Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Eight states — California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont — have made school meals free to all students regardless of income.
Bible Belt: f those kids.
Why on Earth should poor and middle class taxpayers subsidize the lunches of wealthy families?
Why on Earth should poor and middle class taxpayers subsidize the roads and traffic lights used by wealthy families? The firefighting services, the police, the government used by wealthy families?
true, and honestly, wealthy kids aren't eating cafeteria food, for the most part.
And even if they are, the cost of trying to administer the program with income verification and limits probably costs as much as just making a school lunch for the kids that eat it. It also avoids stigmatizing the kids that are eligible over those that are wealthier. A school lunch is a basic meal.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Eight states — California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont — have made school meals free to all students regardless of income.
Bible Belt: f those kids.
Why on Earth should poor and middle class taxpayers subsidize the lunches of wealthy families?
Why on Earth should poor and middle class taxpayers subsidize the roads and traffic lights used by wealthy families? The firefighting services, the police, the government used by wealthy families?
true, and honestly, wealthy kids aren't eating cafeteria food, for the most part.