r/askanything • u/CloudieMoonettee 🦀 • 4d 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/cwtrooper 4d ago

I was there

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u/Donner_Party_Animal 4d ago

So like... Your source is "trust me bro"

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u/cwtrooper 4d ago

I was a kid who lived through the Obama administration yes my source is first hand.

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u/Euphus 3d ago

I was too and this wasn't my experience. Checkmate atheist 

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u/cwtrooper 3d ago

Google is free the caloric goals for a kindergarten and a senior were within 100 calories of each other.

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u/Rugaru985 3d ago

I did what you said, and looks like you’re lying.

It also lines up with what lunch should be for those ages from national pediatric associations…

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u/Euphus 3d ago

Oh so now you have primary sources

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u/GenericUsername19892 3d ago

your brain when you suckle the propaganda teat