return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agoRFK Jr. says he’s working to stop food stamps buying soda and candywww.newsnationnow.comexternal-linkmessage-square155linkfedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down13cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlusa@midwest.social
arrow-up1209arrow-down1external-linkRFK Jr. says he’s working to stop food stamps buying soda and candywww.newsnationnow.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square155linkfedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlusa@midwest.social
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down3·13 hours agoThen restrict it for everyone, not just poor people.
minus-squareThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·13 hours agoI’m not saying we should ban these things, I’m just saying we shouldn’t be subsidizing them and purchasing them with public funds. If poor people want to buy this stuff with their own money that’s their right.
minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 hours agoDitching subsidies is a start. I would tax them into oblivion like cigarettes. Hits the poor first still, but it would shift consumption habits rather than ban them outright.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·12 hours ago I’m just saying we shouldn’t be subsidizing them and purchasing them with public funds. Then start with the ag subsidies, not the tiny joy that poor people can wring from life.
Then restrict it for everyone, not just poor people.
I’m not saying we should ban these things, I’m just saying we shouldn’t be subsidizing them and purchasing them with public funds. If poor people want to buy this stuff with their own money that’s their right.
Ditching subsidies is a start.
I would tax them into oblivion like cigarettes. Hits the poor first still, but it would shift consumption habits rather than ban them outright.
Then start with the ag subsidies, not the tiny joy that poor people can wring from life.