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Are you arguing that poor people would live longer if they had less money for food?
by daveFNbuck 8y ago
Are you arguing that poor people would live longer if they had less money for food?
- cpursley 8y agoNo, of course not! Just pointing out the craziness of how the system actually works.
- daveFNbuck 8y agoHow do food stamps add to the craziness if they're not making things worse for the recipients?
- cpursley 8y agoThey give the recipients the ability to get unhealthy food at the cost of the US taxpayer. This causes multiple issues that affect all taxpaying Americans in addition to the cost of the food subsidy, including adding to the cost of providing healthcare (pushing up premiums, etc).
- daveFNbuck 8y agoIt seems counterintuitive that having unhealthy food increases healthcare costs over not having enough food. How does that work? Is it because they don't live long enough to accumulate medical expenses? That still doesn't sound like a net win for taxpayers.