Should soda and candy be excluded from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?

Should soda and candy be excluded from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?

Of course!

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It's not that simple.

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Of course!

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Will Mason
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Will Mason

Since when are the answers to the question of the day not"yes" or "no"? Those are the options. And is is exactly that simple. The answers here are an attempt to skew the results. Pathetic.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

The questions normally are biased to create confusion.

Wanda C Perry
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Wanda C Perry

Neither are nutritional. Both lead to an increase in diabetes which is running rampant in our youth.

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Fat Guy Outdoors
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Fat Guy Outdoors

Oh my the oxygen thieves are going to be mad.

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Eric Smith
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Eric Smith

Why isn't it set up like the WIC program, where there are only specific approved food items. that can be purchased? It's not rocket science. I know it, you know it, and so does RFK Jr.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

Because, they could not use them at the casinos if they did that.

Ethel Steele
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Ethel Steele

Only healthy nutritious food should be able to buy with food stamps. Junk food should be abandoned. If junk food is bought with EBTstamps, it should be taxed. Chip, soda, and candy should be taxed. These foods are not nutrition and unhealthy

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

Governor JB Pritzker disagrees with that thought.

Toye Kauffman
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Toye Kauffman

People are letting their kids grow up on junk. It's not healthy. Another of working people can't afford to buy their kids junk food. I got food stamps in the 70s. We couldn't buy junk food or soda. No prepared foods. No chicken legs or thighs because they cost more. I bought whole chickens an

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Thenry Meier
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Thenry Meier

These products are harmful for the body. Useless calories. Drink water, eat fruit. Your body will thank you.

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Dave Ford
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Dave Ford

This program is for "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance" Candy and can soda are not needed to supplement a diet in any circumstance.

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Zaos Gonzolez
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Zaos Gonzolez

In fact, sugar should be taxed as high as tobacco.

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nathan bailey
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nathan bailey

Yes, people are sick of the free handouts, while they have to suffer of go without.

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Abigail Thomas
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Abigail Thomas

Because I receive snap benefits and it makes it hard if they take that out then there taking away most of the food you get on stamps because of sugar is in most of the food.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

Most food is not cokes and candy, anyway for most people.

It's not that simple.

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Belinda Kitchen
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Belinda Kitchen

If they that stupid then they need to crack down on people on SSI shouldn't be able to spend their checks on lottery tickets every month! Plain and simple.

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Mzb Jackson
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Mzb Jackson

Healthy foods are high price and if they want us to buy more healthy foods, then either need to lower the price for healthy foods or raise the price on food stamps

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Jean Schooley
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Jean Schooley

Because people could be diabetic

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Amy Bane
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Amy Bane

That is how I get my kids Easter candy, and Christmas Stocking candy, also ginger ale when they are sick.

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Robin Chivers
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Robin Chivers

No I don't think k it should be taken off .

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Sharlene Williams
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Sharlene Williams

There are people who need soda and candy due to low blood sugar. They should not have to suffer

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Aleshiea Oliver
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Aleshiea Oliver

ebt is suppose to be like cash.so...if someone paying cash never suppose to buy a candy bar??? also,if someone asks u for $ for gas and u let them have $ for gas,would u tell them they can only buy premium instead of reg??

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James Hawthorne
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James Hawthorne

No, because we have a craving for them, and it's something we need.

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Mildred Roby
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Mildred Roby

Some SNAP recipients are homeless and can't cook their own meals.

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Rebecca Pena
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Rebecca Pena

Because not only are you removing sports drinks but juices in general....also you are telling older adults who payed taxes for year who are now on ssi/ssdi and rely on food stamps that they can't get what they paid for before now just because they are old/disabled .

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Jamal Bawadi
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Jamal Bawadi

No, because the Diabetic people like myself needs sugar free candy and sugar free soda. I know the government wants everyone to be healthy but we have rights too on what foods to eat.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

False. Sugar free candy is not food.

Vega Xavier
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Vega Xavier

I'm not okay with this new thing of the president want to do. Sometimes we need a little sugar for our body etc...hope and pray that they not accepting this please

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

Fireball Cinnamon Whisky should also be prohibited.

Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

Sugar is a basic food staple, and it is allowed. cokes, and candy is not. Get with the program.

Max DeYoung
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Max DeYoung

Yes, they, and many other convenience foods should also be excluded. "It's not that simple", is an understatement.

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Do you spend more hours a week watching traditional entertainment or user generated content?

Do you spend more hours a week watching traditional entertainment or user generated content?

Youtube/Twitch etc

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Movies, television etc

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Youtube/Twitch etc

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Adam Nixon
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Adam Nixon

I'd say it's like 60/40 in favor of things like user generated content, but it has more to do with time than anything else. Due to things like work and chores, I just don't have time during the day for movies/TV. But for a few hours in the evening, I tend to watch more movies/TV, which I prefer.

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Andrew Cozzini
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Andrew Cozzini

This is one of those where I'm voting the honest truth, even though I'd prefer it be the other (while still making time for Geekvolution, of course). I think it's because of how casually I can spend hours on YouTube, as opposed to being intentional about catching up on content I intend to consume.

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Mutale Mwananshiku
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Mutale Mwananshiku

They are movies and shows i want to watch but am more focused on youtube.

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Movies, television etc

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Can anyone ever fill the shoes of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine? Who?

Can anyone ever fill the shoes of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine? Who?

Yes

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He's irreplaceable..

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Yes

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Allen D. Mallory
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Allen D. Mallory

All they have to do is start the first 30 to 40 minutes of the movie in the full classic costume with mask on. After that no one will care who is under the mask.

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Geekvolution
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Geekvolution

I suck at fan casting but a rebooted franchise calls for a new Wolverine, and it's an opportunity to bring in someone smaller and scrappier.

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Penelope LaBatt
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Penelope LaBatt

Idk maybe someone more attractive (female wolverine hint hint )

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He's irreplaceable..

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Mariah Morrison
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Mariah Morrison

It simply just CANT be done

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Everything Nerdy
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Everything Nerdy

They're going to need to do a very different take on the character if they don't use Hugh Jackman if they want it to work.

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