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Ms. Toad

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44. The ban in meat isn't related to processed foods.

Mon Jan 23, 2023, 03:02 PM

Jan 2023

It is that meat is not included in the existing list that are proposing be adopted, which was intended to supplement the diets of pregnant women and children (the WIC list).

It is a very limited list, and does not include fresh meats of any kind. A lot of it consists of baby food.

But, even if the list were actually healthier than standard American food, is it really appropriate to impose our version of what they should eat on people who are struggling enough to need basic assistance?

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Iowa is one fucked up state (SNAP restrictions) [View all] Aviation Pro Jan 2023 OP

You eat your casserole just like we do there Mister! underpants Jan 2023 #1

Go to the actual list. Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #43

Since they are a taker state pwb Jan 2023 #2

No canned veggies or fruit? No words! nt usedtobedemgurl Jan 2023 #3

Sadistic Tyrants... wtf business Cha Jan 2023 #4

Well as long as they fuck over a few people of color it will all be worth it. dem4decades Jan 2023 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author NullTuples Jan 2023 #29

No American cheese. rogue emissary Jan 2023 #6

No cooking oil? irisblue Jan 2023 #7

yea, but they are going to make sure those 15-20k brown people suffer Afrocat Jan 2023 #8

Iowa Has Morphed Into a Ruby Red Right Wing State Indykatie Jan 2023 #9

we now envy Mississippi and Alabama rurallib Jan 2023 #14

Just to illustrate how far Iowa has fallen Zambero Jan 2023 #10

Blunt force trauma to Americans in need. That's the Repuke party (or what's left of it). Punishment. Evolve Dammit Jan 2023 #11

Reducing the amount of processed foods is commendable. But MEAT and CHEESE? ificandream Jan 2023 #12

Are you okay with those hate-filled idiots dictating about processed foods? niyad Jan 2023 #22

The article discussed what foods will and won't be allowed. ificandream Jan 2023 #35

The ban in meat isn't related to processed foods. Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #44

No, it's not. I was just making a general reference to processed and unprocessed foods. ificandream Jan 2023 #50

My concern is that limits like this are widely used to control the behavior of people Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #51

I agree. ificandream Jan 2023 #52

On the subject of processed foods and SNAP. I once had a severely debilitated 80+ woman Crunchy Frog Jan 2023 #41

I agree with you. ificandream Jan 2023 #42

What does DeSantis have to with Iowa? obamanut2012 Jan 2023 #45

Ooops. Nothing. All this Republican bullshit is piling up too quickly. :) ificandream Jan 2023 #49

It IS both about "their own," though, AND about striking back at liberalism. Hortensis Jan 2023 #13

conservatives are the ones prone to selfishness, anarchy, irrationality, and violence Glaisne Jan 2023 #15

:) More for sure. We'll get to see how well the sheer meanness Hortensis Jan 2023 #16

"prone to selfishness, anarchy, irrationality, and violence" vlyons Jan 2023 #18

In a very real sense they do have a dark view of their own Hortensis Jan 2023 #20

How can someone elected to public office be so very, very cruel? PatrickforB Jan 2023 #17

they perform strictly for the cult now Skittles Jan 2023 #26

Is it even legal? Can a state regulate a federal program? Meadowoak Jan 2023 #19

Like Medicaid, perhaps the state gets block funding & decides how to spend it? NullTuples Jan 2023 #33

It needs to be approved by the Feds obamanut2012 Jan 2023 #46

May all involved receive everything they deserve. niyad Jan 2023 #21

that includes those making this law and those receiving the aid? LymphocyteLover Jan 2023 #24

Yes. niyad Jan 2023 #27

it's all about punishing the poor, because these Republicans are such good Christians LymphocyteLover Jan 2023 #23

As an Iowan, I can confirm this state is fucked up. progressoid Jan 2023 #25

It is and I have no idea what to do Bettie Jan 2023 #37

I know what you mean. progressoid Jan 2023 #38

Way to make people starve, Iowa. sakabatou Jan 2023 #28

I still say this is an old-school Republican push for privatization. Preferably church-based. NullTuples Jan 2023 #30

It's not the Iowa I grew up in hauckeye Jan 2023 #31

We moved here in 2002 Bettie Jan 2023 #36

But didn't Iowa vote for Obama? Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #39

Yes, twice Bettie Jan 2023 #40

No spices. Harker Jan 2023 #32

Not even salt or pepper are allowed obamanut2012 Jan 2023 #47

That's punitive, surely. Harker Jan 2023 #48

People in fly over country seem to not to care about people in fly over country either tenderfoot Jan 2023 #34