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Ayn Rand

Exactly. Screw your "government-run food dispensaries", the government gets it's money from one place - the people. We are the ones stuck with every bill they run up and then print more money to cover....

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rita mazur

I like Ayn Rands comment. I have never had to use food stamps, but if I had a say in where my tax dollars to it would be to that mon or dad with children instead of bailing out banks, building bridges...

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Kay

I don't think people who receive food stamps should be punished by prohibiting them from buying certain items considered food. The real issue is what passes for nutritious food. If soda and...

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Just a Thought

There is something missing, a WANT and a NEED. You need certain things to live, basic Food and Water to start with. You want Chips and Soda, remember this is a WANT not a need. if you want something...

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xephy

UMMMMM....if the government is paying for your groceries, then YES they have a right to not allow you to buy crap like sodas and potato chips. Get a freaking job and buy those items yourself. The...

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scot

ruffnerave: do you not see the hypocrisy in your rant about the government interfering with your life while supporting public assistance? if you're willing to accept public assistance, then you need to...

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Mabus

The real travesty is that these food stamps are allowed to be used at for-profit entities that sell for-profit manufactured goods. There should be food depots, where the food is sold at cost, so that...

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barbara

some of those that recieve foodstamps are also tax payers, so to say you dont want your money spent on soda and chips is just ignorant.

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Obesity Diet

What a smoke screen! SODA IS NOT THE PROBLEM. The drug makers and diabetes drug makers take in 10 billion$$$$ every year with no cure!! Food Chemicals are the cause of the diabetes and obesity crisis...

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ruffnerave

at what point does the government stop interfering in our lives? I think we should have an armed service member stationed in our living room. Heck.. maybe the government should insist on a dress code...

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news hound

I have known people that have abused the Food Stamp System and I have known people that still struggled to feed the family while on Food Stamps. Cut and dry answers don't exist. I don't think sodas...

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alex

in the bronx/brooklyn/nj etc convience stores you can get $0.75 cash for every dollar food stamp.

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Justme

This isn't saying that people on food stamps are not allowed to ever buy soda. It's saying that they don't want food stamps to fund the purchase of soda. If these people on food stamps want soda, they...

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awnryprincess

I apologize - I need to correct some grammatical errors I didn't catch before posting... A. Foodstamps has helped us tremendously. B. I am NOT trying to use more than I need. I have attempted to give...

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Moopycow

There was another article about market stores and them prepairing for the monthly dashing out of food stamps. Fruit & vegtables will not last a month and people will not budget for the whole month....

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realist

No, let's get to the real heart of the matter. Ban food stamps.

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Adv1sor

Why would anyone be in favor of putting any more pressure or hardship on these poor people? Why would you deprive their children of the joy of drinking a coca cola? Yeah, sugar is bad for you. So are a...

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Ken

Re: Chris Even better, I've had that happen when I was younger and worked at Walmart. The best part? After the welfare items were purchased, along came several cds, a couple of video games, etc. that...

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Chris

Why stop at soda? What about crab legs and things like that? Has anyone ever seen the abuse that takes place? Ever seen mom and 3 daughters with two shopping carts full of crab legs and filet mignon...

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BigWheel

Yeah, let's ban soda from food stamp recipients but don't you dare even think about drug testing people who receive food stamps or any other government welfare program! What a joke.

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