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WhiskeyGrinder

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Wed Jul 30, 2025, 04:35 PM

Jul 30

https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/ops/SNAPFoodsTypicallyPurchased-Summary.pdf

Differences in the expenditure patterns of SNAP and non-SNAP households were relatively limited, regardless of how data were categorized.

• About 40 cents of every food purchase dollar was spent on basic items like meat, fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, and bread.
• Another 20 cents was spent on sweetened drinks, desserts, salty snacks, candy, and sugar.
• The remaining 40 cents was spent on a variety of items such as cereal, prepared foods, other dairy products, rice, beans, and other cooking
ingredients.

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Do SNAP Food Restrictions Help Health, or Punish Poor People? [View all] justaprogressive Jul 30 OP

They just punish. Food is food pretty much. Most food problems are from over eating, not what your eating Blues Heron Jul 30 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 30 #2

Did I say it was water? No it's sugar water. Not a problem unless you guzzle a quart at a time. Blues Heron Jul 30 #5

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So ban all processed food for snap recipients? That's dumb. The restrictions are dumb. Blues Heron Jul 30 #7

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WIC is too restrictive for most Freddie Jul 30 #14

WIC is very restrictive... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 30 #16

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Not sure what your point is SickOfTheOnePct Jul 30 #69

Their point is pushing the right wing "welfare queen" angle in new clothes (new wording for old trope) Bernardo de La Paz Jul 30 #73

I'm not pushing right wing anything SickOfTheOnePct Jul 30 #75

It's not you. I was answering your question you asked of the right wing troll. They got banned for the reason I cited. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 30 #76

Ah, got it - thank you for the clarification! n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 30 #77

Restrictions punish and people get weird about food "morality" REALLY quickly. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 30 #4

Restrictions on food stamps are pretty much to humiliate people questionseverything Jul 30 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 30 #12

Of course it's to humiliate food stamp recipients questionseverything Jul 30 #17

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It's foolish, where does the no sugar stop? questionseverything Jul 30 #19

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I'm not asking for anyone's sympathy questionseverything Jul 30 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 30 #30

No we don't, they can pass anything they want on their own questionseverything Jul 30 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 30 #36

No, repukes start by eliminating soda and end with eliminating the program questionseverything Jul 30 #38

The "government" isn't paying for it. choie Jul 30 #90

I disagree Mossfern Jul 30 #44

So since you are such an expert, I assume your eating habits are "perfect "? questionseverything Jul 30 #46

Actually .... Mossfern Jul 30 #54

The problem is balance between what is healthful... haele Jul 30 #48

Very often people receiving food stamps Mossfern Jul 30 #57

Poison is not on the list of SNAP-eligible products. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 30 #58

That public assistance doesn't always pay rent and utilities synni Jul 30 #96

As a matter of fact choie Jul 30 #91

Punishment berniesandersmittens Jul 30 #9

This! justaprogressive Jul 30 #15

And also, the homeless. A bag of beans to someone who, by definition, has no kitchen to cook in, is just insulting. CTyankee Jul 30 #20

Exactly berniesandersmittens Jul 30 #24

I wonder if that's how their mamas raised them -- to inventory a stranger's cart and pay strict attention to how ... Alice B. Jul 30 #39

In AR all ebt cards look the same berniesandersmittens Jul 30 #41

I hear you. I know this quite personally because I've used an EBT card -- even an average white lady Alice B. Jul 30 #79

But Twinkies and a Coke Mossfern Jul 30 #45

"Twinkids and a Coke will harm them." WhiskeyGrinder Jul 30 #53

People on snap already can't buy candy bars with it standingtall Jul 30 #59

Yup, I heard it straight from the horse's mouth. GoCubsGo Jul 30 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 30 #25

I wasn't responding to the OP. GoCubsGo Jul 30 #26

+1 leftstreet Jul 30 #35

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Neither help nor punish GreatGazoo Jul 30 #10

See my post just before yours. CTyankee Jul 30 #21

I got into an argument with a professor once over this sort of thing. Alice B. Jul 30 #42

Honestly, I'm torn on this... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 30 #11

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Most people want to be healthy, so focus on education not restrictions. Blues Heron Jul 30 #29

I agree but not sure how they could Tree Lady Jul 30 #52

The only real way to do it... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 30 #55

One item drives me nuts. Kraft box of Mac n cheese. If cbabe Jul 30 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 30 #31

If you have a microwave. One innovation is pop top cans so a can opener isn't needed. cbabe Jul 30 #32

When healthy foods become more price-competitive to the alternatives Torchlight Jul 30 #33

$25 bottle of olive oil vs $7 bottle of hydrogenated veg oil berniesandersmittens Jul 30 #37

Please don't feel that way, most of us don't agree with that crap questionseverything Jul 30 #40

Thank you berniesandersmittens Jul 30 #43

No one should ever feel ashamed for doing the best they can. Ever. Torchlight Jul 30 #51

It's very disappointing to see holier than thou types pushing this shit on a democratic site questionseverything Jul 30 #64

I'm on SNAP, ask me anything. Luz Jul 30 #47

you explain it well Skittles Jul 30 #50

Honestly, I live in a food desert..literally. We Luz Jul 30 #92

aahhh OK Skittles Jul 30 #93

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In the 'hood??? berniesandersmittens Jul 30 #71

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This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 30 #49

FWIW, there's very little difference in the kind of purchases SNAP households make compared to non-SNAP households. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 30 #56

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This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 30 #63

Besides the obvious objections from industries, one of the reasons the USDA is generally loathe to implement WhiskeyGrinder Jul 30 #65

Exactly, it would just run up the cost which of course means more people can't get food questionseverything Jul 30 #67

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go cry about it WhiskeyGrinder Jul 30 #82

Link? questionseverything Jul 30 #66

Interesting thread that deserves only one response Smokster Jul 30 #62

There's something else at play here. surrealAmerican Jul 30 #74

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I've seen one person in my entire life only buy standingtall Jul 30 #83

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 30 #85

Ah, *here's* where the dog is buried. You're mad about the way other people choose to eat. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 30 #88

I detest food snobbery Skittles Jul 30 #94

. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 30 #84

Gosh, lots of cart-peerers today Starry Messenger Jul 30 #86

Gladys Kravitz is alive and well Torchlight Jul 30 #87

right? Skittles Jul 30 #95

Damn. The shitty things being said about poor people. Double damn. Solly Mack Jul 30 #89

I agree, this thread is making huge assumptions Luz Jul 30 #97

Yep. Paternalistic assumptions. Solly Mack Jul 30 #98

Maybe have a program where an EBT card Mossfern Jul 30 #99