How asinine is it that taxpayers pay for food stamps/EBT cards for low-income people, only for them to buy utter garbage junk food, then become obese, then get all of their associated fat health issues (heart disease, diabetes, lymphodema, etc) once again paid for by Medicaid, & “free” care at hospitals which is then passed on to those who do have health insurance and pay the ever-expanding premiums out of their paychecks. The ol taxpayer “feed em and then fix em” program.
As someone who grew up on SNAP for a while, I need to push back on this. Most of the reason they buy prepackaged and fast food is due to lack of time to shop due to meeting work requirements, not having all the kitchen space and equipment to cook organic sweet potatoes, and even when you hear stories about EBT used to buy shit like cigarettes and Hennessy, it’s not for consumption, it’s to sell for actual cash to pay a bill or purchase an item that isn’t covered.
The moral superiority (especially coming from that tubby turd) completely misunderstands the problem.
A good ol’ fashioned death loop for the poor, dumb folk.
I was pretty shocked recently to learn that the average life span of US people has actually been declining, and is the lowest in 2 decades according to this source: