If HHS secretary and healthy food advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has his way, Snap represents unauthorized soda.
On Friday, Kennedy brought West Virginia with a “re-to-health again” campaign. There, Republican Gov. Patrick Morrissey announced that he wanted soda to be placed on a list of items that cannot be purchased through the Agriculture Department’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Washington Post.
“Taxpayer dollars should be targeted at nutritious foods,” Morrissey said.
Kennedy issued a completely corrupt request situation Copy Morrisey’s lead.
“I urge all governors to follow West Virginia leads and submit a waiver to USDA to remove soda from SNAP.” Kennedy According to the statement Newsweek.
“If there’s one thing we can agree on, it needs to eliminate taxpayer-funded soda subsidies for low-income children. I look forward to inviting all governors who will file exemptions to celebrate with me this fall,” he said.
The snap war on soda is opposed by Valerie Imbruce, director of the Environmental Association Center at Washington University.
“Poor diet, a paternal response to issues that are not based on snap recipients, “controlling the inability to make good decisions about healthy foods,” is a price difference issue when choosing healthy or junk foods,” she said.
“Soda and candies are much cheaper and more calorie-denser than 100% fruit juice or prebiotic non-artificial carbonated drinks thanks to federal price support and subsidies to support the US sugar industry,” she added.
The soda industry also said it was confusing.
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“What’s useless in this whole conversation is that soda doesn’t promote obesity,” responded Merides Potter, senior vice president of the American Beverage Association, an industry lobbying group. “We’ve become this simple punching bag.”
Seth Dizefano of West Virginia Center, the left-wing budget and policy, said a ban on paying for soda snaps could drive shoppers out of the state and lead to closures.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is the person calling for snaps.
“We look forward to receiving Governor Morrissey’s snap pilot request and will work promptly to identify that we have the technical assistance and expertise to advance into West Virginia,” Rollins said in a statement.
Calley Means, a senior White House adviser, said 15 governors were talking to Kennedy about removing soda from their product listings snap Funds can be purchased.
“I’m not saying that no one can drink coke,” Mess said. “We say there is no government subsidies for Coke.”
This article was originally published Western Journal.
