I'm really not sure what the Daily Caller's Matthew Boyle is trying to do with this story that shows that yes, you can buy pricey Whole Foods stuff on SNAP assistance in DC and then not have any money left over for actual food for the rest of the month. I'm not sure what the point of that is, since clearly Boyle didn't try to live on an entire month or two just using SNAP.
Kentucky at least has requirements that there are a number of things you can't buy on SNAP, especially requirements for having to purchase the least expensive dairy products the store offers and it cannot be used for deli and prepared foods. If that was his point, that DC needs tighter rules on what you can buy under SNAP, that's fine. But Boyle's approach seemed designed to be misleading at best and downright nasty (getting into welfare queen territory) at worst.
Sure, you can buy swordfish steaks and candy on SNAP. You can also buy 4 cases of ramen noodles for about five bucks, too. If you want to call that your food budget for the month and use the rest for Snickers bars, well there you are. Boyle, by the way, was gaming the system and didn't really need food stamps (unless Tucker Carlson really doesn't pay his guys worth crap).
I love how the same conservatives who have no problem making shopping lists for SNAP recipients that they think should be mandated by law to prevent fraud are the same folks who then scream FOOD POLICE at Michelle Obama for being worried about the nation's health and vow to block the FDA's food safety bill as "government intrusion" and wave their little Gadsden flags.
No problems with the government being used as a cudgel against everyone else except themselves, then it's WATER THE TREE OF LIBERTY time.
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I hope that someone working for SNAP see that story and makes sue he gets sued for fraud.
Yeah but, Michelle's a niggar.
i would not buy a used car from you.
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