Ban on Using Food Stamps to Buy Soda Rejected by U.S.D.A. - NYTimes.com

Ban on Using Food Stamps to Buy Soda Rejected by U.S.D.A. - NYTimes.com: “If healthier food is made affordable and accessible,” he said, “low-income people will line up to get it.”

I bet the guy who said this is a Keynesian. But really, do people really think that fatties can't find a store with a carrot or that frozen vegetables aren't available? And even if all one eats are Cheetos and Funions, if only a subsistence number of calories are consumed one will not get fat. Chalk of a victory for the corn and softdrink lobby.