Further attempts by the right to poison the poor, then complain when folks need healthcare because their diet has made them obese and diabetic, and further the factory farming industry that is abusing animals and destroying the environment. Everyone should have access to wholesome, healthy food. I'd much prefer to see my tax dollars pay for organic cage free eggs and soy milk than pasturize juice drink and bleached flour white bread.
This would not save money. Foodshare costs the same for the state no matter what food people buy. It is not to stop abuse. People on foodshare do work but need the benefits to take care of their families. If you're not ignorant of these facts, you only hate poor people, or you hate organic grocery stores.
All these arguments are only to delay us from calling a spade a spade: you conservatives are evil. Just show people your true colors already so that we can take your ideology to the trash heap of history and move forward.
Stop pussy footing around. Go on and tell us what your plan for the endgame is: you won't stop at taking away what little freedom we have. I understand where this is going. The logical conclusion of all your efforts is concentration camps so the poor can starve out of sight. You're nothing but a bunch of fascists.
Limiting junk/unhealthy/unnecessary for survival food makes sense. Outside of that, who cares if people opt for organic? They will still have the same monthly budget to work with, and once it's gone, it's gone. Opting for value/generic brands would surely stretch the budget further every month, but let the individual/family decide. Caring about what goes into you body isn't a bad thing.
Every person chooses how to budget their own money. You don't know someone else's circumstance. Maybe you choose to drive a nicer car or have material things and you skimp on your food budget. Our family drives 2 used cars and doesn't spend money on clothing etc unless it is hugely discounted or bought used. We don't color our hair or get our nails done or have smart phones or cable TV... We spend our money on whole foods though. We buy farm fresh eggs and organic milk and we make our own bread and such things. I don't get food stamps and our family of 4 live on a meager budget but we still choose healthy unprocessed foods and do a lot of cooking from scratch and don't eat out to make up the difference. For example, you can make a whole lot of delicious healthy yogurt with one gallon of organic milk... Way more than you can get for the same price when buying cheap store brand yogurt by the cup that is loaded with fake sugar. Just sayin'... Limiting people from buying soda and candy I do understand but limiting healthy food choices because some people are ignorant to the health costs that processed foods impose on individuals and on our goverment funded health programs is foolish.
It's not that easy anymore. My fiance was just laid off from his job, has sent in over 30 applications in the past week (he hasn't even gotten his last paycheck yet so he can't apply for unemployment), and has not heard back from a single posted position he's applied for. I make 8$ an hour; if we didn't have our savings to fall back on, then he would have to get SNAP or something of the like. Even buying "value brands" puts our grocery bills higher than what I would be able to afford without my savings. We both have school debt which further perpetuates the fact that we'd be utterly dependent on food stamps if it weren't for us saving up money when he had his job.
On top of that, I am lactose intolerant and so I vouch for the "nut milks" (almond milk in particular) because lactose free is more expensive and less healthy.
Wisconsin is 44th in the country for new job growth, and not all poor people or SNAP/WIC dependent people are unemployed. How do you propose finding a job when there's none to find?
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