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9. These rules would prevent a family from using SNAP to buy a birthday cake for their kids.

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 04:39 PM

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I survived on food stamps as a kid, I know it was humiliating enough for my mom to pay with food stamps. To not even be able to buy your kid a birthday cake is just too much.

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SNAP Recipients Fight Back In Junk Food Crackdown [View all] BumRushDaShow Thursday OP

Sugar may not be the main problem bucolic_frolic Thursday #1

see post 15 niyad Thursday #20

Just give them the fucking money. They spend more money "discussing" it than it costs. twodogsbarking Thursday #2

It is, and always has been, about control, shaming, and, to a great degree, misogyny, niyad Thursday #11

That is what emotion Ai is for! jfz9580m Friday #53

the money spent investigating and verifying "means tests" rampartd Saturday #101

My sympathies would revolve around a better understanding of "access food", "manage health conditions" and...... FadedMullet Thursday #3

Do we get a say in what type of food the military is served? choie Thursday #5

That's exactly why orangecrush Saturday #116

These rules would prevent a family from using SNAP to buy a birthday cake for their kids. SunSeeker Thursday #9

see post 15 niyad Thursday #19

Sure Cirsium Saturday #107

I don't know... Jacson6 Thursday #4

See post 15 niyad Thursday #21

I'll pay attention to the counter-arguments when healthy food Torchlight Thursday #6

You nailed it "when healthy food is as affordable as many junk foods" quaint Thursday #7

THANK YOU!!! niyad Thursday #18

In what world would high-quality anything be as affordable as junk? Oliver Bolliver Butt Thursday #28

A sane one? niyad Thursday #38

define 'junk' then Oliver Bolliver Butt Thursday #42

Anything I don't like. niyad Thursday #43

Oh, I don't know Cirsium Saturday #106

on that we agree! Oliver Bolliver Butt Saturday #110

Great Cirsium Saturday #111

In the same world that sealions move goalposts Torchlight Friday #57

Oh, come on Cirsium Friday #77

Did my post just get called ridiculous by someone claiming that "food is free"? Oliver Bolliver Butt Friday #96

Correct Cirsium Friday #97

this is why we lose elections Oliver Bolliver Butt Friday #98

Oh, sure it is Cirsium Friday #99

Nice bumper sticker Torchlight Saturday #100

And when healthy food is available moonscape Thursday #35

EXACTLY. see post 15. niyad Thursday #39

Who says they have to buy healthy food? EX500rider Friday #63

You're arguing a point I neither made nor implied. Torchlight Friday #65

Maybe you could acquaint yourself with some of the restrictions, niyad Friday #70

There's certainly some self-righteous sanctimonious posting going on here EX500rider Friday #74

ohhh myyyyyy. Our mileage does indeed vary. Thank you for confirming niyad Friday #86

I'm not against junk food restrictions but I support an increase in the amount provided as eating healthy isn't cheap. cstanleytech Thursday #8

See post 15. niyad Thursday #17

Many poor people lack kitchens in which to whip up those great recipes from scratch with all their helpful vitamins. CTyankee Friday #54

This doesn't stop them from buying TV dinners and macaroni and cheese and other easy quick Foods EX500rider Friday #64

Why do we get to be their food cop? CTyankee Friday #66

If the taxpayer is footing the bill the taxpayer has some say EX500rider Friday #67

I agree. How can we get at this problem as a society? CTyankee Friday #72

Yes which is why produce is a good area to provide more money to spend on as you don't need to cook salads. cstanleytech Friday #68

A great point. The issue is how we get such foods to those who need, but can't afford to buy, those food items. CTyankee Friday #73

"The five plaintiffs--who live in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee and West Virginia..." BaronChocula Thursday #10

Really.?? What, exactly, are we to understand by that? niyad Thursday #12

With the exception of Colorado BaronChocula Thursday #13

Then why include Colorado? niyad Thursday #16

It was taken verbatim from the article BaronChocula Thursday #22

Thank you. niyad Thursday #23

... BaronChocula Thursday #24

Are people in those states less worthy of having food Bettie Thursday #26

The story they want to push with these restrictions, 70sEraVet Thursday #14

I think it's that taxpayer funded diabetes is a bad idea. pcdb Thursday #40

Do you seriously think ANY of this bs debate has to do with genuine concern niyad Thursday #44

Maybe not to Republicans pcdb Thursday #47

That isn't an either/or, regardless of how you frame it. Perhaps you niyad Friday #49

What other issues? pcdb Friday #89

Before I start screaming about the self-righteous sanctimony and niyad Thursday #15

But at what point is the line drawn? Polybius Thursday #37

Supplemental Nutrition. .last I checked, household items do not niyad Thursday #41

Ok, so we're in agreement Polybius Saturday #103

Starting April 1, Texas also will ban SNAP purchases of many drinks that use artificial sweeteners. Celerity Friday #55

yes yes yes yes Cirsium Friday #79

You think household supplies and alcohol should be covered by SNAP? Polybius Saturday #104

Nonsense Cirsium Saturday #105

It's an interesting position that I never heard anyone take Polybius Saturday #113

Why? Cirsium Saturday #114

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Saturday #115

That's what cash assistance is for Polybius 18 hrs ago #123

That isn't what being a Democrat is for Cirsium 15 hrs ago #125

No, it's a normal approach Polybius 18 hrs ago #122

Normal approach? Cirsium 16 hrs ago #124

Totally agree with you IzzaNuDay Friday #56

That's an entirely different issue though but it's one that does need to be addressed urgently IMO. cstanleytech Friday #69

No, it is obviously a central part of the issue. niyad Friday #71

Thank you Cirsium Friday #78

You are most welcome. One would not think such a post was needed niyad Friday #83

If I remember correctly in NYS/C... electric_blue68 Thursday #25

I remember exactly that decades ago when I got food stamps. NH Ethylene Thursday #27

In my case it was just for me... electric_blue68 Thursday #29

I can't speak for NYS, but soda and candy was allowed in NYC when I was on it Polybius Thursday #36

I'm an NYC'r but don't have SNAP anymore... electric_blue68 Thursday #45

I think I wrote this the other day. chouchou Thursday #30

Why should there be ANY "percentage for fun" designation? By WHOSE niyad Thursday #34

I understand your point. I was thinking that the "Other sons-a-####"" would stop trashing the poor.. chouchou Friday #50

I can welll understand your desire to try that. However, as old and jaded niyad Friday #52

Unfortunately, your words are true. I keep hoping that mostly people are kind, fair and just. chouchou Friday #58

It is good to have hope and optimism. niyad Friday #59

Absolutely. We can go shopping like professionals. chouchou Friday #60

yayyyy niyad Friday #61

You haven't been able to buy beer or wine for decades MichMan Thursday #31

see post 15 niyad Thursday #32

OMG, enough with the post #15 GenThePerservering Friday #75

Good for you Cirsium Friday #81

Thank you for confirming my post. niyad Friday #85

Creative use of Reductio ad absurdum. Very serious stuff Torchlight Friday #62

Let us add one little thing to this discussion. Apprroximately FIFTY PERCENT niyad Thursday #33

Not everyone has cooking facilities or equipment. Demobrat Thursday #46

THANK YOU!! And then there are the tuly homeless. I have never niyad Friday #48

I only didn't mention them because Demobrat Friday #87

Many shelters provide an address orangecrush Saturday #117

Where does it say "fresh food"? It says no "candy and sugary drinks" That would leave tons of options.. EX500rider Friday #51

90 billion dollars the defense department wasted on lobster, crab and steak 🥩 questionseverything Friday #82

90 billion? You sure about that? EX500rider Friday #90

Sure there was some furniture, ice cream machines, musical instruments and questionseverything Friday #92

The figure I saw was 22 million EX500rider Friday #94

I think a snickers or a Reeces has more protein than chips or pastries questionseverything Friday #95

Thank you Cirsium Friday #80

when i was on snap, ShepKat Friday #76

see post 15 niyad Friday #84

You had a home with a working kitchen to make them in. Demobrat Friday #88

Most folks on snap have to supplement it with food pantry items or cash questionseverything Friday #93

This is nothing more than the continaution of Ronald Reagan and the "welfare queen driving Cadillacs" radicalleft Friday #91

Soda isn't food OC375 Saturday #102

Grow up? berniesandersmittens Saturday #108

All about taxing the rich on my end OC375 Saturday #112

A snickers has 4-5 grams of protein ( from the peanuts) questionseverything 15 hrs ago #126

Buy a bag of nuts then OC375 15 hrs ago #127

Obviously you don't need to use the gas station/ convenience store grocery questionseverything 14 hrs ago #128

Rural OC375 14 hrs ago #129

Nothing is the way it was 20-30 years ago so spare me the " walked uphill in the snow " stories questionseverything 14 hrs ago #130

No snickers and soda isn't punishment OC375 11 hrs ago #131

This isn't the hill Democrats should die upon NickB79 Saturday #109

Bye orangecrush Saturday #118

Ciao NickB79 Saturday #120

I could not care less what people spend them on. Demobrat Saturday #119

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Saturday #121

Dispensaries take food stamps? Demobrat 8 hrs ago #132