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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We spend $405 million a day on the food stamp program a day…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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And it's because they built 20,000 fast food plants, places and they began importing American processed food. Processed food is poisoned, ultra processed food. And right now we're paying for it with food stamps. We spend $405 million a day on the food stamp program a day. 10% of that is going to buy sugar drinks, another 3 to 8% sweets and candies. So we're giving the poorest members of our society diabetes when they're young. And then we're paying it forward through Medicaid later. (15:59–16:12)

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Asserts that a significant portion of food stamp funds are spent on sugary drinks and sweets.

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