Missouri Legislation Seeks to Limit What Foods the Poor Can Buy

‘A Republican state lawmaker in Missouri has introduced a bill that would prohibit people from using foods stamps to purchase certain foods perceived as being luxurious, including steak and seafood.
The proposed legislation would ban the purchase with food stamps of “cookies, chips, energy drinks, soft drinks, seafood or steak.”

“The intention of the bill is to get the food stamp program back to its original intent, which is nutrition assistance,” Rick Brattin, the representative who is sponsoring the proposed legislation, told the Washington Post.’

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