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#13 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-03 09:08 AM
Should a Big Mac qualify?
Why not? Or does new MAHA dictat prohibit all government/RFKjr-deemed "unhealthy" foods to be bought with food subsidies?
BTW, I've seen numerous "EBT accepted" signs on some fast food and restaurant chains, like Jack-in-the-Box, Burger King, Denny's, etc.
www.propel.app - A complete list of restaurants that accept EBT - Updated February 4th, 2026
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You know what would happen if hot food qualified?
People would eat a lot more fast food out of convenience.
Ten dollars of food from a grocery store goes a lot further than from a fast food restaurant.
You want government regulating "convenience"? How about prohibiting or taxing sugary drinks? You sound like good ol' "woke" Democrats!
Do you want FDA making budgets for people because they, being poor enough to need food stamps, don't understand concepts of "cheaper" and "more expensive," like our illustrious Builder-in-Chief who overpaid for everything he bought and bankrupted at least 20 of his own businesses, not to mention those who financed or contracted with him because he failed to pay them?
SOME people will always find ways to abuse the system. You either trust that people will be responsible with their budget, if money comes from taxpayers or not, or you don't. If you don't then the program is not worth doing to begin with.
If the program is worthwhile, MOST people who will benefit from it will not abuse it, out of "convenience."
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This hot/cold debate sounds inconsistent on the surface but it really isn't if you look at the big picture.
It is very inconsistent. Hot (aka "prepared") "fast food" is not that much different from cold "prepared" "fast food" such as sandwiches at Subway, Jersey Mike's, 7-Eleven or in prepared / packaged food sections in most chains of grocery stores, like Kroger, Albertson, Walmart, Costco etc.
Fast food is not necessarily "junk" food, and some would endlessly argue about what "healthy" food is.
Unless you want to go back to "government cheese" time of government doling out and distributing food (through third-party contracts with farmers and processed shelf-stable food companies) you are not going to control what people are buying with their EBT / food stamps.
Nor, as a likely proponent of limited, less controlling and intrusive in people's lives, government, you should be a supporter of the government that regulates minutia of temperature of food that poor people eat.
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