Revise Food Stamp Program for Healthier America

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Revise Food Stamp Program for Healthier America

The Food Stamp Program currently enables it's recipients to purchase unhealthy items and it reaches a massive amount of Americans. I would like to see a change wherein which food stamps would only purchase the following (I may miss something here, but you can figure out my meaning) non processed meats, fish and poultry. Non prepared foods such as frozen dinners and frozen vegies, frozen deserts, frozen breakfasts/lunches. Canned items limited to things like tomato paste/sauce, and vegies/beans without msg (and I mean msg with all of its alternative names like, yeast extract, sodium caseanate, natural flavorings, etc.). Also, food stamps could be used to purchase dairy products (except where mixes occur, like cottage cheese with fruit). Food stamps should purchase fresh fruits and vegies, whole wheat/grain breads, and only prepackaged items like chopped nuts/seeds, dried fruit. FS should purchase flour, sugar, oils, condiments, seasonings, fruit juice (not frt. cocktail), vegetable juice, tea and coffee). It should never purchase gum, candy, sodas, chips, bakery items or prepackaged pastries or deli items, no cookies.

This program needs to be revised. Perhaps with the money the FS program saves not purchasing those other items cold be used to teach these folks how to prepare healthy meals in under 20 minutes.

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This is only COMMON SENSE. The Government better gets it's act together real quick.
Well said... we need to think about how we can get American's eating healthy so that we can cut down on illnesses that are preventable. Kids should not be growing up on sugar, corn syrup and other horrible additives currently in our food system.
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No MSG
No HFCS(High Fructose Corn Syrup), leading cause of the obesity epidemic
No gum, candy, sodas, chips, bakery items or prepackaged pastries or deli items, no cookies.
This would be better for everyone in the long run.
great idea
I agree with most everything except the frozen veggies. Its proven that frozen veggies are as nutritious as fresh veggies same with fruits. and it last much longer. I participate in the food stamp program and WIC and I only purchase foods that I have to prepare and never junk. My fiance and I have two small children and we only ever get whole wheat pasta, bread and crackers with the highest amount of fiber. I think most people need to be educated on how important it is to eat healthy. I am lucky enough to be a stay at home mom and my fiance is going to school to be a firefighter so we have food stamps to help us get ahead. Hopefully this will help people realize that its important to be healthy and the government should encourage that.
Make America healthier and save on insurance costs. Pay now or pay later.
As someone who was a teen parent and relied of food stamps when my daughter was young, I find this appalling. Food stamps are a stepping stone for those in need to assist them when they need it most. To allow it to be abused through the purchase of items that do not benefit your health or those of your children in the long run is wrong. This needs to change!