New York to ban low-income families from using food stamps to buy sugary drinks

The Daily Mail ^ | 10/8/2010

[FromLori]

New York has announced plans to ban the use of food stamps to buy sugary drinks as it steps up its anti-obesity campaign. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Governor David Paterson have asked the U.S. government to ban the purchase of fizzy drinks and sweetened fruit drinks with the federal vouchers used by 42million low-income families. They called sugar-sweetened beverages the largest single contributor to the obesity epidemic.

[Dem Guard]

Have they banned junk food purchases with food stamps already?

[kosciusko51]

That is the problem when you take money from the government; it always comes with strings attached.

[screaminsunshine]

Cancel the food stamps and give them free rice.

[cripplecreek]

Dependancy is slavery.

[Doogle]

crack and lottery tickets are OK

[South40]

[Marty62]

Do these idiots have ANY idea how many supposed "Healthy" drinks have some sugar in them? Including Fructose: Fructose is a sugar found naturally in fruits, honey and some syrups. Fructose is also a basic component in table sugar (sucrose), and it's used to sweeten many processed foods and beverages. In addition, sorbitol — a sugar alcohol — is converted to fructose during normal digestion. So if you have fructose intolerance, you should avoid foods that contain fructose and sucrose as well as sorbitol. Avoid foods that contain: ■Fructose ■High-fructose corn syrup ■Table sugar (sucrose) ■Confectioner's sugar or powdered sugar ■Fruit and fruit juices ■Honey ■Regular sodas ■Flavored water ■Sorbitol ■Sports drinks ■Sweetened milk or sweetened milk beverages http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fructose-intolerance/AN01574

[davisfh]

Since the bulk of these people are perpetually on food stamps, I don’t really care what kinds of restrictions the government or any other agency places on them. For many, many decades now, these people, with some rare exceptions, have lived on the sweat of others brows. If they now feel that they are being mistreated by virtue of the restrictions placed on them, so be it.

[TribalPrincess2U]

LOL

Just another little freedom down the drain even if it is sugary.

GWB wasn’t all up in every ones business like
the fake citizen in the WH.

[muawiyah]

This is a case of one of the world's wealthiest men demanding the government ban minor pleasures common among the poorest people.

So typical of the rich, and just the sort of reason it's so easy to turn them over to invading armies at the city gates!

[Drew68]

No more Grape Drank!

There's gonna be riots!

[ProudFossil]

GWB wasn’t all up in every ones business like the fake citizen in the WH.

You may not have voted for Zero but the PEOPLE DEMANDED CHANGE (and they are getting it).

[iowamark]

I hear that drinking pop makes you fat:

[Dem Guard]

Could you imagine the uproar if it was only good for hamburger, chicken, eggs, milk, rice, bread, beans, fresh fruit and veggies?

[griswold3]

Always!
He who pays the piper calls the tune.

[EGPWS]

What the he!! is this world coming to?

Next they will prevent the badly needed recreation of gambling for welfare recipients!

Why bother then?

A person may as well screw the liberal system and get a job to enjoy life for crying out loud.

[crazyhorse691]

Watch the crime rates increase as sugar addicts have to feed their addiction somehow.

[rovenstinez]

Well, by golly, what are we going to put in Baby’s Bottles if we can’t get Coca Cola. Yep, I’ve seen this. I’ve seen people by Personalized Birthday Cakes..for $50.00 at Krogers, and paid for with Food Stamps.

[GOP_Lady]

A lot of people here talk about the so-called "elites."

These are the types of so-called elites we should
be focusing on.