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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
I vote slippery slope. What next? A ban on all products containing HFCS? Processed corn products at all? Or better: Food stamps can only be used to buy fresh produce, dried legumes, and whole grains. Everything else is a "luxury."
EDIT: I don't think that soda consumption is causing the obesity problem. It is a big factor, yes, but if you remove this from the picture, it can easily be filled with other crap. Are they still allowed to buy sugar?
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Have we done any real independent medical studies on how our bodies process HFCS? I think we should ban food stamp users from buying HFCS with them.
And diet is a large part of the obseity problem. Even Rush Limbaugh has lost weight with his no exercise diet.
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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
corn has already skyrocketed due to the dumbass government putting corn in our gas tanks.
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Corn here was the same price as it was in the 80s & 90s this summer. And I would put the blame for higher corn prices onto the factory farms that control the corn that gets to market and have enough of them working together to control output and set a price they want.
(Or you can blame the purchasing power of the dollar not being anywhere close to what it was in the 80s/90s)
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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
Food stamps should only purchase raw ingredients. Absolutely no finished foods.
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Sounds good to me.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Many in the SNAP program do not have easy access to the healthiest foods. You dont find a Fresh Foods market in low income areas.
The growing acceptance of ETP cards at farmers markets is a plus but there is still a "food desert" in many low income urban areas.
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And wouldn't the free market fill in if there is a demand (even if it is forced) in the low-income neighborhoods for fresh food or natural food?