Because poverty will always exist, not every place will have a fully employed population, there will always be people that are almost unemployable because few jobs want to hire sex offenders or even just felons. The snap program already has significant issues regarding vendor requirements preventing farmers from qualifying without adding meat or bread. Candy and soda are almost never the only option for food, especially since most convenience stors don’t meet the requirements to accept snap.
Because poverty will always exist, not every place will have a fully employed population, there will always be people that are almost unemployable because few jobs want to hire sex offenders or even just felons. The snap program already has significant issues regarding vendor requirements preventing farmers from qualifying without adding meat or bread. Candy and soda are almost never the only option for food, especially since most convenience stors don’t meet the requirements to accept snap.