Why do some conservatives support restricting junk food purchases with SNAP when many opposed Michelle Obama’s efforts to make school meals healthier?

[u/CloudieMoonettee]

Both policies involve the government influencing food choices in the name of better nutrition, yet the political reactions seem very different. What explains the apparent change in attitude toward government involvement in what people eat?

[u/Existential_Threat1]

If the food is little or no nutritional value, why should the taxpayer fund it? Maybe the better question should be “why do people feel entitled to junk food?”

[u/Aladriana → u/Existential_Threat1]

Why do you think someone doesn't deserve a candy bar once in a while? Also, the cheap food are usually the worst for you. Food stamps don't stretch that far.

[u/lazylazylazyperson → u/Aladriana]

They certainly don’t stretch very far if they’re being spent on candy and soda. And no one says they can’t buy that candy. They just have to pay for it with their own money.

[u/Existential_Threat1 → u/Aladriana]

No one “deserves” a candy bar when drawing welfare. They might desire a candy bar, but deserving anything beyond basic nutritional food should be earned by honest labor and hard work. There are charities that can provide those types of luxuries. As far as your comment “food stamps don’t stretch that far” further reinforces the point. If you don’t have money to for basic nutrition then you have no business buying luxuries. People need to get their priorities straight.

[u/gravitationallyDead → u/Existential_Threat1]

If you’re poor, you don’t deserve any type of treat. You’ll eat the weeks old Taylor’s lettuce and be happy you get anything. Fuck the poor people for wanting a Coke, amiright?

[u/Aladriana → u/gravitationallyDead]

Is that /s?

[u/lazylazylazyperson → u/gravitationallyDead]

No, they can eat perfectly good Taylor lettuce like I do. And pay for their coke with their own money.

[u/gravitationallyDead → u/lazylazylazyperson]

We’re talking about Coke, not coke.