＂What's Nutritional About Coca-Cola？＂ – Congressman Grills SNAP Officials
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On today's show, we have a special treat for you! We have the results of a recent interview with the people running the food stamp program, SNAP. They were interviewed by a fellow named Brandon Gill. He asked the question, "What does SNAP stand for?" and they answered, "Is there nutritional value to sugary sodas?"
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Celebrate Canada Day by getting even more for your points.
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Yesterday, in a hearing, the folks that are running Snap
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And he's asking one of the leaders on what it is.
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It's a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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I am a food security expert in ensuring that individuals have the food resources that they need.
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I'm just asking you, is there nutritional value to sugary sodas?
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I would have to look at the dietary guidelines.
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This next one is difficult to listen to, but you'll enjoy it.
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Is it an organization funded by organizations that make money from food stamps?
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Do organizations who profit off of food stamps fund your organization or businesses?
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Yes, and they're profiting off of your advocacy.
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do you think that that's a conflict of interest he's good he's so good
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she's just mom and sense i think most people think that's a conflict of interest i know you
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don't want to answer is your organization what do you think about that tom what do you think
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about that these are fair questions he's asking is there anything wrong with them promoting certain
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companies that are funding your program is there a conflict of interest there in your opinion in
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In my opinion, I believe there is a conflict, and I'll tell you where it is.
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SNAP was created to help fill the gap for children and people who maybe have a job
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but literally are living below poverty line of income,
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and SNAP was supposed to help them bridge and fill the gap.
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And the natural thing is whenever the government says,
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i need an airplane five companies put out the bids they want to build the airplane
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if the government says i have a food program to get food to people
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50 companies want to go get food to people now general mills may make some you know things that
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would be on rfk's updated food pyramid that would qualify as nutritional foods but there's also
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other things in there everybody wants to be on the list pat if you're selling soda you're selling
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granola bars that are just loaded with sugar you want to be eligible for people to buy that
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and then they hide behind the following pat it's the consumer's choice no it's not if i'm giving
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snap i want kids to get fruit i want them to get things that i want to take sugar off there i want
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them to get milk i want to get you know a wholesome cheese i want to get things that are right i want
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to get breads i want to get it and you could argue about the sugar and breads and everything but point
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is i want to go to the food triangle and see can we get fruits and vegetables and things because
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that's what the purpose of snap is and if you're i think there is a conflict if and that's why she
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was sitting there pat there is and that's why she can't answer the question because the lobbyists
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that are supporting her you know what we just saw here pat i just had an epiphany we just saw
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hospices in la and we saw the cycle of government money intended for good gets used this way now
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that's pure theft and fraud but this is she's got an advocacy group that's putting a snap program
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out that's putting junk food out there and we wonder why kids are overweight we wonder why
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there's childhood diabetes and she can't answer the question because those are her supporters
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adam look uh have you ever been on a snap government assistance or food stamps you've
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been on it yes why were you on it what do you mean why was i know we were on welfare when i
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first came to the states got your family was on yeah of course when i was a kid i was a food stamp
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kid really yes so you understand the importance of it right i of course we're not taking advantage
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of it no exactly that's my point is i remember being on uh my first job out of college i worked
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there for a year and a half and they let people go and i basically collected unemployment and
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food stamps and let me just walk you through stamps as an adult i had food stamps at 22 years
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old by the way joking no i'm not joking stamps at 12 years old what are you doing at 22 years
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Is that when you're laid off, you know, you collect unemployment.
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But keep in mind, it's been 20-something years since I've even considered this.
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But let me walk you through the mindset of what happens.
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When the government gives you something, you're like, oh, wow, I get paid to do nothing for basically six months.
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And then all of a sudden, you have this, like, sort of like angel and devil on your shoulder.
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It's like, should I go out and get a real job and actually get my life together?
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Or should I just basically suck off the teeth of the government for as long as possible?
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The average person goes, I'll just take the free stuff.
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Then the average person in America, I think, is that are on SNAP for 8 to 12 months.
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Do you know what percentage of Americans use SNAP?
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One in eight Americans, 42 million Americans use SNAP.
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It feels something like, all right, let me do this.
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because it's just it's free money it's free food and i understand that people need it
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but the more that you give people the more that you give uh welfare the more they give welfare
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checks you know like the welfare queen situation they become dependent on it and that's the problem
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in america if you need it if you use it for a little while i get it but we have to stop it
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limit we have to eliminate how long people are on it some people become relying on it and they
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become relying on the government this is two different conversations though you took a very
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different angle. I think what was the main angle with this is why are we allowing the money that
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taxpayers are paying to buy the product of the organizations that are funding you? That doesn't
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make any sense on what's happening over here. And by the way, do you know when they look at the life
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expectancy of Americans versus other countries, you know what we rank? We're not looking good
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against others. You know, Hong Kong, they live 85.8
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And a bunch of different countries are ahead of us.
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Small little place. Didn't we just go down a year
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or something we did we did go down here but why are we going down people were like because your
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health insurance sucks nope it's not the health insurance that sucks the food we're feeding our
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kids sucks well we're feeding our kids a bunch of sugar from early on and we're getting them
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addicted to sugar sugar is just as addictive as any of these major drugs and for the rest of your
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life you're fighting what what does sugar lead to diabetes so what do you mean you know you're
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you can't give a basic answer that Coke is nutritionally, you know,
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You know, it's funny, like, July of 2019 is the last time I drank soda.
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One day, Ian Benedict and I are having a conversation.
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He eliminated a lot of his, you know, sugar out of his –
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he doesn't even drink Arnold Palmer, which to me it's a sin.
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He's got the scale with the body fat percentage.
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We think it's funny, oh, she's got a sweet tooth.
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and I think that's what he was talking to her about
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of course a lot of people are abusing the system
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I'm saying, but there are restrictions, meaning that...
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What's weird is they don't let you buy hot prepared meals.
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If you ever go to Publix, that's actually healthy.
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Versus they'll let you buy chips, snacks, cookies.
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Cigarettes, tobacco, nicotine products, cannabis, and CBD.
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You can't buy hot, prepared foods at point of sale.
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You cannot use it at restaurant meals, right, when you go on certain places.
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You can't buy pet food, which is probably a good thing.
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Cleaning supplies, paper products, soap, laundry detergent, cosmetics, personal hygiene, live animals.
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No, literally it says you cannot buy live animals with limited expectations.
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So to me, the question is, can you buy soda and candy in certain states beginning in 2026?
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Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and Indiana have received USDA approval to prohibit snap purchases
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of certain items such as soda, candy, some energy drinks,
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and in some states, certain sweetened beverage or prepared desserts.
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Good for you, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and Indiana.
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I don't know if Indiana would be considered a red state.
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wait till you see what it costs when these kids are diabetic and on Medicaid.
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