Guess it depends where you shop. My point is, people see it on the shelf and they see the low price. They pull out their food stamps and buy it. Let me ask you, if you were poor and had $20 worth of food stamps, would you buy Coca Cola for $1.99, or the same amount of say orange juice for $5.99? As for water, if given the choice of buying something with flavor over water, most people, rich and poor, will choose the product they feel gives them the most bang for their buck. That's not water. ;o)
My point is, we should take sodas off the list of things people can buy with food stamps. If they want crap that's bad for them, like booze and cigarettes, they have to buy them with their own money. Well, at least that's how it was years ago. I admittedly haven't been around many food stamp users the last 20 years.
Guess it depends where you shop. My point is, people see it on the shelf and they see the low price. They pull out their food stamps and buy it. Let me ask you, if you were poor and had $20 worth of food stamps, would you buy Coca Cola for $1.99, or the same amount of say orange juice for $5.99? As for water, if given the choice of buying something with flavor over water, most people, rich and poor, will choose the product they feel gives them the most bang for their buck. That's not water. ;o)
My point is, we should take sodas off the list of things people can buy with food stamps. If they want crap that's bad for them, like booze and cigarettes, they have to buy them with their own money. Well, at least that's how it was years ago. I admittedly haven't been around many food stamp users the last 20 years.
I agree with your larger point 100%.