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Speak Out: Eating Healthy on Food Stamps
Should healthier food be available to those using food stamps to get by? Tell us in the comments!
S.C. lawmakers may not be able to control what people eat, but they are attempting to limit what food stamps can buy.
They will ask for a waiver from federal regulation to include healthy food as a requirement for the state's food stamp program called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), ABC News 4 reported.
The idea is to curb hefty costs incurred by obesity.
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Here are some of the reactions ABC News 4 reported:
"At what point do we not have accountability? This is a state that's saying we want to help those families that need help. We want to help them know what nutrition is," said Governor Nikki Haley.
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"You can't tell me what I can eat! I can eat whatever I want!" stated Charleta Burch. She's been on food stamps for the past eight months.
Speak out: Should food stamps require healthy foods and eliminate the bad foods? Tell us in the comments!
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