Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Charles Lane: Why should food stamps pay for junk food? - The Washington Post

 

What really caught my attention, though, were the photographs that showed what some SNAP recipients bought with their government-funded debit cards: Cheetos Puffs, a one-ounce handful of which contains 10 grams of fat; a box containing two dozen 12-ounce cans of Fanta Orange soda, each of which contains 44 grams of sugar; a carton of six-ounceCapri Sun drink pouches, each of which contains 16 grams of sugar.

Charles Lane: Why should food stamps pay for junk food? - The Washington Post

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