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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why was the free lunch program started? Was it due to the pandemic?  If you didn’t lose a job/income during the pandemic, why were you given free lunch? [/quote]

There has been a push to make it free all the time outside of the pandemic.  Why do rich people "need" lunch?  Well the more barriers you put in place for the poor people, the less the poor kids actually GET to eat at school.  There is solid research that when everyone is treated the same about school food (no paperwork, no special program etc) the needy kids get more food.  Hungry kids don't learn well.

So one way to look at it is "why do rich people need free lunch?" and the answer is "it removes free lunch stigma and GREATLY help the kids who can't afford it".

I am furious at Biden for not being able to keep this.  And the child tax credit.  Poor kids just continue to get dumped on.[/quote]

Also there are people who aren’t rich and struggling they don’t meet the income limit. So free lunch for everyone helps those people too.[/quote]

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