This week, senators introduced what they're calling the Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act, which would make the supermarket staple an eligible purchase under the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.
Honestly, just let poor people get prepared food, too.
I think the problem is that poor people are able to use government programs to get food at all. So much of these legislative maneuvers are intended to selectively punish or disenfranchise portions of the population that the state government hates and scare them out of these programs entirely.
The Walmart / Winco end runs are fine enough, until you start asking where these places are located (predominantly white neighborhoods with a surplus of upper income residents) and where they aren’t (minority-majority food deserts).
We’ve got a public-private partnership intended to squeeze out certain segments of the population from having access to any kind of food at all.
I think the problem is that poor people are able to use government programs to get food at all. So much of these legislative maneuvers are intended to selectively punish or disenfranchise portions of the population that the state government hates and scare them out of these programs entirely.
The Walmart / Winco end runs are fine enough, until you start asking where these places are located (predominantly white neighborhoods with a surplus of upper income residents) and where they aren’t (minority-majority food deserts).
We’ve got a public-private partnership intended to squeeze out certain segments of the population from having access to any kind of food at all.