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Should government assistance cover pet food or potato chips? It depends who you ask

  • Written by Steven Shepherd, Assistant Professor of Marketing and International Business, Oklahoma State University
Your own biases shape what you think about what the poor should eat.Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Lawmakers in states like Arkansas and Texas want to restrict what the 36 million people who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, can purchase with that aid.

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