[sphinx]

The federal government pays for the school lunch program and is perfectly entitled to attach whatever regulations it desires. What is at issue here is the eternal school lunch war between people who want to feed children what they should eat vs. what they will eat. There is nothing new about this, except that Michelle has taken this on as her pet project, so we now have a Cafeteria Lady in residence at the White House.

The pendulum will swing back. You will know this is happening when the reports start filtering in about the significantly increased waste in school cafeterias. One of my hopes for a Romney Administration is that he will bring peanut butter back to the schools; I suppose that's ultimately a tort reform issue, but it's goal worthy of a great presidency.

[luckystarmom]

I understand that the free school lunches could be limited, but they won’t sell food to kids that want to buy it.

I rarely bought my lunch at school when I was kid 40 years ago because it was terrible. I would get a snack like french fries or chips, and my mom made sure dinner was ready right when I got home. In high school, I would go pick up food right when school got out. I don’t know how I made it that long.

I was tiny. I was 5’7” and weighed under 100 pounds.