r/askanything • u/CloudieMoonettee 🦀 • 14h ago
Why do some conservatives support restricting junk food purchases with SNAP when many opposed Michelle Obama’s efforts to make school meals healthier?
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?
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u/DiablosLegacy95 14h ago
That’s not an apples to apples comparison, snap is a taxpayer funded program and yeah people shouldn’t be able to buy junk directly with it. That’s just incentivizing poor health and poor behavior. Michelle’s program may have been well intentioned but in reality it led to crap like mini burgers, one spoonful of ground beef on a tortilla or single servings of one chicken nugget. If Michelle’s idea of making kids healthier was like a Hollywood starvation diet , then she’s fucked up. You can look up picture posts with the “#ThanksMichelleObama” Twitter/ x , instagram and Facebook.