70% of the people on food stamps are immediately following that transaction with a cash transaction for alcohol, cigarettes, or scratch tickets
I'm going to need a source for that. I know there are plenty of people that abuse the system, but I have a hard time believing that 70% of people that are on food stamps abuse the system and chronically buy alcohol, cigarettes, and scratch tickets.
And I have no problem with the soda tax. I feel like if soda is your primary source of liquid, you most likely have other serious problems. While I can definitely see how it would affect the impoverished far more than the wealthy, I don't classify soda as something someone needs to live. Any argument made for stopping a soda tax would seem to me to be better applied to removing any existing tax on bottled water, especially in areas where tap water is undrinkable.
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