When I looked into assistance many years ago, when I was a single mom with two kids in court battle after court battle to have access to my kids because my ex was quite pissed off that I divorced him, the community service was being strongly considered as part of the requirement. I already worked 40 hours a week and had to pay childcare out of that from my nine dollars an hour salary. I didn’t mind doing community service in exchange for some additional help, for a program I’d paid into for over 20 years, but I didn’t have a way to pay for the additional childcare that I would need to be free to complete the community service hours. When we talk about changing the requirements, we have to look at the whole picture.
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I disagree with your disagreement
Yes everyone NEEDS food, not everyone needs: chips and candy and soda. Removing those alone is a great help to the consumer (those 3 are expensive and a waste, as they mostly have no nutritional value). Saving them money towards good foods. I agree healthy foods are expensive but this all works in circles. We buy healthy, farms produce more, farms make more fruits and veggies, farms earn more because of bulk and quality not because the item cost more but less and more can be purchased easily. ,trust God that these will be honest farmers and they keep growing more and causing healthy people that can return to work (possibly at a farm) and earn money to buy groceries which employs more people etc. The circle of life 
This is a conspiracy against rights. You can’t discriminate against poor people and ban them from buying the same thing you would buy for you or your family, because you’re feeling some kind of way about tax dollars going to food insecurity programs. Do you know that disabled veterans fought for this country and at times use these programs? You can offer incentives to roll over their benefits by buying healthier options, but out right banning people from buying comfort food options is wrong.
I understand I agree to a point, you said take chips candy and soda off food stamps, is this not a kind of control thing, telling parents what they can buy, let allow what to do, as we all know having kids, there are times we have to give them these things, there kids, yes it may not be that heavy but unless you like eating the same things every day with our some variety and choices, it gets boring, people become unhappy that’s when problems start, so I feel leave it up to the parents what to feed there kids, once RFK jr gets his plans going, foods will become more healthy. The main problem at hand is helping single parents senior citizens having enough on there EBT cards to help them out each month, that’s where the focus should be on more then personal reference on what people can buy or not buy with it.
I also am disabled and receive $23 of EBT because i bring home $1400 a month in S.S.I… With the high food costs as of late, it doesn’t go far.
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As one of the over 41.2 million people who are on SNAP/food stamps, I would rather have RFK Jr. ask manufacturers and food providers to make healthier versions of traditional “junk” foods and drinks as opposed to restricting purchases of any food or drink. The problem lies at the manufacturer level, not at the consumer or retailer level.
No one is discriminating. Our society is known for health problems due to bad diets /poor eating. I think it would be a step in the right direction to help people eat healthier and make better choices. My family is in a lower bracket for income and I budget my groceries. If the kids want chips, I do buy them, however, I will not by the $7.49 name brand chips when I could get the off brand at a lesser price. I also don’t buy a cart full of ‘snacks’. I was on WIC for health reasons when I was pregnant and they were VERY strict on what I could buy, I did NOT complain. I was grateful for the food that was available to me at that time because it helped a lot! WIC also had courses you had to take online to keep your benefits and make sure you understood nutrition, healthy eating, meal planning and recipes.
Do you think it was wrong that WIC only has a small approved list of items that women can buy for themselves and their children? Is it wrong to teach families healthy eating? WIC is only used during pregnancy and for children up to a certain age. SNAP/EBT has been used for much longer periods of time. We all fall on hard times, but you also need to not depend on the government for your lively hood.
For Vets, elderly, disabled, there should be a different plan that caters to their special circumstances. Any veterans should be getting more benefits than what they currently receive from our government. I, myself, think that they not well cared and deserve more.