Welfare Recipients Just Got A Very Hard Dose Of Reality According to recent reports, a New York state lawmaker has just introduced legislation that will prevent people from using food stamps to buy lobster, steak and other luxury cuisine. The bill was introduced by Republican State Sen. Patty Ritchie of Oswegatichie, and is designed to place restrictions on purchases made through New Yorks Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The list of banned items includes lobster, certain cuts of steak, and energy drinkswhich the state argues are not nutritious. Decorated cakes are also singled out under the proposal. At a time when our state and nation are struggling with an obesity epidemic, it is critically important that taxpayer-funded programs help low-income consumers make wise and healthy food choices, the bill explains. Even though the proposal appears to make perfect since, it is not likely to become law, given that the state assembly is majority-Democrat. What do you think? Do you support this measure? 