Federal Government "Keep Poor People Fat" Program

Seafood, steak, and bakery cakes are also food items and are
therefore eligible items

Since the current definition of food is a specific part of the
Act, any change to this definition would require action by a member of
Congress. Several times in the history of SNAP, Congress had considered placing
limits on the types of food that could be purchased with program benefits.
However, they concluded that designating foods as luxury or non-nutritious would
be administratively costly and burdensome. Further detailed information about
the challenges of restricting the use of SNAP benefits can be found here:"

Simply stated, anything you want in the way of junk food, candy, soft drinks, cake, pie, and more, can be bought on the taxpayer dollar. Is it any wonder WalMart shoppers are some of the fattest in the world?
The funny thig is it says "any change....would requirean action by a member of Congress." I guess that doesn't apply to any other department except the FDA since every other department simply writes their own rules.