Clearly those who wrote the bill identifying these foods as junk are clueless when it comes to healthy vs. junk food; which is why they should not be making the decisions. The USDA should be the agency setting the guidelines as to what is or is not healthy.
Not to mention, by not qualifying some of the alternatives those with food allergies will not be able to purchase foods such as rice or soy milk. Instead of making stupid stipulations such as this they should be focusing on the economy and jobs in Wisconsin.
I'm tired of legislative wasting time on stupid stuff such as this. Focus on what's important to the people who put you in office; which many are farmers or come from farm families. This type of legislation will do nothing to create jobs or improve economics in the state.
The big food manufacturers bought that bill. Eliminating brown eggs, whole mile organic foods come from small companies. These major manufacturers lobbied big money to eliminate healthy foods.
This is not the "RIGHT" even a liberal like you should know that!
Under the program, families get a certain amount of money to spend on their groceries. If they want to buy brown eggs, that's their choice. They're not getting anything "extra" for their money. Why would you want the government to tell families what to eat?
Someone on assistance who uses it to buy soy milk and cheddar cheese isn't costing the taxpayers one dime more than if they use it for white milk and American cheese. So why do you care?
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