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Brooke Rollins on new EBT restrictions on stores: "Guess what? Jelly no longer counts for a fruit, and jerky no longer counts as a protein. We need rotisserie chickens, we need oranges, we need apples, we need all the happy things in all of these retailers."

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The actual point, people, is that a Rotisserie Chicken by itself costs $10 for a small one that will barely feed 2 people. That does not include mashed potatoes or a vegetable. Your average elderly person gets about $125/mo. Exactly how far is that supposed to stretch without jelly or cheap protein

If jerky has protein in it (I assume it does), how can it not count as protein? And if someone has refrigerator issues, jerky might be some of the most useful protein to buy.

The woman has obvs never seen a food desert. You can't buy what isn't available to you, and the neighborhood quick mart isn't going to stock large amounts of fresh fruit and veggies, and rotisserie chickens ffs. You would be blessed to find an overripe banana.

A modest proposal. Let’s expand and enhance the Earned Income Tax Credit and cutback income-in-kind programs that increase the bureaucracy and demean lower-income people. A wise man once said that if society cares about poor people, give them money. Let them decide what to buy.

No jelly, so the cheapest go to lunch i know of a PB&J is off the table, a straight PB sandwich is near impossible to eat without something to keep your mouth from getting glued shut, should make her eat this for a month see if she could survive

It's expensive, justifiably as it's not cheap to make, but why is jerky being targeted? When I was poor I treated jerky as a privilege, but it doesn't seem like inherently unhealthy food that should be blocked.

They are trying to pass the exemption. But you are correct right now. Healthy Obtainable Tasty Rotisserie Chicken Act passed the House but has not yet been voted on in the Senate.

Guess what? My hometown lost their grocery store & only has a dollar general left. Anyone wanting to go to an actual grocery store has to drive 20+ miles in any direction. Fight the disease before you start tinkering with the symptoms

It’s amazing the amount of control republicans want over people’s individual lives. In reality, they are way closer to Cuba, Stalin USSR, and Mao’s China than any democratic run government in history. FDR was a million times closer to Norway or Denmark than USSR

These people are the dumbest, cruelest people ever! And I am still irked they don’t at least offer cooking classes or shopping classes on how to stretch your budget as so many people don’t have that knowledge. It’s not a skill set people automatically have but need to learn.

The Healthy Obtainable Tasty Rotisserie Chicken Act passed the House but has not yet been voted on in the Senate. This is for SNAP. So EBT restrictions for rotisserie chickens are still in place. So Rollins doesn't even know the rules.

Who are these people? The saying a clown entering the palace... OMG what you have let happen there... And it's about to happen here in Europa soon. UNLESS. WE. OPEN OUR EYES.

Lemme tell you: Preserves, when you don't have a home/fridge, jam (preserves) ARE fruit Jerky is a protien Getting to a store for fresh produce is an expense, if there's even one near you Rotisserie chicken? Great! Add that! Stop taking away These people are no clues, all answers

People are missing the point gas stations aren’t equipped to carry those types of food so in essence they’re just making it so people on EBT can no longer go to gas stations for food. Eliminating the gas stations from accepting EBT because they don’t qualify for fresh food under health regulations.

fck you brooke. you have the nerve to place restrictions on snap, while you are actively cutting it . . . fck you, brooke. penalizing the elderly, the very ill and those who can't go back to work. just fck you, you turd d9ck sucker

I remember how upset these people got for Michelle Obama planting vegetables. An important thing to keep in mind with conservatives: none of their complaints are *ever* sincere, about anything, anywhere, ever. They crave only power and they will say or do absolutely anything to get it.

Jerky is literally the perfect foodstuffs for low income folks because it's an easily produced source of cheap calories and protein and is created to have a long shelf life. These people are ridiculous, stop bullshitting and just admit that y'all want poor people to starve 🫩

Great now parents can't buy things to make their kids sandwiches. But at least they can bring a rotisserie chicken and an apple to school.

We need people to be able to feed themselves and their kids! Jerky is one of the best snacks for people who work manual labor because it keeps well and has the things workers need to stay energized. I shouldn’t need to explain why jelly is important for feeding kids. Fuck these ghouls.

Yeah, people make poor choices when their only choices are what’s at the 7-11. When the nearest real supermarket requires a taxi ride you make the only choices available. SNAP beneficiaries who live in food deserts (ahem, private equity) may not have the luxury of making choices. Cut the snark.

Jerky is a good source of protein for a family that is struggling to put food on the table. And it’s shelf stable. People living in their cars don’t have access to refrigeration. It’s just more proof that restricting food choices isn’t about helping.

Why exactly would jelly not count as a fruit and jerky as a protein?...most people needing government food assistance dont have access to rotisserie chicken on a regular basis...its just a trick to cut people off from those benefits

If you want Americans to eat healthier, make healthy food cheaper, more accessible. Don’t turn the EBT card into a government-approved grocery list. If the government can decide jelly isn’t “fruit” and jerky isn’t “protein,” where does the line end? Today jelly and jerky; tomorrow it’s another food

Yeah, so what if millions of American children are going hungry... This is like Elon Musk boasting about taking a DOGE chainsaw to USAID, prompting Bill Gates to decry the grotesque spectacle of the world’s richest man helping starve the world’s poorest children.

But I’m afraid most of these things you just mentioned, at some point, are gonna end up harming the public cuz you morons were stupid enough to give all the money you used to pay food inspectors to put in your back pockets.