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throwway120385last Wednesday at 10:43 PM2 repliesview on HN

Who cares? It's $5.00 to buy a box of cake mix and a can of frosting. Let poor people have fun sometimes instead of trying to use the welfare as a leash to harry them constantly about their choices.


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brainwadlast Wednesday at 11:21 PM

If they want total freedom, they don't have to spend food stamps. They can always provide for themselves.

You are right, a single box of cake mix once a year is fine. But between banning processed foods, or allowing everything, the former is far closer to the "just cake once a year" scenario. Allowing unlimited spend on junk food will in most cases lead to worse outcomes.

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kayamonlast Thursday at 5:01 PM

I saw a homeless guy in the park eating a block of raw cake mix.