Michelle Obama Lashes Out At GOP For... The GOP has been pushing back on the nutrition standards imposed on schools across the country, thanks to Michelle Obamas initiative. The First Lady is not staying quiet about the matter, and made her opinions known in a recent newspaper reports. In the article, Michelle states that one of the initiatives has been to improve school lunches across the country. In an Op Ed column in The New York Times, Michelle claims that the new lunches use less salt, sugar, and fat. The decreases were designed to lower the obesity rate in both children and teenagers. Now, Republicans are attempting to roll the initiative back, and exempt some schools from the strict standards because of budget concerns. Schools have been facing financial hardship, having a hard time affording healthier foods for students. While the GOP sees benefits in the program, the monetary effects cannot be ignored. Further, schools have noted that children have pushed back against the programs, and much of the food they are investing in is ending up in trash cans. Michelle feels as though Republicans are trying to undo what she has fought so hard to implement. She feels that the health of our children should be a priority, no matter what the burden. What do you think? Is Michelle taking her initiatives to the extreme? 