return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 10 months agoRFK Jr. says he’s working to stop food stamps buying soda and candywww.newsnationnow.comexternal-linkmessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoIf the concern was really about health, they’d be regulating maximum sugar % in all sodas and candies, not banning them to the poor.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoAnd if the concern was about people’s health, Trump wouldn’t have put RFK Jr into that job.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down7·10 months agoIf you want to buy sugar on your own dime, you can hurt your own health. But why should the government pay for it?
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoIt is their own dime. The government is everybody, and it’s here to serve. Somehow they got in your had that they aren’t entitled to that, but they are.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoWhy should the government regulate how people eat based on their income?
If the concern was really about health, they’d be regulating maximum sugar % in all sodas and candies, not banning them to the poor.
And if the concern was about people’s health, Trump wouldn’t have put RFK Jr into that job.
If you want to buy sugar on your own dime, you can hurt your own health. But why should the government pay for it?
It is their own dime. The government is everybody, and it’s here to serve. Somehow they got in your had that they aren’t entitled to that, but they are.
Why should the government regulate how people eat based on their income?