Tennessee lawmaker suggests banning food stamp recipients from buying high-calorie junk, sweets

A conservative Tennessee lawmaker wants more government oversight — for food stamp recipients’ diets.

State Rep. Sheila Butt introduced a bill Thursday that would ban shoppers from buying junk food, sweets and other high-calorie snacks with public assistance dollars.

“When you’re receiving taxpayer dollars, it’s not money that you’ve have earned. It’s money that other people have earned and is redistributed to you. Strings come along with that,” the Republican said in a statement announcing her bill.

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