US states sue Trump administration over demand to collect Snap recipients’ private data
US states sue Trump administration over demand to collect Snap recipients’ private data
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US states sue over Trump demand to collect details of food assistance recipients
Fun fact: At least in Louisiana, possibly some other states as well, you can actually buy beer with SNAP benefits.
Not saying I approve of that, SNAP is intended to buy food and water, just saying that's a thing in some states. 🤷
Still, if I had SNAP benefits (I don't, but I have before), it's none of Turnip's business if I wanted to get a 6 pack of beer.
Isn't the point of SNAP to help people? If they need help with their bills, enough to need SNAP, who cares if they use it on beer once in a while. Nobody bats an eye at me for buying beer on the weekend, but suddenly if you receive SNAP assistance its an unholy sin to want to unwind after a long week? That doesn't jive with me.
The name of the program is called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Alcohol isn't needed for survival and is therefore outside the scope of that program. I'm actually quite surprised some states allow it to be used for booze.
I don't necessarily disagree with you, fwiw, just pointing out why most states don't allow it to be used for that.
It's the puritanical Christianity (no alcohol ever - there's a lot of people who want to go back to a more strict and all encompassing form of Prohibition) mixing with prosperity gospel Christianity (you can't be poor if God is happy with you, and poor people must be sinning or somehow wrong with God).
I doubt the issue would be a "once in a while" situation.
Having worked in a retail environment that sells food, I have been told they can’t be used for hot prepared food. This is California. Somehow I am seeing fast food restaurants display signs saying they accept EBT now.
This is true in Mississippi as well, you can't use SNAP benefits to buy hot food.
I have however heard that some locations manage to circumvent this by technically selling the food while still cold before it's cooked, then going ahead and cooking it for you anyways.
Maybe there is a lot of Sumerians in Louisiana?
"yeah, I should be able to buy drugs with my welfare money"
-you, a fool raised by a culture that drinks poison for fun
the programs are fucking drowning and you all want to buy etoh with it? are you kidding me?
what do yall think of nicotine?? should we buy that with snap too? cuz when i read lemmy posts about nicotine, you all act like it's the worst thing on earth. but it's just another poison like etoh, one that we have no business spending public funding on when there are families barely affording essential groceries for their kids and a congress trying to get rid of the few bucks they do make
really the problem with all this shit is how SS is essentially govt enforced poverty. In the 70s they'd pay for your education just to get you off of it. now they take away your EBT if you make too much money
What the fuck does nicotine have anything to do with this discussion?
I just got threatened by a guest in my own apartment for looking to recycle old lithium batteries today.
Ain't no fucking body trying to buy cigarettes off of SNAP.
You can literally go fuckoff.