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Should sugary drinks be banned from food stamp purchases?

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Yes 60% 69 votes
No 39% 45 votes
Total Votes: 114

Note: This is not a scientific poll.

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October 8, 2010
10:55 a.m.

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wmarincic (no real name given) says...

We are not banning drinks we would be telling them what we are willing to spend our hard earned tax dollars on. If I'm going to work and give you free money I should have an imput on what it get's spent on.
 

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