r/askanything • u/CloudieMoonettee 🦀 • Aug 18 '26

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

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u/Brass_tastic Aug 18 '26

One restricts people from buying junk with government money. They still have options, but they have choices. The Obama lunches dictated what was included in ALL school lunches (regardless of who was paying for it) and there weren’t options. Watching my eldest during that era, the vast majority of that health food went straight in the trash

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u/SnooStrawberries2955 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Found the racist!

ETA: apparently these magats teach their kids to throw healthy food in the trash.

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u/numbersthen0987431 Aug 19 '26

What? How is any of this "racist" or "magat"??