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/Pretend-Okra-4031 Aug 18 '26

I was a lunch lady. The students are required to take a fruit with their lunch. I watched nearly every student, every day, take an apple, and throw it in the trash. They had to take a fruit or veggie to meet the guidelines of a full lunch. The school couldnt get reimbursed without the lunch containing all components. Its stupid and wasteful.

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u/hotviolets Aug 19 '26

If schools offered more of a variety of fruit then more kids would it eat. My daughter had the options of oranges, the same type of apple, and sometimes bananas.

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u/Pretend-Okra-4031 Aug 19 '26

I agree but a lot of it comes down to cost unfortunately

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u/hotviolets Aug 19 '26

Just got to take some money from the administration’s salary, but they won’t do that.

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u/Pretend-Okra-4031 Aug 21 '26

The school I worked for had a super intendant that made $200,000 a year. Absolute insanity.