There won’t be much left of the Obama legacy when President Trump gets done fixing what’s wrong with this country. This is much to the delight of conservatives everywhere. With measures like the Affordable Care Act on the chopping block, the POTUS is well on his way to making America great again.
One damaging measure put in place by the Obama administration was put in place, not by the former President but his wife; it’s the infamous school lunches. The program was a total failure from the word go, but the administration staunchly held onto it as if it would save us all from our flawed ways.
While the general premise behind the guidelines was probably good, lower sodium levels, incorporating whole grains etc, the tools to execute it were sadly lacking. Thankfully, new legislation may be bringing this catastrophe of culinary error to an end.
Here’s what some of the partakers of the school lunch program thought about it:
https://twitter.com/huntwhitney4/status/533039145216524288
https://twitter.com/hashtagfergie/status/509016076236386304
Via the Conservative Tribune:
Those consequences included a reduction in the number of students who participated in lunch programs, higher costs and increased food waste because students were required to accept foods that they had no plans to eat.
“Federal nutrition standards should be modified to help school menu planners manage these challenges and prepare nutritious meals that appeal to diverse student tastes,” the paper said.
“The federal government involving itself in what is served in school lunches is the epitome of government overreach.”
It is such an admirable thing to make sure that a child is cared for and well fed. However, this is another example of how the government has decided to step in and take over a parents’ job. I understand that not every child has a parent concerned with proper nutrition, but that is a problem that should be dealt with in a way that targets and cares for those specific children.
Treating the entire student body of every school like prisoners who need to eat nutritional mush to keep their strength up was always going to backfire. #ThanksObama
(Source: Conservative Tribune)