Now, it has to be admitted that such taxes for the most part are extremely regressive as poor people spend a disproportionate amount of their income and income substitutes such as SNAP benefits and WIC on unhealthy food, cigarettes, liquor, lottery tickets, and so on.

Please don't come back with excuses such as poor people are stupid and don't have autonomy to be able to make their own choices and are in food deserts (caused by blue city politicians allowing crime by poor people to run rampant).


No, I'd just have to say that YOU are extremely thick at this point not to check on your ?@#%$ beliefs.

AI <--- And since I read the papers while I was in CA I am already familiar with this.

"No, SNAP and WIC benefits cannot be used for unhealthy foods like cigarettes, liquor, and lottery tickets. Both programs prohibit the purchase of alcohol, tobacco, non-food items, and hot or prepared foods. Some states are also starting to ban other processed foods like soda, candy, and energy drinks with the benefits, although this is still an evolving area."

I'm not copying the lists.

ME: I remember reading Frederick Douglas, who criticized poor black folks for spending money unwisely on expensive food and compared them to poor white folks who spent there money better and got more for each dollar.