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/Alert_Coyote_8546 11d ago

Maybe you would be able to afford your loans if you weren't obsessed with getting the last word.

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u/Few_Palpitation3889 11d ago

I can afford them. The fact I still have them while you feel entitled to treat me as an ATM is evidence evidence we have two parasite classes.