Four States Have Asked USDA to Let Them Ban Soda, Candy From Food Assistance Program

[AkFemDem]

62. But you are suggesting just that-

That these folks must be lying and hiding the fathers of their kids, because otherwise why even bring it up? Do you believe a large % WIC and SNAP users are forging documents and lying about their household income and the fathers of their children?

As far as trading food, no one is policing Bertha swapping an egg for a cup of sugar with her neighbor Tiffany. What they DO "police" are rogue retailers who will offer illegal workarounds like accepting food stamps for cigarettes, ringing them up as a consumable item. There doesn't seem to be ANY evidence this is a widespread problem though.

No needs to be "sugar police", in the same way you can't ring up a package of batteries with a SNAP card, it'd be as easy as not being able to ring up Dr Pepper. Retailers who do try to work around the issue through tactics like described above would be guilty of that fraud whether they are selling black market cigarettes or Dr Pepper in that fashion.