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Jacson6

(1,664 posts)
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 12:27 PM 18 hrs ago

Arkansas plan to implement SNAP junk food restrictions 'not feasible,' lawmaker says



Arkansas’ prohibition on the use of SNAP benefits for unhealthy food items like soda and candy takes effect next year, and state lawmakers and retailers are questioning how it can realistically be implemented.

Conservatives getting bent out of shape because a single mom buys her kids a bottle of soda.

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Arkansas plan to implement SNAP junk food restrictions 'not feasible,' lawmaker says (Original Post) Jacson6 18 hrs ago OP
Conservatism is selfishness. Hotler 17 hrs ago #1
Implement it the Republican way BOSSHOG 17 hrs ago #2

Hotler

(13,647 posts)
1. Conservatism is selfishness.
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 12:46 PM
17 hrs ago

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for amoral justification for selfishness."
J.K. Galbraith;

BOSSHOG

(44,200 posts)
2. Implement it the Republican way
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 12:46 PM
17 hrs ago

Just add hate and ignorance and stir. When something goes wrong blame whomever.

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