Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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And what he says is it doesn't cost more.
We don't need any more money.
We just need to buy smarter and to be smarter about how we do it.
And, you know, we're going to be able to do that.
One of the things that we're doing with the dietary guidelines is the SNAP program.
We have 20 states now that have applied for SNAP waivers and have been granted so that you can no longer get candy on SNAP.
You can no longer get soda.
That was 18 percent of SNAP purchases.
So we are taking the 63 million poorest kids in our countryโ
giving them taxpayer-funded diabetes, and then 78% of them end up on Medicaid.
Many of them are being treated for diabetes, so we're paying to give them the disease, and then we're paying to treat them for the rest of their lives.
And we're changing that, and one of the things that Brooke is doing is she's going to require that any retailer that accepts food stamps has to double the amount of real food in their establishment.
We're working with farmers.
We're working with entrepreneurs to make sure every American can get high-quality food that is affordable.
It's weird that they are.
And you know, one of the things...
Robert Irvine, the chef, told me, he said, you know, it costs $9 to get a frozen salmon.
It costs $6 to get a fresh salmon.
So, you know, food, good food is actually, if you cook yourself at home,
The good food is much, much less expensive.