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A comment on Arkansas moves to ban candy, soda from SNAP eligibility. Parent comment

Re:Arkansas moves to ban candy, soda from SNAP eligibility by thehappypm on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @07:16AM (#43703938)
If the government is giving you money to buy food, it’s extremely fair that they require you to buy food that isn’t diabetes-inducing poison.
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Re:Arkansas moves to ban candy, soda from SNAP eligibility by duxup on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @07:29AM (#43704016)
Everyone gets something from the government, that’s dangerous reasoning.

If the policy got folks out of poverty I’m all for it, otherwise it’s just people’s / government’s desire to tell others what to do for the sake of doing that.

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Re:Arkansas moves to ban candy, soda from SNAP eligibility by thehappypm on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @05:02PM (#43710356)
Reducing obesity and diabetes is definitely a worthy goal.
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