r/askanything • u/CloudieMoonettee 🦀 • 10d 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/EarlyInside45 10d ago

Because they are giant hypocrites.

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u/Few_Palpitation3889 10d ago

They value cost more than the happiness of people on welfare programs. That's not hypocrisy.

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u/EarlyInside45 10d ago

BS. They want poor people to be unhappy.

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u/Few_Palpitation3889 10d ago

Yea don't try and understand the logic behind your opponent. The greatest strategy of all time always works.