Round Five on SNAP and Junk Food: Zycher Responds to Rachidi

Round Five on SNAP and Junk Food: Zycher Responds to Rachidi

Let us review the slugfest between my AEI colleague Angel Rachidi and me on whether Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries ought to be able to use their benefits to purchase sugary drinks and candy (hereinafter “junk food”). To wit: Alysia Finley in a Wall Street Journal column argued that SNAP benefits ought not be allowed for the purchase of unhealthful junk food. Round 1: I responded: Once government conditions the us…