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Nika

(546 posts)
4. It is so obvious that good nutrition is a foundation these cuts have taken a sledgehammer to.
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 04:19 AM
Jan 2014

But there are other major problems that have developed in the past few decades such as 'food deserts;' large areas in cities where the poor have no access even to good grocery stores that need to be addressed too besides these foolish cuts to the SNAP program.

There is too little money in the pockets for people without food stamps who live in food deserts filled with fast food joints for people to eat in a healthy way. These cuts to SNAP program tat have been made not only need to be restored, the program needs to be funded at a better level then it was.

And the problem of fast food and food deserts where healthy food is almost impossible to find needs to be attacked vigorously.

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