These companies have lobbied tens of millions of dollars to ensure taxpayer dollars subsidize these products for lower income Americans.
Over $50 billion of taxpayer money per year is going to Skittles, Oreo’s, Ben & Jerry’s, and other highly processed foods.
80% of SNAP recipients are on Medicaid, which is spending over $1 trillion to manage chronic lifestyle conditions.
It’s just a factual statement: we are paying to give our citizens metabolic conditions and then going bankrupt to treat them. These incentives are ensuring millions of Americans live shorter, sicker, more depressed lives. It’s leading to a diabetes and obesity crisis among kids.
Meanwhile, farmers only make 14 cents of every dollar we spend on food. Most of the profits are going to these ultraprocessed food conglomerates - many of which are foreign-owned.
SNAP dollars should go to nutritious REAL food that American farmers produce.
Thank God the Trump administration is reforming SNAP to make sure it goes to those who need it, leading a national charge to remove soda and candy from SNAP, and spurring a national conversation about how to fix the suicidal incentives of our food and healthcare systems.