Results: Junk Food Stamps
1.
1.
The Wisconsin state assembly recently passed a bill limiting the percentage of monthly food stamp benefits that can be spent on junk food. Have you heard about this? Yes
11%
•
92 votes
No
89%
•
781 votes
2.
2.
Do you think that its a good idea? Yes
54%
•
472 votes
No
23%
•
202 votes
Undecided
23%
•
199 votes
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3.
The original bill said 100% of a person's food stamps had to be spent on healthy food, but due to lobbying from soda and snack food companies it is now 2/3. What amount do you think is okay to spend on junk food? All of it
9%
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79 votes
2/3
10%
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83 votes
1/2
7%
•
63 votes
1/3
29%
•
256 votes
None
37%
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319 votes
Other (please specify)
8%
•
73 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| n/a | 0.46% | 4 |
| na | 0.34% | 3 |
| 10% | 0.23% | 2 |
| 1/10 | 0.23% | 2 |
| 1/4 | 0.23% | 2 |
| i'm not sure. | 0.11% | 1 |
| however much they feel like | 0.11% | 1 |
| who decides what's healthy food? | 0.11% | 1 |
| whatever they want. we are not communist | 0.11% | 1 |
| i don't know, i don't think anyone should be tellimg someone what to buy or eat | 0.11% | 1 |
| depends whether or not there are kids in the household | 0.11% | 1 |
| 1/6 | 0.11% | 1 |
| 15% like a tip | 0.11% | 1 |
| about 15% | 0.11% | 1 |
| . | 0.11% | 1 |
| if they are going to limit the cheaper food, then they need to give them more $$ so they can afford the healthy stuff | 0.11% | 1 |
| healthy food is way more expensive, so people should eat what they can afford | 0.11% | 1 |
| whatever a person buys with there stamps is what they have to eat for that month, they get no more or less . | 0.11% | 1 |
| not up to the government to decide what we eat and buy | 0.11% | 1 |
| it'a their choice | 0.11% | 1 |
| while junk food is bad - i think people should be free to choose and there really is no definition of what is healthy here. i think they're punishing from the wrong end - get manufacturers to use healthier ingredients, so consumers will have options. | 0.11% | 1 |
| i think junk food is bad for you, but i think people should be allowed to eat what they want. | 0.11% | 1 |
| not sure | 0.11% | 1 |
| it's cheaper than expensive produce and meat....what choice do people have? | 0.11% | 1 |
| depends if it is something for a gift or something for a potluck or of that nature, you just don't know | 0.11% | 1 |
| je suis du canada | 0.11% | 1 |
| whatever they want! | 0.11% | 1 |
| whatever the holder wants. | 0.11% | 1 |
| a little bit is ok, maybe a piece of chocolate or something. | 0.11% | 1 |
| not my business how they spend their food stamps | 0.11% | 1 |
| does it matter? buy what you want to and don't worry about it! | 0.11% | 1 |
| depends on the number on people in the home .mybe 5 dollars a person for the mo. | 0.11% | 1 |
| people abuse food stamps altother | 0.11% | 1 |
| individual decision | 0.11% | 1 |
| people can spend their food stamps which ever wy they like. | 0.11% | 1 |
| 10 percent | 0.11% | 1 |
| don't feel comfortable making that call for people i don't even know. | 0.11% | 1 |
| havingstamps shouldn't mean the gouv should be able to choose what you eat | 0.11% | 1 |
| any | 0.11% | 1 |
| a very very small amount | 0.11% | 1 |
| not my place to say | 0.11% | 1 |
| 5 percent | 0.11% | 1 |
| they shouldn't get to make the choice, as long as it's food. | 0.11% | 1 |
| one fourth | 0.11% | 1 |
| 10 percent,,,,it is ok to treat yourself once in a while | 0.11% | 1 |
| i don't care | 0.11% | 1 |
| whatever a person wants as long as they dont come looking for more money. | 0.11% | 1 |
| ridiculous law, how can hey dictate or enforce it. | 0.11% | 1 |
| unfortunately, it has to be spent on food that is not prepared. so, if you are homeless you don't have many options other than junk food. | 0.11% | 1 |
| a little, regardless to how you pay for food, junk food is nasty and bad for you | 0.11% | 1 |
| it depends on what type of junk food | 0.11% | 1 |
| other | 0.11% | 1 |
| back off of people's choices! | 0.11% | 1 |
| anything...big brother | 0.11% | 1 |
| it's not my business what others choose to buy, if they run out of foodstamps because they spent them unwisely then, they may learn not to do it again | 0.11% | 1 |
| who cares! | 0.11% | 1 |
| no one has the right to tell you what to eat | 0.11% | 1 |
| one quarter | 0.11% | 1 |
| too many rules | 0.11% | 1 |
| absolute max 1/4 | 0.11% | 1 |
| 5% | 0.11% | 1 |
| maybe 1/5? | 0.11% | 1 |
| whatever they feel the need to buy that's just big brother controlling more aspects of "their help" | 0.11% | 1 |
| 15% | 0.11% | 1 |
| ridiculous rule | 0.11% | 1 |
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