A proposal to block Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients from using benefits to buy soda and sugary foods is a “common-sense reform” that reflects the program’s original mission and respects taxpayers, Knox County, Tennessee, Mayor Glenn Jacobs, a WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, told Newsmax on Thursday.
About one in 10 Tennesseans receive SNAP, and Knox County has the third-highest number of beneficiaries in the state, coming at a time when federal officials are considering a rule that would keep beneficiaries from purchasing items that list sugar, corn syrup, or high-fructose corn syrup as the first ingredient.
“Well, first of all, we say SNAP benefits. This is food stamps. It’s what we used to call the program. We don’t call it that anymore,” Jacobs, whose county ranks third in Tennessee in numbers of beneficiaries, told Newsmax’s “Newsline.”
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