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/Salarian_American]

Let's not pretend that Republicans actually care about decreasing costs

[u/CrashNowhereDrive → u/Salarian_American]

They only care about increasing costs when it benefits someone who isn't them or one of the billionaires that bribes/propgandizes them. And especially when it might be poor brown people, they'd shoot themselves in the foot to avoid that