Feds Approve More States to Police Poor People's Groceries
Apparently, six more states have been granted permission to micromanage the diets of their poorest citizens by banning soda and candy purchases with food stamps, a triumph framed as tackling 'health issues.' Meanwhile, these same states rarely question the billions in corporate subsidies or tax breaks handed to industries peddling those very same sugary products. One wonders if the 'public health'
concern extends to the balance sheets of multinational food corporations, or just to the choices of those struggling to eat. This isn't about nutrition; it's about control. It's about stigmatizing poverty, making sure those who rely on social safety nets feel the full weight of public disapproval, while the purveyors of cheap, unhealthy food contribute generously to political campaigns. How many
politicians rejecting 'soda bans' are also rejecting contributions from Big Sugar or Big Agra? The silence is deafening.