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You can still buy some junk food and soda with food stamps, and none of that is good for you. You could theoretically trade whatever food you buy for drugs or m
by thatswrong0 8y ago
You can still buy some junk food and soda with food stamps, and none of that is good for you. You could theoretically trade whatever food you buy for drugs or money to purchase drugs if you so desired. Should we force feed people nutritious food?
No, obviously not. Removing all individual agency from welfare is simply dehumanizing. Let people make the best decisions for themselves... and get legitimate help (not food stamps) for the people unable to do that.
- mikec3010 8y agoI've seen a food stamp program called WIC that had limits against junk food and overpriced brands. Also soda and chips will prevent starvation. Dope dealers will not accept food as payment. >make the best decisions for themselves. And what about their children? Many of them are poor because they have kids. No one has the individual agency to get high on free money while their kids starve.
- thatswrong0 8y agoMy point is you can’t force people to take care of themselves or their kids, regardless of whether you give them food stamps or just cash. Sure, food stamps guide them perhaps in the right direction, but there’s no guarantee those parents will use the food stamps responsibly. Bad parents will be bad parents. Those bad parents that would let their kids starve if they were given money rather than food stamps should have their kids taken away from them. But I don’t think most people on food stamps are like that. So then the question is is the overhead worth that marginal case?