From jsonline: Food stamp recipients would have to spend most of their benefits on healthy food, and more kinds of food stamp fraud would be explicitly subject to state sanctions, under separate bills approved Tuesday.
The Assembly approved, on a bipartisan vote of 68-26, a bill requiring at least two-thirds of the purchases in the state's FoodShare program to come from a list of state-defined healthy foods, with Republicans arguing that the benefits outweighed the opposition of some business interests and advocates for the needy. The measure now goes to the state Senate.
There are no figures on how much of the nearly $1.2 billion a year in FoodShare benefits in Wisconsin are spent on junk food, but proponents pointed to past stories about FoodShare recipients buying large amounts of soda or other unhealthy foods.
The proposal would likely be rejected by the federal government, which pays for the great majority of the program's costs. But the bill's lead sponsor, Rep. Dean Kaufert (R-Neenah), said state officials should push forward and hope for the final go-ahead from President Barack Obama's administration.
"Let Wisconsin be the test case. Let us lead the way," Kaufert said. http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/state-senate-passes-bill-to-define-criminal-sanctions-for-food-stamp-fraud-bt9s3d3-206446871.html
As somebody who works (as a second job) cashier, I see what food stamp people buy. Whole some people at healthy, the majority do not. Soda, Cheetos, beef jerky- not to mention, steak, shrimp, prepared meals and lobster tails are bought by the food stamp people/taxpayers.
Chicken, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit are not on their menus.
WIC restricts what people can buy with their government money, so if that is the case, so can food stamps. It's time to restrict what people can purchase on food stamps.
And if President Obama refuses to restrict people from healthy eating, my Michelle Obama give him an ass whipping that will put him in his grave.
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