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I am sorry, beyond the issue of feeding them at school, anyone who observes children in a situation with parents described above needs to call Child Welfare.  It is false compassion to leave kids in these families.  It is not punishing people for being poor, it is rescuing a child from an abusive situation.  Teachers - you are mandated reporters; get cracking!

Fellow conservative - I am to the point where I think all food aid should be replaced by community meals provided at schools and other community centers.  Eat the food that is provided.  If it doesn't taste good,[b] get motivated to get a job and buy your own foo[/b]d.  This is one place where I don't care if government is the most efficient at providing a service.  We should be sustaining life and health.[/quote]

Lots of people who receive food assistance have jobs. It's just that the jobs don't pay enough to cover the family's food needs.[/quote]

We talked about this upthread.  No one begrudges real needs (although if they are working and receive both food stamps AND the Earned Income Tax Credit and still don't have enough to cover their kid's breakfast, there are some other problems there.)  People living this close to their budget need to move to lower cost areas.  Let's let the marketplace work.  If the government doesn't subsidize these low wage lifestyles, and low skilled workers move out further, etc. and cause a shortage, then wages will rise.  But if the government keeps padding things and drawing people here, it eliminates wage growth.[/quote]

Have you ever BEEN poor? I mean really poor? The trade-offs you are suggesting just aren't reasonable for poor families. Yes, they could move to lower-cost areas. Then what? Lower-cost areas lack public transit and folks living in poverty often lack reliable transportation. So then you have someone with unreliable transportation living in the boonies, and likely working 2-3 jobs that are far from one another. Not to mention that living further out raises childcare costs and pushes families beyond the hours that most providers will cover.  Finally, breaking up informal safety nets like family and neighbors also impacts the ability to hold a job. If a shift worker can't get someone to cover childcare during an unexpected shift, because they've been displaced from their community, they'll lose that shift job.  [/quote]

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