Kentucky wants to ban junk food from SNAP (food stamps)

T. A. Gardner said:
I'd also say that anyone on SNAP must take a course, and pass it, in basic cooking and food preparations, say an online course (you can use the free computers at a public library if necessary). If you don't take it (and it shouldn't be a breeze to pass) and pass, no SNAP for you until you do.
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Hell with that idea. You're advocating for another govt agency that will spend a fortune testing these snappers. Even blacks know how to boil rice or peel a banana or open a can of beans.
 
Text Drivers are Killers said:
Hell with that idea. You're advocating for another govt agency that will spend a fortune testing these snappers. Even blacks know how to boil rice of peel a banana or open a can of beans.
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We could make the Department of Education do it. It'd be the first time in history they were doing something productive. Best of all, no matter how badly they fucked it up, it'd be better than what we're doing now.
 
Kurmugeon said:
After the BLM riots, the type of stores that have healthy food are pulling out of the neighborhoods with high SNAP populations.


The insurance rates are simply too high, and their profit margins too low, to operate there.


The type of stores which are in high SNAP population areas, tend to only carry heavily processed and preserved foods.


So, instead of giving them a credit card, hire some of the people on snap, to be fresh food distributors. Don't give them a credit card, give them a sack of healthy food.

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After the riots Pharmacy chains closed some of their stores or chose not to rebuild them. It put real hardship on the elderly who depend on medication to survive.
 
FastLane said:
After the riots Pharmacy chains closed some of their stores or chose not to rebuild them. It put real hardship on the elderly who depend on medication to survive.
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So again, rather than just pay young able bodied people food stamps via a SNAP credit card for doing nothing, give them the dignity of job, taking prescriptions from a distant armored and guarded facility, and deliver them to the elderly living in the bad zones.


They will be young people of the local community, serving and aiding elderly people, of the local community.


That is far, far, far better than just allowing them to play video games and make more babies all day.


Yeah, I know, the crime sucks, and it is because they de-funded the police... but that too can be fixed.


But even in the worst communities, Blue Urban Hells, only 2 people in 10 are violent criminals. Many of the rest feel entitled, and are horrendously lazy, have bad work ethics, and low reading and writing skills... but many are trainable.


So, end the gravy train. If you are able, Work, or Starve!


I am a white-male. I never, ever "Qualify". If I don't work, I starve! I wouldn't have it any other way.


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FACT CHECK: Do Whites Make Up The Largest Share Of Food Stamps, Medicaid Recipients?​

2:08 PM 10/18/2018 Shane Devine | Fact Check Reporter

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NBC White House correspondent Geoff Bennett claimed that whites use food stamps and Medicaid the most out of any ethnic group.





“Whites make up the largest share of those receiving food stamps (36 percent) and Medicaid (43 percent),” he tweeted Oct. 11. “Hispanics comprise the largest ethnic group to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (37 percent).”

Verdict: True

Whites make up the largest share of food stamps and Medicaid recipients, but as a share of the U.S. population, they utilize proportionally less than other ethnic groups.

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Fact Check:

Bennett was responding to comments made by rapper Kanye West in the Oval Office, where he said that many black people vote for the Democratic Party because of welfare programs.

“Kanye West’s comments today about African Americans and welfare were as objectively false as they were dangerous in perpetuating stereotypes that position low-income blacks as the face of America’s welfare system,” Bennett tweeted.

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His figure for recipients of food stamps, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Non-Hispanic whites made up 36.2 percent of the 44 million people who used SNAP in fiscal year 2016 – the largest share of any ethnic group.

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Non-Hispanic whites, however, accounted for 61 percent of the U.S. population in 2016, so they utilized food stamps proportionally less than their share of the population. Blacks made up 12 percent of the population, but 25.6 percent of all recipients in 2016. Hispanics accounted for 18 percent of the population and 17.2 percent of all recipients.

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) provides statistics on non-elderly Medicaid recipients using data from the Census Bureau. It found that blacks were more proportionate in their usage of Medicaid, making up 18 percent of non-elderly recipients in 2016. Whites made up the largest share – 43 percent of all recipients – while Hispanics accounted for 30 percent.

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For the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, Bennett was correct that the largest share of its 2.8 million recipients in FY 2016 – 36.9 percent – were Hispanic. Black Americans made up 29.1 percent of all recipients and whites made up 27.6 percent.

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Pew Research Center found that blacks are more likely than other ethnic groups to have received benefits at one point in their lives. In a 2012 survey, 64 percent of blacks, 56 percent of whites and 50 percent of Hispanics said they had used at least one of six entitlement benefits, including Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP and Social Security.

These stats line up with higher rates of poverty and food insecurity in the black and Hispanic communities. KFF estimates that 22 percent of blacks and 20 percent of Hispanics were in poverty in 2016, compared to just 9 percent of whites. For food insecurity, the USDA reports that 22.5 percent of black households, 18.5 percent of Hispanic households and 9.3 percent of non-Hispanic white households did not always have access to enough nutritious food in 2016.
 
FastLane said:
California is number one. California has the most people on welfare in the United States, with 5,265,551 recipients as of 2023.
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California has one of the largest welfare systems in the United States, both in terms of the number of beneficiaries and the amount of spending on welfare programs.

  • Medi-Cal (California's Medicaid Program): Approximately 13.6 million people were enrolled as of August 2021, which accounts for about 34.6% of California's population. This program provides medical care to low-income families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and childless adults with incomes below 138% of the federal poverty level.
  • CalWORKs (California's implementation of TANF - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families): This program offers cash aid and services to eligible needy California families.
  • CalFresh (California's SNAP - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program): Around 1,911,000 SNAP households were reported in California. This program helps in providing food assistance to those in poverty.
  • State Supplementation Program (SSP/SSI): This supplements the federal SSI program and provides state-funded food benefits to SSI recipients in lieu of SNAP benefits.
  • General Assistance/General Relief: Administered by counties, this program offers relief to poor, indigent persons not supported by other means. Benefits can vary widely by county, from $160 to $360 per month, depending on local policies.
  • Poverty and Welfare Impact: According to the California Poverty Measure (CPM), the poverty rate was about 20%. Without welfare benefits, this rate would increase to 28%, suggesting that welfare programs lift about one-third of those who would otherwise be in poverty out of it.
  • Spending: California's welfare spending is significant, with public welfare accounting for nearly half of state government direct expenditures in some years. In 2021, California's per capita public welfare spending was approximately $3,870, which is one of the highest among U.S. states.
  • Welfare Recipients: California has a disproportionate share of the nation's welfare recipients, with around 33% of the nation's welfare recipients living in California despite comprising only about 12% of the U.S. population.

These statistics reflect California's approach to welfare, which involves both state-specific programs and the administration of federal initiatives, tailored to address the needs of its diverse and large population. However, the effectiveness and management of these programs have been subjects of debate, with some arguing that despite high spending, poverty rates remain high.



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