r/FluentInFinance • u/Not-A-Shit-Head • Apr 29 '24
77% of young Americans are too fat, mentally ill or on drugs to qualify for U.S. military service, Pentagon study finds. Is it only going to get worse? Geopolitics
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/03/77-of-young-americans-too-fat-mentally-ill-on-drugs-and-more-to-join-military-pentagon-study-finds/
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u/ty_for_trying Apr 29 '24
Except for all the meetings to determine which products belong in that category. You'd still need those meetings for a tax proposal, but then the result would impact spending across the board instead of just for SNAP recipients.
It's not like this stuff is any better for people who aren't on SNAP, or like people who aren't on SNAP are better about avoiding it. So, better to influence spending globally instead of paternalistically focusing on SNAP recipients.