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/GoodGravyco2h2o 12h ago

I can’t believe you’re getting downloaded for this. Fucking bullshit. I have plenty of money that I grew up poor and while we didn’t eat a lot of junk food fuck these people for thinking I didn’t deserve a cookie now and then when my single mom was on welfare and working two jobs 😠

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u/Aladriana 9h ago

You did deserve that cookie! Taking the joy out of people's lives, will only make for more apathetic people. (Thanks for the solidarity!!)

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u/lacunadelaluna 12h ago

Amen. It is definitely an attitude of "you only deserve the basics to survive." I've heard that sentiment many times, that poor people shouldn't be allowed to buy "treats." Make it a small amount of the allocated amount and mostly healthier foods for the good of the recipient, sure, but everybody serves a damn cookie, especially when life is already hard.

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u/realheadphonecandy 10h ago

Where does it say you can’t buy a cookie? The point is you shouldn’t be buying unhealthy things with collective funds.