LePage to go ahead with food stamp junk food ban without federal OK [View all]
Source: bangor daily news
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage says despite his proposal being rejected by the Legislature and federal government, Maine will move forward with restricting the purchase of what he calls junk foods with food stamps in Maine — or give up administration of the program altogether.
“It’s time for the federal government to wake up and smell the energy drinks,” wrote LePage in a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which provides full funding for benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly called food stamps. “Doubtful that it will, I will be pursuing options to implement reform unilaterally or cease Maine’s administration of the food stamp program altogether. You maintain such a broken program that I do not want my name attached to it.”
A USDA representative did not respond to a question about whether the federal government administers the program in any state, though the USDA website indicates that it is a state-run program without any other explanation.
On Tuesday evening, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat who represents Maine’s 1st District, said that the USDA had informed her that if Maine opts out of administering SNAP, recipients in the state would lose benefits.
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I bet LePutin buys and eats plenty of junk food with our tax dollars.
Drug test him.
yup
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