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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 10:32 PM Original message |
Feds oppose temporary plan to restrict purchase of sugary drinks with food stamps in NYC |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think it is a bad precedent to set |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Thank you. |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Food stamps are intended to buy nourishment for one's own family, not the team. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. That is what I posted. |
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young but wise (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Well said. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. That's exactly the reason that FNS(USDA) has maintained an inclusive list of qualifying foods. |
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bonecrusher3k (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. diabetes |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Looking at the corn syrup/diabetes link, I'd be in favor |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. Why discriminate against people on food stamps? Why not move it to the liquor store and tax it? |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. Nothing in the law would prevent someone from buying a Coke |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yes, those ignorant people that our tax dollars are going to feed... |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. No, the idea of limiting what is bought w/food stamps is simply to say, Here's money for necessities |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So, perhaps we should put you in charge of determining what are necessities |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. There is this strain of thought on the left. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. It is a matter of what the stipend is intended for. It is not "Here's some money. Do whatever |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. For Example... |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Are you seriously arguing that your body needs soft drinks to survive? Are you really? |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. Are you seriously suggesting poor people can't decide on their own what |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 05:04 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. No, I'm not. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. dupe, again |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
11. Food stamps are sold on open market for cash |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Food "stamps" are done by debit card and not so easy to sell. n/t |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Stolen automobiles are not easy to sell either |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Untrue. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Where did you read "majority" are criminals |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Yes, and FNS's own estimate of fraudulent usage of this sort is less than one percent. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I hope you are right, but... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. I'm not basing that statement on anecdotes. In the past I worked on FNS research. |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Whoa. Entirely untrue, and I say that as someone receiving this assistance. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm almost completely sure that it's constitutional. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Food Stamps is a 100% Federal Program, issued by the State but is Federal in Funding |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Ok. Thanks for the info. |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. On 3 dollars a day I don't think anyone is buying much soda anyway. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. It's cheaper than your other beverage options, except tap water. (nt) |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. Well that would basically exempt all fruit juices from the food stamp list. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. I think banning some food/beverages, and not others (exception: alcohol) is a bad precedent. |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Aren't WIC funds, for example, restricted to certain healthy foods? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Not that I know of, the regulations only address types of food a doctor prescribes. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Done in the 1970s, it was illegal to use Food Stamps to boy meat from overseas. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
22. Revolting idea. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. I think that those restrictions were proposed with good intentions. After all, |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I think the states --particularly NY |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. Are sugary drinks food? |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Technically, yes, and as someone on food stamps with a disability ... |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Well said. I hope that things can get better for you. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. Should be seen as general, overall guidance for the American public -- but no ban!! |
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