The Trump administration's new officials, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brooke Rollins, advocate for removing sugary drinks and unhealthy foods from the SNAP program, aimed at promoting better nutrition for low-income families. Kennedy emphasizes the need to change policies surrounding SNAP, asserting it should not subsidize unhealthy eating. Rollins echoes concerns about taxpayer money being used for non-nutritious items. However, implementing these changes would require congressional action or state waivers, as the program is governed by federal law stipulating food eligibility.
The one place that I would say that we need to really change policy is the SNAP program and food stamps and in school lunches. There, the federal government in many cases is paying for it. And we shouldn't be subsidizing people to eat poison.
When a taxpayer is putting money into SNAP, are they okay with us using their tax dollars to feed really bad food and sugary drinks to children who perhaps need something more nutritious?
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