I've always proposed two potential solutions:
- Bottle deposit: In states that have it, you can buy your soda, put the deposit on the SNAP card, drink it or dump it out, then get the return back in cash. By requiring deposits be paid in cash, you can erase that.
- No food stamps for the obese: Simply get the BMI of any prospective applicant, height/weight. If the BMI is over 30 (obese), no food stamps.
It is ridiculous that in this country, our poor people are fat.