One governor is fed up with taxpayers subsidizing junk food—and hurting the long-term health of their fellow Americans.
Food stamps—formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—“is undermining the health of millions of Americans, on the taxpayer’s dime, by encouraging families to eat highly processed, unhealthy junk food,” writes Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a letter Wednesday to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Service,and to Brooke Rollins, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture.
“In fact, soda, unhealthy snacks, candy, and dessert account for nearly 23 percent, or $25 billion, of all SNAP purchases,” said Sanders, a Republican, adding:
“Given the relationship between junk food and poor health, our federal food assistance policies are…
