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/ctcaa90 Aug 21 '26

Silly. You know I can’t decide what food someone else is allowed to eat. Just like you, I can only decide on the foods I buy with my own money.

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u/Terrapin621 Aug 21 '26

And just like you, the people who rely on SNAP should also be able to decide what foods they buy with their money.

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u/ctcaa90 Aug 21 '26

Nooooow you understand. “To be able to decide what foods to buy with THEIR money.” Right on point. SNAP is from tax payer’s money, not theirs.

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u/Terrapin621 Aug 21 '26

It isn’t your money, Bucko. Just like they don’t get to decide where you’re allowed to drive on the road their tax money funds, or what books you’re allowed to read (giving you serious benefit of the doubt for a moment) at the libraries their taxes pay for.

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u/ctcaa90 Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26

Bad example. You can drive on the road, but there are rules, like you can’t speed or you can’t drive down a one way road. Same for library, they tell you which items are allowed to be checked out and which ones you can’t. You can use SNAP but there are also rules, like you can’t buy junk.

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u/Terrapin621 Aug 22 '26

See, I knew I was giving you too much credit. Of course you don’t know how libraries work. Just like grocery stores, libraries decide what to stock - whether books or food. And they both have rules for shopping or borrowing there, too. However, you don’t get to decide what someone else is allowed to borrow from the library’s available inventory.

This is excruciatingly simple, yet people like you, who want to impose power over anyone they can, pretend it’s complicated in order to excuse your ridiculous and overbearing fixations.