"USDA has denied every request, saying that selectively banning certain foods would be unfair to food stamp users and create too much red tape."

Soda pop isn't food, just the same as beer isn't food. Why is a program that is in existence to provide sustenance and good health for the poor, being used to purchase a product that is shown to have serious health effects? And then we have to subsidize their health care through the affordable care act. What is wrong with this picture?