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USDA Threatens Stores Giving Discounts to People on Food Stamps

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64 points mrtesthah | 1 comments | 04 Nov 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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chasd00 ◴[04 Nov 25 17:22 UTC] No.45813489[source]▶
Read the article and then you'll put away your pitchforks. A basic rule is snap recipients can't be treated differently than non-program members which seems reasonable.

"At issue is SNAP’s “Equal Treatment Rule,” which bars stores from either discriminating against people in the program or offering them favorable treatment. "

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pseudalopex ◴[04 Nov 25 17:26 UTC] No.45813542[source]▶
Forbidding charging SNAP recipients more is reasonable. Why is it reasonable to forbid charging SNAP recipients less?
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bitshiftfaced ◴[04 Nov 25 20:06 UTC] No.45815301[source]▶
I think you have to ask why you'd want grocery stores to compete over SNAP customers in a way that doesn't already overlap with how they compete over non-SNAP customers.
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1. Tadpole9181 ◴[04 Nov 25 20:48 UTC] No.45815721[source]▶
Because they're decent human beings trying to help the less fortunate. Good God, is the concept of kindness this foreign to us now?