It’s going to take just as long to ‘get it right’ as it takes to ‘fight ignorance’…
I’m in Iowa. Taxable food items are no longer covered under SNAP. Since I live in a city that borders Illinois, some people go over there and buy things there, where they ARE covered because of location, not the state where it’s issued. In short, you can use an Iowa-issued card in Illinois, and Illinois allows those things to be covered there as well.
I’m pretty happy they can’t get energy drinks and sodas on it.
No body “needs” that.
I don’t agree with strong arm practices that make people use benefits in particular ways, tho. Seems like overreach.
Until they get grocery prices down and ways people can have decent jobs nothing will change.
there was story recently in the Post-Dispatch about doctors and nurses getting assaulted by patients and/or family members, asking for more security
that brings to mind a story when I lived in Cleveland–woman goes to convenience store and buys a 99-cent item; cashier says that will be $1.07 with tax; woman says no, price says 99 cents, you’re cheating me
I’m pretty angered that Big Daddy conservative government has decided that the poors can’t choose for themselves what they eat and drink.
Need has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Make up your mind.
The do not “need” part is my own opinion.
The richest person in the world should not drink them. They don’t need to drink any of them.
The big drink companies should be closed.
They are thought of as harmless. They are not. Again my opinion..but when uneducated Mothers in Appalachia are putting Mt. Dew in the baby’s bottle and rotting all it’s baby teeth out and baby fails to sleep or thrive. There is a problem.
Baby then goes to school with behavior problems because he’s addicted to caffeine and sugar.
Yeah great stuff..
It has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with addiction.
Again I say no one “needs” them.
In addition to soft drinks and candy, some states want to ban prepared desserts, fruit juices and other “unhealthy beverages”.
Starting on Thursday, West Virginia and Utah will ban sodas; Nebraska will ban sodas and energy drinks; and Indiana will ban sodas and candy.
Iowa will implement the strictest rules, banning soda, candy and other pre-packaged food subject to the state sales tax - like chocolate-coated nuts and sweet popcorn.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jvp5qdw0no
Funny that the BBC article makes no mention of them not banning diet soda isn’t it?
The whole “banned” list has problems.
I think the flour in things kinda shocked me. (No granola which I think of as healthy). Wheat farmers must’ve had a great lobbyist.
And you can’t get a snickers candy bar but you can get snickers flavored ice cream. WTH?