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Disastrous-Soup-5413 t1_j75fzsq wrote

Didn’t Michelle Obama do something like this?

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H1ld3gunst t1_j76c70s wrote

She attempted to do it, but was forced to shift to “more activity” by the lobby. I don’t know how they were able to foil those plans, it probably was the old “jobs are in danger” and “expensive” argument. Which should be irrelevant, because less sugary food creates the same amount of jobs, and one less ingredient shouldn’t make anything more expensive.

Don’t get me wrong, more activity is great. It just doesn’t change the amounts of sugar in children’s diets is far too high.

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SnooHedgehogs6593 t1_j77912w wrote

Yes, Michelle Obama did do this a few years ago. I am a teacher, and observed all the trays lined up on their tables at lunch with the vegetables, completely ignored. With few exceptions, most of the vegetables and healthy food got thrown out because the kids didn’t like to eat them. But, it was what they were used to from home.

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Yoate t1_j75vvq3 wrote

We're going to get something like this from every dem first lady lol

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H1ld3gunst t1_j76caqw wrote

Hopefully, yes

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Yoate t1_j76cjlb wrote

It'd be great if these steps that they're taking eventually lead to free and healthy school lunch for all, it'd go a long way towards ending hunger and raising kids out of poverty through education. I definitely wouldn't mind the trend continuing.

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fenrslfr t1_j7744zm wrote

Yeah when it got to the point in the article where they were against it because small and rural schools might struggle with funding for it. Why is the first thought them is to not do it and not this system is broken if poorer schools have to feed their kids worse food. School lunch should be a federal program where every school receives help with funding for good food and families don't have to pay for lunches anymore.

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lastskudbook t1_j768kng wrote

Yes but she ruined it with bare arms.
As opposed to Boebert who fed people while bearing arms

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