ABSOLUTELY!!!!
While I understand where you are all coming from and agree in principle, there an issue of what is considered a "staple" and what is considered "junk food."
I'm sure we all agree that things like chips and soda are definitely in the category of junk food that shouldn't be permitted. But what about fresh produce, meats, fish, poultry? Where do you draw the line there as to what can and can not be purchased?
Far too often I've seen people pitching a fit because someone is buying steaks instead of ground beef with food stamps. Did it ever cross anyone's mind that maybe the person is actually buying a healthier choice of meat that happens to be less expensive?
More often than not, at least where I do my grocery shopping, a London Broil cut of chuck is far cheaper per pound than lean ground beef. So is a person wrong feeding her kids a steak instead of meatloaf or burgers when the steak is cheaper, and possibly healthier?
I've got a list as long as my arm of things that shouldn't be permitted to be purchased with food stamps, but it boils down to just WHO makes the decision of what is and what is not a "staple."
I don't have a solution, and for that reason I really don't like the idea of causing more problems in guise of finding one.
It’s not going to make much of a difference what they can buy with WIC, because they will just buy their staples with it and use their own money to buy their junk. These are often the same people I see getting into Escalades with custom wheels after using WIC to pay for their potato chips. Not to worry—they’ll be fine with or without someone dictating to them what they can buy. They’ve figured out how to cheat the system already, so it won’t much matter what Obama or anyone else does to make things ‘right’...they’ll find a way around it.
They made their decision when they went to the government for hand outs. If they don't like being told what to eat, they should get off their lazy butts and work for their own money.
Nobody is complaining about chuck or round steak vs hamburger. It's the soda, candy, snacks, etc.
Food stamps should be in the form of coupons for the basics for healthy eating, meat, vegetables, fruit, bread, dairy.
Government interference in our private lives is one thing, but when you ask for the handouts at other taxpayers expense, then I have no problem with them being told how to use it. They ASKED for the government interference. Too bad if they don't like the strings attached.