A proposed Texas bill would ban residents from purchasing junk food using food stamps.
House Bill 4364, filed by Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain in March, would make food items such as candy and energy drinks ineligible to buy with food stamps. The bill defines an energy drink as a beverage containing at least 65 milligrams of caffeine per eight fluid ounces and is advertised as"being specifically designed to provide metabolic stimulation or an increase to the consumer's mental or physical energy." Coffee or coffee-based beverages are not grouped in with this definition, according to the bill.
Sweetened beverages — meaning non-alcoholic drinks added with natural or artificial sweeteners such as soft drinks, fruits and vegetable juice and other flavored beverages — would also be included in the ban.
: Transforming SNAP to a program that requires more gov’t regulation and bureaucracy– with no clear public health benefit – is not in the best interest of SNAP participants, taxpayers or businesses.
I thought people using food stamps, were only to be used to buy food that had to be prepared. In Montana, beef is very expensive, now I find out the people on food stamps are buying that beef. I can not afford to buy beef, make 10% more than those on poverty.