this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2026
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The City Council voted to defund it. Twenty-four hours later they folded.

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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The easiest place to cut spending is to remove means testing

Starting today, every one of the 49,000 students in Seattle Public Schools gets breakfast and lunch for free, every single day of school. No one has to qualify. No dividing line between the kiddos whose families pay and those whose don’t.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 hour ago

I can't WAIT to VOTE this SOCIALISM out!

-LITERALLY Republican Voters whose Kids NOW get to Finally eat Lunch!