Absolutely. Look, improving the heath of the school lunch environment is pretty simple and doesn't take extensive dietary micromangement. (sodium, fat and calorie count specifications.) Get rid of soda pop and sweets. Chips or snack items that come in a bag. (ie. junk food) Minimize processed foods. Make sure there is a meat, a non-starchy vegatable, a small carb (potato, rice, pasta) and a fruit serving in the lunch. The actual menus can be dictated by each school or district as works best for them and best suits the tastes of the collective student population. Presto. Following these simple guidelines you have a school lunch program that would not add to "childhood obesity" a bit. But we all know this about control not health. How could a free people tolerate an unelected bureaucrat 1000 miles away micromanaging what we must eat for lunch?
Well said. This lunch program is being micro managed by bureaucrats in Washington, DC, who think they can plan our lives for us better than we can run our own lives, and our own schools.
I hope that, in the future, more conservative candidates devoted to liberty and small government run for office, at all levels. I would like to see political campaigns discuss these issues. Rather than talking about which political party will run government programs more effectively, I hope to see discussions about whether some programs are even needed at all.