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In response to "Good morning. Here's a WSJ op-ed about the food stamp program. Written, as one would expect, by Moby -- (link)" by ty97

I mostly agree that there needs to be a push to get people to eat healthier but there's a good percentage of people that don't have fresh

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Apr 10 '18, 06:15

fruit and vegetables available in their area. Also, are kids and adults not allowed to have a snack of ice cream or chocolate now and then? I wouldn't want to see all junk food banned. People deserve a treat.

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right, food deserts are a big issue in poor areas -- nm - ty97 Apr 10, 06:27
I would not want to live in a country where the government mandates and defines what healthy eating is. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 10, 06:22 8
- Industry’s historical influence on the process of determining what is “healthy” notwithstanding, I don’t necessarily see that being the problem here. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 10, 06:31
- We have government departments set up just for that, the US Public Health Service. It's in the best interest of the government to promote good health -- (edited) - Krusty Apr 10, 06:30 6
  - I agree it's in the best interest of the government to promote good health. - Strongbad Apr 10, 07:02 1
    - I would not be okay with them mandating what to eat but we need them to have the departments - Krusty Apr 10, 07:19
  - Advice, sure. But would you be okay with the government outlawing twinkies? -- nm - ty97 Apr 10, 06:31 3
    - No, but I’d be ok with them taxing the hell out of twinkies. -- nm - mafic Apr 10, 06:35
    - Of course not. I'm not okay with them mandating what people eat. But they can do good things by promoting healthy food and a healthy - Krusty Apr 10, 06:34
    - If Twinkies are outlawed, then only outlaws would have Twinkies! -- (edited) - prayformojo Apr 10, 06:32
How will they know poverty is bad if it's not a Dickensian level of suffering? -- nm - Reagen Apr 10, 06:18 3
- But why make it a Victorian hellscape when you could make it a *futuristic* hellscape? Hear me out: unlimited meal replacement pills! - mafic Apr 10, 06:29
- Next thing you know, poor people will have cell phones and silly luxuries like that -- nm - Guigue Apr 10, 06:25 1
  - Refrigerators! Right in their houses! -- nm - Reagen Apr 10, 06:29

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