SMH: Food Stamp Recipient Complains She Can’t Buy Junk Food With Your Tax Dollars

A Missouri woman on Thursday receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds complained about only being able to buy “real food” with the program, according to St. Louis TV station KMOV.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Wednesday the approval of a waiver request from Missouri and five other states to restrict the purchase of candy, sugar-sweetened drinks and other items after Oct. 1, 2026. Hannah Moore complained to KMOV reporter John Kipper in a story that the restrictions were “not even cool.”

“What is the point of food stamps if it’s just for ‘real food?’” Moore asked.

SNAP, sometimes called “food stamps,” is a program run through the Department of Agriculture (USDA) in conjunction with the states intended to bolster the grocery budget of low-income families to allow them to purchase “nutritious food essential to health and well-being.” As of Tuesday, 18 states have received waivers to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for junk food, according to the USDA web site.

“That’s not even cool, like why they do that?” Moore told Kipper, later adding, “I don’t know what Trump is doing or what is going on.”

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sought to remove sugary drinks, including sodas, from SNAP, The Wall Street Journal reported. Kennedy has sought to address a rising chronic disease rate that affects roughly three in five Americans as part of a Make America Healthy Again movement, which is often referred to as MAHA.

“Thank God I don’t got kids, but the people out there with kids are not going to be cool,” Moore told Kipper, adding that she worried about whether parents would be able to purchase snacks their kids liked to eat.

During the federal government shutdown in October and November, some federal district judges ordered the Trump administration to tap into contingency funds to maintain SNAP benefits. The Supreme Court overturned those orders Nov. 8, shortly before an agreement was reached to end the shutdown.

In a Dec. 3 news report, a woman complained about new work requirements for able-bodied adults up to age 64 in order to maintain eligibility to receive SNAP benefits that were enacted as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that President Donald Trump signed into law in July.