more likely to be overweight which brings us to the answer to our "crossfire" quiz. the government spent almost $80 billion in food stamps last year, a record. m margo wootan and genevieve wood are here with us. just before the break i held up my potato which is actually the wic program, another government food program. the government has now decided that people, women should not be allowed to buy white potatoes under the wic program because people buy white potatoes, okay? since you already buy white potatoes because you really like them, you can't buy white potatoes with this money because we decided you can't buy the thing you like. my question for you is this. i think this is fully as legitimate as stephanie's belief that republicans are going to abolish the school lunch program on tuesday. fact is, people can say, so let's say next year the government decides we should all be vegetarians. or the government decides in two years that no one should eat