That very mindset is what will put your children in the most danger. You do not live in a vacuum.
Americans think gun ownership is some sort of compensating factor...as though sieges in America have ever ended well for the defending team.
I'm fine with tax spending to feed the poor, but I don't agree with spending on luxury foods and luxury food services that I wouldn't even spend on myself.
Every government program will see fraud and I don't even see how junk food is a real problem? The point is calories. Sure, healthier food would be better, but there are other efforts to get people of all income brackets to eat healthier. The government should not limit what people are permitted to eat just because they're poor enough to qualify.
Junk food is a problem because it's vastly overpriced relative to the amount of nutritional value.
In terms of material cost, the dollar amount actually necessary to feed poor people is a tiny insignificant fraction of what is being spent now. That's inefficient.
Not to even mention how junk food contributes to obesity and other health problems, effectively creating a second-order tax unto the health care system.
The whole point of EBT is to keep people fed. If they are eating junk food and not maximizing their nutritional value to your satisfaction that’s fine because they’re still eating.
All prepared food is banned in ND for EBT. Meaning you can’t order Taco Bell through door dash.
If you’re really worried about your tax expenditures look at defense contracting and spending. EBT fraud is a rounding error for some of those program overruns. Also at tax policy when it comes to revenue offshoring, inheritance and millionaires to billionaire tax evasion.
The poors aren’t the ones screwing you.
They could eat for much less than that. Again, why should the taxpayer be subsidizing luxury spending? Junk food is a luxury.
> If you’re really worried about your tax expenditures look at defense contracting and spending. EBT fraud is a rounding error for some of those program overruns. Also at tax policy when it comes to revenue offshoring, inheritance and millionaires to billionaire tax evasion.
Whataboutism. Two things can be true at once.
It's not worth my time.
That reflects on you, not me.
Like I legitimately just want the system to be more efficient lol. It must be hard for you to talk to people?
Junk food is popular for many reasons. Beyond “tasing good”, most of it is readily accessible, requires no prep, and is calorie dense. It certainly lacks nutrients, but it does keep people going.
I know any people take this for granted, but knowing how to prepare food from scratch is a skill. It takesa time, it takes effort, it takes knowledge that some people simply don’t feel they have.
Preparing food is a red herring, there's lots of food better than junk food that takes no prep time at all.
Yeah this wouldn't go how you think it would.