If the mayor gets his way, New York’s 1.7 million recipients of food stamps will no longer be allowed to use them to buy their Tabs, refreshing RC Colas, or any other pops, reports the New York Times.
Mayor Bloomberg has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for permission to institute the ban, which is part of his campaign to make everyone in NYC skinnier and more beautiful—like fashion models, but ones who don’t smoke, because they can’t, because of RULES.
Oh, this AP article says Governor David Paterson is backing the ban as well, and that the request to the USDA is happening today. The ban would last for two years, after which all the svelte food stamp recipients will find high-paying jobs modeling jeans. And then they won’t be poor or need food stamps anymore, and everyone will win, the end.
So Lauri, this is a bad thing? Sounds like a good idea to me. Everyday there are articles about the growing obesity problem in the US. Everyday this is another article about growing obesity rates among NYC’s poor. If the low income folk want to buy a ‘Refreshing RC Cola’, let them save a few cents any buy one occasionally – not everyday with their food stamps.
I’ve been in the checkout line next to someone paying with their food benefit card (EBT), and more often than not, they’re very overweight, and they’re buying liters of soda, and twinkies. They probably don’t know any better. And I know it’s cheap. But it seems wrong to me.
This isn't the first time I've noted an unnecessarily negative or sarcastic tone in this blog.
Al if you don't find humor in these articles maybe you should find an uptight forum to fit your Fancy.
I totally favor the ban!!
1) This country is soooo fat that its ridiculous and unbelieveable.
2) Food stamps are only given to the poor so that they won't starve, so the only things they should be buying with the food stamp are healthy foods that are just enough for their daily nutritional needs. And sodas can't fill up one's stomach, anyways.
Come on, people, don't be such fatbutts. It's not like you cant live without sodas, anyways. Avoiding sodas also saves your moneyand the government's money. So, banning sodas on food stamps is the best of both worlds.
I use food stamps, and i NEVER buy any junk food. Why can't you people do the same?! Americans weren't so obese during the 1800s and earlier when sodas weren't invented yet. Well, at least they weren't so overweight that they couldn't MOVE!! I literally see more than 200 obese people everyday and im tired of it!
So, Mayor Bloonberg, i really appreciate this idea of yours and i hope you continue working to prevent obesity.
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