Maine Governor wants to stop EBT being used for candy/soft drinks

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What say JPP? Should people getting money from taxpayers for food be forced to eat healthier?




Maine Gov. LePage threatens to halt food stamp program amid sugar crackdown


Maine Gov. Paul LePage is ramping up a battle over Mars bars and Mountain Dew, warning the Obama administration he'll move to ban food stamp recipients in his state from buying such sugary sweets with taxpayer money – or halt the program entirely.

The warning comes after the Obama administration shot down his request for a waiver to institute the ban on candy and sugary drinks.

The firebrand Republican wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack objecting vociferously to the agency’s decision. In the June 17 letter, LePage called the ban “a commonsense proposition.”

Citing Maine’s rising obesity and diabetes rates, LePage said he will look “to implement reform unilaterally or cease Maine’s administration of the food stamp program altogether.”

“It’s time for the federal government to wake up and smell the energy drinks,” wrote LePage, who went on to accuse the Obama administration of a double standard in the way it polices school cafeterias, but not how taxpayer money is used on the food stamp program.

“The Obama administration goes to great lengths to police the menus of K-12 cafeterias but looks the other way as billions of taxpayer dollars finance a steady diet of Mars bars and Mountain Dew,” LePage said. “I can think of only one reason why the federal government would refuse to eliminate junk food from the EBT menu: special interests.”

LePage noted that only 31 percent of Mainers eat the recommended amount of vegetables. He says that taxpayers are also paying for the consequences of poor eating habits because most SNAP recipients also receive Medicaid.

“Beyond the health effects of the federal government’s corrupt food stamp policy is the tragedy of billions in wasted taxpayer dollars that buy candy and soda through a program that was originally designed to reduce hunger. Maine taxpayers see it every day at the grocery store and they are sick and tired of watching their hard-earned money go down the drain,” LePage said.

The LePage administration made the request in November after his proposal was rejected twice by the Maine Legislature, according to The Bangor Daily News.

State Rep. Drew Gattine, a Democrat, told The Daily News he felt the governor was looking for a fight with the Obama administration.

“This just seems to me to be just the governor trying to pick a fight with the feds,” said Gattine. “Nobody thinks that people on food stamps should be buying snack food and candy and sugary drinks. What we really need to do is find a way to make healthy food more affordable.”


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...rogram-amid-sugar-crackdown.html?intcmp=hpbt2
 
cawacko said:
What say JPP? Should people getting money from taxpayers for food be forced to eat healthier?




Maine Gov. LePage threatens to halt food stamp program amid sugar crackdown


Maine Gov. Paul LePage is ramping up a battle over Mars bars and Mountain Dew, warning the Obama administration he'll move to ban food stamp recipients in his state from buying such sugary sweets with taxpayer money – or halt the program entirely.

The warning comes after the Obama administration shot down his request for a waiver to institute the ban on candy and sugary drinks.

The firebrand Republican wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack objecting vociferously to the agency’s decision. In the June 17 letter, LePage called the ban “a commonsense proposition.”

Citing Maine’s rising obesity and diabetes rates, LePage said he will look “to implement reform unilaterally or cease Maine’s administration of the food stamp program altogether.”

“It’s time for the federal government to wake up and smell the energy drinks,” wrote LePage, who went on to accuse the Obama administration of a double standard in the way it polices school cafeterias, but not how taxpayer money is used on the food stamp program.

“The Obama administration goes to great lengths to police the menus of K-12 cafeterias but looks the other way as billions of taxpayer dollars finance a steady diet of Mars bars and Mountain Dew,” LePage said. “I can think of only one reason why the federal government would refuse to eliminate junk food from the EBT menu: special interests.”

LePage noted that only 31 percent of Mainers eat the recommended amount of vegetables. He says that taxpayers are also paying for the consequences of poor eating habits because most SNAP recipients also receive Medicaid.

“Beyond the health effects of the federal government’s corrupt food stamp policy is the tragedy of billions in wasted taxpayer dollars that buy candy and soda through a program that was originally designed to reduce hunger. Maine taxpayers see it every day at the grocery store and they are sick and tired of watching their hard-earned money go down the drain,” LePage said.

The LePage administration made the request in November after his proposal was rejected twice by the Maine Legislature, according to The Bangor Daily News.

State Rep. Drew Gattine, a Democrat, told The Daily News he felt the governor was looking for a fight with the Obama administration.

“This just seems to me to be just the governor trying to pick a fight with the feds,” said Gattine. “Nobody thinks that people on food stamps should be buying snack food and candy and sugary drinks. What we really need to do is find a way to make healthy food more affordable.”


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...rogram-amid-sugar-crackdown.html?intcmp=hpbt2
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I don't think the people will yell as loud as the lobbyists for these industries will!
 
cawacko said:
What say JPP? Should people getting money from taxpayers for food be forced to eat healthier?




Maine Gov. LePage threatens to halt food stamp program amid sugar crackdown


Maine Gov. Paul LePage is ramping up a battle over Mars bars and Mountain Dew, warning the Obama administration he'll move to ban food stamp recipients in his state from buying such sugary sweets with taxpayer money – or halt the program entirely.

The warning comes after the Obama administration shot down his request for a waiver to institute the ban on candy and sugary drinks.

The firebrand Republican wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack objecting vociferously to the agency’s decision. In the June 17 letter, LePage called the ban “a commonsense proposition.”

Citing Maine’s rising obesity and diabetes rates, LePage said he will look “to implement reform unilaterally or cease Maine’s administration of the food stamp program altogether.”

“It’s time for the federal government to wake up and smell the energy drinks,” wrote LePage, who went on to accuse the Obama administration of a double standard in the way it polices school cafeterias, but not how taxpayer money is used on the food stamp program.

“The Obama administration goes to great lengths to police the menus of K-12 cafeterias but looks the other way as billions of taxpayer dollars finance a steady diet of Mars bars and Mountain Dew,” LePage said. “I can think of only one reason why the federal government would refuse to eliminate junk food from the EBT menu: special interests.”

LePage noted that only 31 percent of Mainers eat the recommended amount of vegetables. He says that taxpayers are also paying for the consequences of poor eating habits because most SNAP recipients also receive Medicaid.

“Beyond the health effects of the federal government’s corrupt food stamp policy is the tragedy of billions in wasted taxpayer dollars that buy candy and soda through a program that was originally designed to reduce hunger. Maine taxpayers see it every day at the grocery store and they are sick and tired of watching their hard-earned money go down the drain,” LePage said.

The LePage administration made the request in November after his proposal was rejected twice by the Maine Legislature, according to The Bangor Daily News.

State Rep. Drew Gattine, a Democrat, told The Daily News he felt the governor was looking for a fight with the Obama administration.

“This just seems to me to be just the governor trying to pick a fight with the feds,” said Gattine. “Nobody thinks that people on food stamps should be buying snack food and candy and sugary drinks. What we really need to do is find a way to make healthy food more affordable.”


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...rogram-amid-sugar-crackdown.html?intcmp=hpbt2
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Absolutely, they should be told what they can and cannot buy. There's an easy solution and two options when it comes to the freeloaders complaining about being told such things. 1) Don't demand help, provide for yourself, and buy what YOU want to buy with your money or 2) STFU and learn that the only way you have the basics provided are because someone else gets to keep less of what they earned so you can do so. If the only way someone gets something is for someone else to be forced to provide it to them, why the hell do they think they have a say in it? It's easy. Don't like the rules, don't join the game.
 
They should be forced to only buy cheap selected food with the EBT card. Basic foods, like rice, grains, bread, veggies, fruit. That's it. No Shrimp cocktails, no T-bone steaks, etc.

Using it to buy gummy bears and fountain drinks at the gas station is a complete disgrace. This is what empty liberalism/socialism gets you.

Then they get super fat, and diabetic, then need millions of more taxpayer dollars in medical costs. But hey Obama has you covered Yall! Keep eating that processed sugar! Just put that on the deficit, screw it! We're liberals and we are creating a permanent underclass, and a permanent unhealthy class, so you and your family will depend on the gubment for generations! Yayyyyyy!
 
cawacko said:
What say JPP? Should people getting money from taxpayers for food be forced to eat healthier?




Maine Gov. LePage threatens to halt food stamp program amid sugar crackdown


Maine Gov. Paul LePage is ramping up a battle over Mars bars and Mountain Dew, warning the Obama administration he'll move to ban food stamp recipients in his state from buying such sugary sweets with taxpayer money – or halt the program entirely.

The warning comes after the Obama administration shot down his request for a waiver to institute the ban on candy and sugary drinks.

The firebrand Republican wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack objecting vociferously to the agency’s decision. In the June 17 letter, LePage called the ban “a commonsense proposition.”

Citing Maine’s rising obesity and diabetes rates, LePage said he will look “to implement reform unilaterally or cease Maine’s administration of the food stamp program altogether.”

“It’s time for the federal government to wake up and smell the energy drinks,” wrote LePage, who went on to accuse the Obama administration of a double standard in the way it polices school cafeterias, but not how taxpayer money is used on the food stamp program.

“The Obama administration goes to great lengths to police the menus of K-12 cafeterias but looks the other way as billions of taxpayer dollars finance a steady diet of Mars bars and Mountain Dew,” LePage said. “I can think of only one reason why the federal government would refuse to eliminate junk food from the EBT menu: special interests.”

LePage noted that only 31 percent of Mainers eat the recommended amount of vegetables. He says that taxpayers are also paying for the consequences of poor eating habits because most SNAP recipients also receive Medicaid.

“Beyond the health effects of the federal government’s corrupt food stamp policy is the tragedy of billions in wasted taxpayer dollars that buy candy and soda through a program that was originally designed to reduce hunger. Maine taxpayers see it every day at the grocery store and they are sick and tired of watching their hard-earned money go down the drain,” LePage said.

The LePage administration made the request in November after his proposal was rejected twice by the Maine Legislature, according to The Bangor Daily News.

State Rep. Drew Gattine, a Democrat, told The Daily News he felt the governor was looking for a fight with the Obama administration.

“This just seems to me to be just the governor trying to pick a fight with the feds,” said Gattine. “Nobody thinks that people on food stamps should be buying snack food and candy and sugary drinks. What we really need to do is find a way to make healthy food more affordable.”


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Of course Obama opposes this. He wants welfare people to get sick and be diabetic. Then they have to use his worthless Obamacare/medicaid program. So they will be forced to vote democrat for the rest of their lives.

Obama is a sick man himself.
 
Irish said:
They should be forced to only buy cheap selected food with the EBT card. Basic foods, like rice, grains, bread, veggies, fruit. That's it. No Shrimp cocktails, no T-bone steaks, etc.

Using it to buy gummy bears and fountain drinks at the gas station is a complete disgrace. This is what empty liberalism/socialism gets you.

Then they get super fat, and diabetic, then need millions of more taxpayer dollars in medical costs. But hey Obama has you covered Yall! Keep eating that processed sugar! Just put that on the deficit, screw it! We're liberals and we are creating a permanent underclass, and a permanent unhealthy class, so you and your family will depend on the gubment for generations! Yayyyyyy!
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I agree. There's nothing wrong with those with those getting something another person was forced to fund being limited on how it can be used.
 
It's your benefits, use them the way you desire. The fed's can certainly regulate purchases;
but I still prefer the rights of individuals to live their own lives while enjoying the freedom and consequences of doing so.
 
anatta said:
It's your benefits, use them the way you desire. The fed's can certainly regulate purchases;
but I still prefer the rights of individuals to live their own lives while enjoying the freedom and consequences of doing so.
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I guess the question with that is is there a difference with what you do with money you've earned vs. money that has been given to you by tax payers?
 
cawacko said:
I guess the question with that is is there a difference with what you do with money you've earned vs. money that has been given to you by tax payers?
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There is a difference in that money given by taxpayers can and most often IS regulated.
The question for myself is how much to regulate - do we next eliminate high fat junk foods? where does it end?

anyways...I'm a sucker for pursuit of happiness even if it's just thru a Mars bar.
 
cawacko said:
What say JPP? Should people getting money from taxpayers for food be forced to eat healthier?




Maine Gov. LePage threatens to halt food stamp program amid sugar crackdown


Maine Gov. Paul LePage is ramping up a battle over Mars bars and Mountain Dew, warning the Obama administration he'll move to ban food stamp recipients in his state from buying such sugary sweets with taxpayer money – or halt the program entirely.

The warning comes after the Obama administration shot down his request for a waiver to institute the ban on candy and sugary drinks.

The firebrand Republican wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack objecting vociferously to the agency’s decision. In the June 17 letter, LePage called the ban “a commonsense proposition.”

Citing Maine’s rising obesity and diabetes rates, LePage said he will look “to implement reform unilaterally or cease Maine’s administration of the food stamp program altogether.”

“It’s time for the federal government to wake up and smell the energy drinks,” wrote LePage, who went on to accuse the Obama administration of a double standard in the way it polices school cafeterias, but not how taxpayer money is used on the food stamp program.

“The Obama administration goes to great lengths to police the menus of K-12 cafeterias but looks the other way as billions of taxpayer dollars finance a steady diet of Mars bars and Mountain Dew,” LePage said. “I can think of only one reason why the federal government would refuse to eliminate junk food from the EBT menu: special interests.”

LePage noted that only 31 percent of Mainers eat the recommended amount of vegetables. He says that taxpayers are also paying for the consequences of poor eating habits because most SNAP recipients also receive Medicaid.

“Beyond the health effects of the federal government’s corrupt food stamp policy is the tragedy of billions in wasted taxpayer dollars that buy candy and soda through a program that was originally designed to reduce hunger. Maine taxpayers see it every day at the grocery store and they are sick and tired of watching their hard-earned money go down the drain,” LePage said.

The LePage administration made the request in November after his proposal was rejected twice by the Maine Legislature, according to The Bangor Daily News.

State Rep. Drew Gattine, a Democrat, told The Daily News he felt the governor was looking for a fight with the Obama administration.

“This just seems to me to be just the governor trying to pick a fight with the feds,” said Gattine. “Nobody thinks that people on food stamps should be buying snack food and candy and sugary drinks. What we really need to do is find a way to make healthy food more affordable.”


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...rogram-amid-sugar-crackdown.html?intcmp=hpbt2
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I have no problem with his proposal, food stamps are designed to ensure people don't go hungry or be forced to eat in a very unhealthy way.

Wall-Mart might have something different to say.
 
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