Hamster Buddha
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Going that route would certainly be healthier, however, not cheaper. Generally speaking processed foods are far cheaper than fresh foods. To me then this argument is really about what is more important, health of welfare recipients or keeping taxes lower. Many people bitch about what recipients can use food stamps for but would you be ok doubling or more the taxes that go into this program to ensure they can only get fresh, healthy foods?
Not if you go generic route, which most of the above would be applying to. I'm personally for generics and limit them it to healthy stuff. At least this is one way that we can start tackling the overweight issue in the country. If you want irony: Mississippi, the poorest state in the country, is also the fattest.
In fact, the five poorest states are also among the 10 fattest, and eight of the 10 poorest states are also among the 10 with the lowest life expectancy.
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