ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED.
COURTNEY: -- TRACY: ARE MAINERS
ON FOOD STAMPS BUYING TOO MUCH
JUNK FOOD?
THAT'S THE QUESTION BEING ASKED
IN AUGUSTA BY BOTH DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS.
WMTW NEWS 8'S DAVID CHARNS HAS A
CLOSER LOOK FROM RAY'S MARKET IN
BIDDEFORD.
DAVID: IS THERE ARE 2
MEASURES.
ONE WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR
HOLDERS TO GET
HEALTHIER FOOD
AND WATER WOULD BAN JUNK FOOD.
SOME SAY THEY ARE HAPPY.
YOU SAY HAVE A GREAT DAY.
DAVID: SHE SAID SHE
GETS
FRUSTRATED WAS SOMEBODY BUYING
JUNK FOOD USES FOOD STAMPS TO
PAY FOR THEM.
THEY, WITH EBT AND THEY WILL
BUY JUNK FOOD WHICH IS NOT GOOD
FRUIT.
DAVID: ANY ITEMS FROM COOKIES TO
CANDY CAN BE BOUGHT WITH SNAP
BENEFITS, ALL IT NEEDS IS
LABELS.
THESE PAMPHLETS SHOW
EASY MEALS.
THERE ARE 2 BILLS TO MAKE
CHANGES.
ONE SPONSORED BY DEMOCRAT CHRIS
JOHNSON WOULD INCENTIVIZE
MAINERS RECEIVING BENEFITS TO
BUY HEALTHIER ITEMS.
IN A STATEMENT JUST AND TOLD US
IT --
TO
WHAT WE SEE GOING ON.
DAVID: THE SECOND BILL SPONSORED
BY A REPUBLICAN WOULD BAN
MAINERS FOR BUYING JUNK FOOD.
HE TOLD US --
I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
THEM ON FOOD STAMP BUT MAKE SURE
THEY ARE BUYING NUTRITIONAL
PRODUCTS.
DAVID BALBOA CAUSE IT IS A
FEDERAL PROGRAM, MAINE WOULD
NEED A WAIVER.
