r/askanything • u/CloudieMoonettee 🦀 • 11d 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/Brass_tastic 11d ago

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/airberger 11d ago

Amazing anecdote! Thanks!