Fat accompli: Congress's weight issue - POLITICO
Fat accompli: Congress's weight issue - POLITICO Hypocritical people getting government money are spending it on what they have banned SNAP recipients from purchasing. I will be pointing this out every chance I get from here on out. They are hypocrites. I was told that those who voted for restrictions had sodas sitting on their desks. The battle cry is "No government money for junk food" and that should apply to everyone that collects a government check, especially those making our laws that prohibit those on SNAP from using SNAP dollars for "Junk food". By the way, there is no legal definition for "junk food" and so they can restrict whatever they want to. They have these restrictions applying to healthy items like protein powders, protein shakes, and protein bars based on FLAVORS. Flavors have nothing to do with whether an item is healthy or not. And diet soda never made anyone fat. In fact soda has therapeutic uses. These are items that doctors ha...