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Ocelot II

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73. I hope that's not common here. AFAIC people should just get the money

Fri Jan 20, 2023, 04:39 PM

Jan 2023

and use it to buy whatever food they want. Give people credit for understanding how to budget and stretch that benefit; nobody is going to blow it all on steak and lobster per Reagan's urban myth.

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Iowa GQP wants to restrict what people on SNAP can eat ..... [View all] sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 OP

Republicans love spitting on the poor. Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #1

Yup Mad_Machine76 Jan 2023 #2

Cruel is right! JanLip Jan 2023 #8

A BIG FUCK YOU to local Iowa Meat and Dairy farmers. Canned Meats & Beans from out of state too. TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #43

Banning certain people from buying fresh meats TheFarseer Jan 2023 #3

Sounds like they don't want people eating tacos or enchiladas sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #7

That's what I got too underpants Jan 2023 #54

The only thing slightly positive is banning that Processed Cheese Food called American Cheese. TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #44

WTF? TigressDem Jan 2023 #4

Canned beans are ok - just not flavored or seasoned lame54 Jan 2023 #38

Canned beans often contain high levels of BPA markodochartaigh Jan 2023 #62

They are perpetuating the myth that people on food assistance are GoCubsGo Jan 2023 #49

Exactly! markpkessinger Jan 2023 #55

SPAM NowISeetheLight Jan 2023 #82

They mentioned Tuna and Salmon specifically which contain mercury TigressDem Jan 2023 #84

Cruelty yankee87 Jan 2023 #5

No wonder the French invented the guillotine dalton99a Jan 2023 #6

who think if you just make poor people hungry and sick enough, they'll utilize their bootstraps." Ray Bruns Jan 2023 #10

IKEA can send flatpacks to use on the christofash nazis Celerity Jan 2023 #18

bwahahaha!!! Kali Jan 2023 #61

+1 leftstreet Jan 2023 #25

👍 for tough rich necks Alexander Of Assyria Jan 2023 #41

Are they going to pay to train and monitor every cashier in Iowa? C_U_L8R Jan 2023 #9

You don't have to train anyone sarisataka Jan 2023 #11

They just program the product codes into their checkout computers. Ocelot II Jan 2023 #21

So Asian people can't have rice and Hispanic people can't have refried beans? Ocelot II Jan 2023 #12

I don't think "it seems", I think - It Is. The Scrooge Party! 😬 electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #14

But they can have lots of yogurt Retrograde Jan 2023 #46

What's wrong with refried beans? LisaM Jan 2023 #50

They can have refried beans. GoCubsGo Jan 2023 #52

They can make baked beans from scratch as well Retrograde Jan 2023 #59

Actually, one can make some mighty good beans from dried in a crock pot. GoCubsGo Jan 2023 #64

That's exactly right. But if you're poor, chances are you're working two or more crappy jobs Ocelot II Jan 2023 #65

Stereotype much? Retrograde Jan 2023 #67

I'm not intending to stereotype in any respect. Ocelot II Jan 2023 #72

Why no fresh meat on WIC? exboyfil Jan 2023 #13

Because they're afraid poor people might buy a steak once in awhile Ocelot II Jan 2023 #15

One of Iowa's major products is pork Effete Snob Jan 2023 #16

Just thought of that exboyfil Jan 2023 #17

They actually didn't make a list Effete Snob Jan 2023 #26

Of course it won't go anywhere; it's just disgusting that they wanted to do it at all. Ocelot II Jan 2023 #31

This is Iowa Bettie Jan 2023 #34

So do I. cab67 Jan 2023 #68

My DH agrees with you that Bettie Jan 2023 #77

I don't question your premise at all. cab67 Jan 2023 #79

Yeah Bettie Jan 2023 #80

Iowa's economy depends on agriculture. Restricting SNAP-approved meats Ocelot II Jan 2023 #19

It's seeking to legislate Pres. reagan's urban myths in our society Torchlight Jan 2023 #20

Exactly. They are trying to resurrect the old '80s myth of the Welfare Queen - Ocelot II Jan 2023 #24

It will work. People need to see tHe PooR suffer leftstreet Jan 2023 #27

LBJ nailed it when he said: Ocelot II Jan 2023 #30

So mask mandates and vaccine mandates are outrageous governmental overreach-- tanyev Jan 2023 #22

The GOP's "small government" tells you who you can marry, what you can eat, Ocelot II Jan 2023 #29

Hahaha! I can't help but laugh. Who's taking away hamburgers now? Coventina Jan 2023 #23

This also screws the farmer. Last I knew, Iowa is an agricultural State. Midnight Writer Jan 2023 #28

Ah, the war on the poor rages ever onward. Iggo Jan 2023 #32

GOP Meeting... milestogo Jan 2023 #33

I remember when being on SNAP/ Tickle Jan 2023 #35

There was a time when you went to a building and they gave you food. jimfields33 Jan 2023 #58

"and then there's just plain mean." Canned beans are an inappropriate luxury? Hortensis Jan 2023 #36

Sounds like a way to cut their benefits, without cutting their benefits MissMillie Jan 2023 #37

I thought Republicans objected to the nanny state iemanja Jan 2023 #39

Not for poor people, or for people who want to use a particular bathroom, Ocelot II Jan 2023 #74

Being Canadian, I am not really familiar with the program, are men prevented for applying Bev54 Jan 2023 #40

there are two programs Kali Jan 2023 #70

Yes shitting on poor people and women and children again they want control. Bev54 Jan 2023 #76

these stories mention groups , what groups and what are their names. AllaN01Bear Jan 2023 #42

I thought republicans were against big, instrusive government. brush Jan 2023 #45

Only if someone else is doing the intruding Retrograde Jan 2023 #71

Exactly. brush Jan 2023 #75

...and they wonder why people are leaving IA. roamer65 Jan 2023 #47

What about fruits n veggies or are they luxuries? Deuxcents Jan 2023 #48

Luxuries, apparently. Chellee Jan 2023 #53

I've seen judgemental DUers weigh in on what poor people should be able to buy... Kali Jan 2023 #51

I hope that's not common here. AFAIC people should just get the money Ocelot II Jan 2023 #73

exactly Kali Jan 2023 #78

Oh, there were some absolutely depressing discussions here several years ago, niyad Jan 2023 #88

"Please, Sir, may I have some more gruel?" n/t TygrBright Jan 2023 #56

SNAP already has a restricted food list Deminpenn Jan 2023 #57

In Illinois the only restriction is nothing can be prepared questionseverything Jan 2023 #81

Why surprising? niyad Jan 2023 #86

If they go through hildegaard28 Jan 2023 #60

This won't get very far. cab67 Jan 2023 #63

Republicans suck. mountain grammy Jan 2023 #66

I thought they were against "big government" mvd Jan 2023 #69

Agree with one thing... NowISeetheLight Jan 2023 #83

Nope No to any restrictions. Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #85

I can remember when some idiot in WI produced a similar list. NO CHEESE. In niyad Jan 2023 #87

These are Christians from the church of selfishness and hate. Can I get an amen? nt Hotler Jan 2023 #89