Love to see it. We did the same in Minnesota. Was nice to start the school year without the “fill up your child’s lunch account!” notifications. And even better to know that kids aren’t being ostracized or going without. Feed every child.
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Evil Tim Walz. How dare he feed children
Awesome! It seems like one of the cheapest ways to improve communities and education outcomes.
"I think there's a big misconception that people need food to survive. The money we spend on those resources could easily go to a Christian school via a voucher system so rich families can recoup their tax dollars and low and middle income families can continue to struggle."- the people who oppose school lunches.
hahaha, who is this from?
I genuinely love UpliftingNews here compared to on Reddit because it's always about the orphan crushing machine being dismantled by those in power instead of stopped temporarily by children, the elderly, and underpaid workers throwing themselves into its gears.
There is a hint of orphan crushing since this is rare and controversial in the U.S. but should be boring and common.
Entirely true; it sucks a lot that this is a victory, but it is. That said, I don't think it could be argued that this does anything to normalize the machine unlike on Reddit, which is the main thing for me.
For the life of me I can't figure out how this is a decisive topic. What is the argument against it? The only thing I can even imagine is people don't want their tax dollars going to feeding children? But I mean, is whether or not it is a good endeavor to feed children really a tough nut to crack?
When walz was picked for VP I noticed one of the talking points Fox News had AGAINST him was that he pushed for free food in schools. Why the hell is that a bad thing??
Some people really just want to hurt their out-groups. Some people are selfish. Some people fundamentally do not think government should exist.
Those people are assholes who should not be in any positions to make decisions.
The fun part is that there's enough administration overhead to handling eligibility that just feeding all the kids doesn't cost that much.
Feeding all the kids costs LESS in most cases than the administrative cost to determining eligibility, and doesn't put any (less) stigma on those who choose to accept it. Our school district does free lunch for any student, any grade, throughout the summer. I think making as little a deal about it as possible is a dignity thing. Let people have help without hoops to jump through or a societal perception of shame.
Also hungry kids don't learn.
Well, why are the children participating in frivolous activities like education? Shouldn't they be in the mines and factories, earning money for their betters?
Aren't higher educated people voting predominantly Democrat?
Iowa tried to do this and the pro-life governor literally said "we're in an obesity epidemic, we can't consciously give away free food to kids"
"pro-life" in scare quotes might be more fitting here.
Economists shaking in their boots after seeing a free lunch.
We certainly have enough money in this country to remove hunger from our schools. It is excellent to see that happen in any district.
And you most certainly can make higher education and healthcare free for every one of your citizens but some people won't be happy about it.
i like this city
Portland has as many downsides as it does upsides, but I do like that there are a lot of social programs like this.
I agree, and I'll add that upsides versus downsides being equal is a rare boon in American cities.
That is a good point.