What a great move in the right direction! It’s disappointing that in this country, so many children are unable to have food for lunch. It’s so bad that there have been charities made to help eliminate school lunch debt.
People often blame the parents, but they fail to realize that more often than not, the issue is more systematic vs just the isolated issue of “bad parenting.”
Wow socialism really is ruining america… At this rate every child will be able to have a free meal by 2100! Disgusting
I don’t pay my taxes to feed children, all my taxes should go to rich people and their boomers enablers, ie the better people.
My family fostered 40-50 kids over a ten year period, and I’ve seen what starvation can do to a kid. Most people can’t imagine that trauma, and the fact that his has become a state-level issue should be reason to vote out every single politician in Washington, if you ask me.
I don’t understand why it’s such a hard concept for politicians to side with. US politics is just a cesspool of political lobbyists throwing money at politicians to get them to act in the best interests of corporations.
It’s “we the people” not “we the LLC”
Strangely, I feel like even businesses should be behind this idea. Foodservice companies like Sodexo, Aramark, Sysco, etc should be pushing for this 100%. School food (like any food) doesn’t come out of thin air. “Lunch ladies” aren’t going to the grocery stores to find what to make. All these school districts have contracts with a foodservice company like the ones I mentioned to provide the food and meals to school cafeterias.
By providing free meals to students, governments are also providing guaranteed revenue to these companies. Because now the school is providing ALL the lunches for kids, whether or not some kid still come with a lunchbox from home. That’s gotta be more revenue than before. Admittedly, I don’t know that for sure.
To me, it seems like a win-win. Kids aren’t going hungry all day, and big business gets to make its money.
The people share part of the responsibility for voting for those politicians over and over again. Yes, they are falling for corporate messaging but they are also adults who should be able to vote out the politicians who deny funding for feeding children.
Unfortunately a lot of people are selfish pricks who would rather children starve than pay an extra dollar in taxes.
A lot of cynicism in these comments. This is a good thing! Hopefully we continue to see this expand to more states and school districts.
You have been banned from c/Conservative.
I’m just hoping that we can develop new patterns of dialogue here. On articles like these, I’m already seeing the same types of comments that we’d get over on Reddit, and I bet half of those were bots.
I’ve also been noticing a recent influx of that kind of toxic, useless, sarcastic trolling “dialogue” that wasn’t here a month ago when I made the migration. I hate it
Is acknowledging reality cynicism?
Not sure where that comment is going. This is surely a good thing but it is a drop in a bucket. Adequate social policy is not remedied by one good act. Until every child has access to food at school, there is nothing really to celebrate. Which let’s be real, won’t be happening any time soon.
We can still celebrate progress, especially at the state level. We certainly shouldn’t throw up a Mission Accomplished banner when the same people who refused to feed children in the recent past are going to roadblock efforts in their states.
That’s basically how I feel. People work hard to make progress like this. Is it depressing that we even need to fight for basic nutrition for children? Absolutely! But if we always react to that progress with cynicism and negativity, it might lead folks to work a little less hard next time.
