Posted on Apr 16, 2025
Arkansas, Indiana Request Soda, Candy Be Removed From Food Stamps
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As it should be.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun, both Republicans, framed the efforts as the first steps in broader reforms to reduce chronic disease and improve the use of taxpayer funds in federal food assistance programs.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun, both Republicans, framed the efforts as the first steps in broader reforms to reduce chronic disease and improve the use of taxpayer funds in federal food assistance programs.
Arkansas, Indiana Request Soda, Candy Be Removed From Food Stamps
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Candy and soda are treats anyway, or at the very least that's how they should be seen as and consumed. Same goes for a trip to any fast food chain. They were never meant to be a regular part of what we consume.
Ultimately this doesn't solve the issue, yet, that the food that we're supposed to be eating costs astronomically more, pound for pound. A six-pack of a bottled Pepsi product is more bang for the money than the same weight in almost any fruit or vegetable in the produce section.
It pains me to keep a relatively strict threshold on what I consider to be an acceptable price for produce in general. $1.50/lb is my limit. That plus going off of what my kiddos will eat usually keeps me to only carrots and onions as of late; unless something goes on sale. On occasion I'll buy apples or oranges.
I don't even want to talk about how stupidly priced meat as a whole has gotten; even when I was obviously in cattle country beef was horrifically priced.
Ultimately this doesn't solve the issue, yet, that the food that we're supposed to be eating costs astronomically more, pound for pound. A six-pack of a bottled Pepsi product is more bang for the money than the same weight in almost any fruit or vegetable in the produce section.
It pains me to keep a relatively strict threshold on what I consider to be an acceptable price for produce in general. $1.50/lb is my limit. That plus going off of what my kiddos will eat usually keeps me to only carrots and onions as of late; unless something goes on sale. On occasion I'll buy apples or oranges.
I don't even want to talk about how stupidly priced meat as a whole has gotten; even when I was obviously in cattle country beef was horrifically priced.
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