• SpitfireA
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    1 year ago

    Profits are priority over children being able to eat, right? Makes sense to me! /s

    This is just plain cruel. But I think they know that.

    For a lot of kids, especially those whose families struggle financially, the free school meal is what they have to eat that day, and this would take even that away.

    Horrible.

    • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Not only that, but research in one state showed that every dollar spent on meal programs added 7 to the economy. Moreover, it leads to better education outcomes, which leads to better financial outcomes, which leads to more taxes for the government. Granted, that last one will take at least 12 years to pay off.

      There is no good moral or economic reason to not have meal programs, which makes one wonder why they insist on doing it. The only ones I can think of are spite, malice, or power.