The government has no business telling people what to eat or forcing schools to provide healthy lunches, right? Right?
via ThinkProgress
Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) proposed a bill on Tuesday that would amend the government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) so that low-income Americans can’t use it to buy unhealthy food, despite his previous opposition to public health initiatives under Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign. The GOP lawmaker says that the stricter standards will prevent the government from from funding unhealthy purchases like sugary drinks.
Of course the government has no business telling people what to eat, unless they’re poor. In that case it’s okay for Republicans in government to micro-manage their daily caloric intake.
When the USDA recently overhauled school lunch standards to encourage kids to eat healthier cafeteria food, Roe was one of several Republicans who claimed it represented an “overreach of government” that forced students to go hungry.
Oh.