meat with SNAP, yes. Can you buy seafood with SNAP, yes.
I moved no goal posts.
#74 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 04:13 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
#73 Nothing will ever solve the problem 100% but eliminating things like lobster and steaks is a start. I do think a change for the better with SNAP would be to allow some hot food purchases. Like Deli rotisserie chicken. That could easily feed a family of four and cheaper, versus having to buy an uncooked chicken and cooking it
#75 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 04:18 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
In all seriousness GracieAmazed:
Putting restrictions on SNAP will do very little to compel ------ parents to become better parents.
SNAP isn't some Rube Goldberg machine makes parents better people.
I think the problem is not your goals. I too would like to see people on SNAP make better nutrition choices. The problem is your methods. Its gonna be unwieldy to say what's allowed and what's forbidden. New gimmicky food products get invented every day. The juice you're after isn't worth this squeeze.
#76 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 04:23 PM | Reply
Like Deli rotisserie chicken. That could easily feed a family of four and cheaper, versus having to buy an uncooked chicken and cooking it #75 | POSTED BY GRACIEAMAZED
^ Like the USSR where it was cheaper to feed horses bread than grain.
#77 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 04:24 PM | Reply
"I do think a change for the better with SNAP would be to allow some hot food purchases. Like Deli rotisserie chicken. That could easily feed a family of four and cheaper, versus having to buy an uncooked chicken and cooking it"
Yes, that does sound like a good idea. Plus, everyone needs a busy day option once in a while that doesn't involve a lot of cooking.
#78 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-02-01 04:25 PM | Reply
As I said I volunteered and served on non profit boards for years that deal with underprivileged chidden. If you are not familiar with WIC I am attaching the link. You can see they do put restrictions on what that check can be used for and for a very good reason. SNAP should be no different. www.fns.usda.gov
#79 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 04:28 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
Its not already state by state, what you can buy with SNAP?
Feels like Republicans would never have agreed to that...
#80 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 04:29 PM | Reply
WIC is definitely more restricted than SNAP, that's for sure.
#81 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 04:30 PM | Reply
Gracie I'll make you a deal. If you can faneggle a ring on It then and only then can you demand what I do. And if I am so stupid as to allow it I'll deserve your ire. Until then Buzz off.
#82 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2023-02-01 04:35 PM | Reply
#80 And you so know why, right?
#83 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 04:39 PM | Reply
SNAP Is a federal program, like WIC, and not mandated state by state.
#84 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-02-01 04:41 PM | Reply
Who gives a shht what they buy?
Conservatives represent the literal worst qualities in a person.
Shut up Gracie and go back to spending your husband's money.
#85 | Posted by ClownShack at 2023-02-01 05:06 PM | Reply
SNAP Is a federal program, like WIC, and not mandated state by state. #84 | POSTED BY GRACIEAMAZED
I think I was thinking of the supplemental food security program in California. Where most fast food restaurants have signs WE TAKE EBT.
#86 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 05:16 PM | Reply
I care what they buy.
Why should my tax dollars go to pay for soda when they're likely to consume too much of it and I will have to pay a second time when they end up with diabetes?
Frankly I'm more at peace with their being able to buy steak every other month.
#87 | Posted by Tor at 2023-02-01 05:46 PM | Reply
"SNAP Is a federal program, like WIC, and not mandated state by state."
So then how can: Iowa Bill Would Ban SNAP Recipients from Buying Meat
#88 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-02-01 07:55 PM | Reply
Graceless the cow doesn't know.
#89 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-02-01 08:17 PM | Reply
88. Good question. How does the state interfere with a federal program?
#90 | Posted by Karabekian at 2023-02-01 08:53 PM | Reply
What should I say to you comrades? They have no meat, let them eat cake?
#91 | Posted by wolfdog at 2023-02-01 09:00 PM | Reply
Eat ---- and die, -------.
#92 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-02-01 10:41 PM | Reply
Bugs are still acceptable and it's better for the environment. Or go vegan it's healthy and even better for mother earth.
#93 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-01 10:47 PM | Reply
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the SNAP program, also sets strict limits on the types of food that can be purchased with SNAP benefits.
Well, that's exactly what's happening, what are you whining about?
#94 | Posted by boaz at 2023-02-02 09:02 AM | Reply | Funny: 1
Ironic that Gracie, who lives off of her ex-husband's pension, is whining about someone else who gets benefits.
I mean, if she didn't spend his pension money ... OMG! She'd have to get a job!!!
#95 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2023-02-02 01:32 PM | Reply
I don't understand the issue snap and wic are both finite benefits distributed monthly as I understand the program. Who in the sweet Jesus cases if they spend every dollar of it buying a porterhouse and a lobster tail then spending the rest of the month eating ramen noodles? Maybe it's their granddad's birthday and they want to get him a treat to eat? It doesn't drive the cost up, it doesn't take any more tax money to fund. They are given money so they don't starve because this country treats its poor and ESPECIALLY its elderly and poor, like hot garbage. Let them be.
#96 | Posted by ABH at 2023-02-02 01:40 PM | Reply
#94 | POSTED BY BOAZ
You love it when you can torture the "poor". You suck.
#97 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-02-02 02:50 PM | Reply
Kick people when they're down.
It's the republican way.
#98 | Posted by Angrydad at 2023-02-02 06:28 PM | Reply
"As I said I volunteered and served on non profit boards for years that deal with underprivileged chidden."
That's fuggin frightening.
#99 | Posted by Angrydad at 2023-02-02 06:46 PM | Reply
#5 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-01-31 08:18 PM They get $XX/month to supplement their diet. How they use it and when they run it out are up to them. I'm certainly not going to deny someone a nice special occasion meal. If they want a couple of steaks, but have to eat beans and rice the rest of the month, it's on them. Stop with the nanny state crap you folks allegedly loathe.
#100 | Posted by morris at 2023-02-02 06:47 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
The Sad Hag doesn't care about "the children" she cares about shaming and controlling the choices of poor people she doesn't know. She's a sick bitch with no life and no class. Her " gratitude" is virtue signaling of the most tiresome and stupid variety.
I hope she chokes on her own vomit.
#101 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2023-02-02 06:48 PM | Reply
a nice special occasion meal. If they want a couple of steaks, but have to eat beans and rice the rest of the month, it's on them. Stop with the nanny state crap you folks allegedly loathe.
#100 | POSTED BY MORRIS AT 2023-02-02 06:47
Funny because I had a Great Value chicken and rice soup tonight. 2 cans of it. That's.92 a can.
#102 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2023-02-02 08:41 PM | Reply
Unless reading my posts constitutes "suffering". #55 | POSTED BY EBERLY
I have some bad news for you ...
#103 | Posted by JOE at 2023-02-02 10:26 PM | Reply
Abuse is rampant. #5 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2023-01-31 08:18 PM
In reality, the FNS will permanently disqualify any retailer from the program whose transaction data even shows a whiff of any indicator of fraud, including repeat transactions, high dollar transactions, transactions out of scope with other retailers in the area, etc. In the real world they are overdisqualifying retailers who haven't even engaged in fraud, merely for not fitting a pattern. And yet ------- like you continue to scream about "abuse."
#104 | Posted by JOE at 2023-02-02 10:30 PM | Reply
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