How could anyone begrudge school children getting a free lunch?

[MLAA]

We chose not to have children, but I’ve never seen an education tax increase I didn’t vote for. I mean
what kind of weird (and not in a good way) people wouldn’t want all kids to have lunch without any child being stigmatized because they didn’t have lunch money? It’s not an ultra liberal concept, it’s a basic, decent, compassionate and smart concept.

I cheered when Governor Walz and the MN legislature made it happen for their state. Now let’s go national with it.

[Ocelot II]

1. The GOP legislators in MN voted against it.

Because of course they did.

[MLAA]

5. Must be their family values at work.

[Groundhawg]

12. The cost is very reasonable.

[ScratchCat]

2. My 77-year old mother does it all the time

Its a very common mindset.

[GPV]

3. This is going to sound weird, but in our caf kids often bring cold lunch and toss the hot one if they don't like it.

I have scraped a ton of untouched trays during the little guy lunch. I don't begrudge them the food, but I wish parents would just do one or the other. The silver lining is we compost.

[MLAA]

6. Is lunch free for all kids in your caf?

That kind of waste is sad.

[GPV]

11. Yes, and yes.

[Turbineguy]

4. Trump loves the under-educated.

No lunch helps that.

Besides, a lot of kids have brown skin.

[CrispyQ]

7. Breakfast, too, like Gov. Walz did!

Maybe just a bagel or muffin, but we tell the kids breakfast is the most important meal of the day & we know that tons of kids go to school hungry so WTF? Give 'em breakfast AND a hot lunch.

There's no free lunch. That's the stupid & heartless reason I've heard repubs give. It teaches the kids that they don't have to do anything cuz the govt will take care of them. Apparently that lesson is only for the children who, for whatever reasons they have no control over, don't have the support or resources other kids have.

Then there are the schools who feed the kids who can't pay but they give them cheese sandwiches so everyone can see that their lunch account is in arrears. Republicans have gone full on mean.

[MLAA]

8. You are so right, breakfast too!

[MLAA]

10. Agree. Though if fetuses could be fed with a free lunch they are all for it, however it would come to a

screeching halt at the moment of birth.

[orthoclad]

9. Good idea, but the Right

wants poor children to work for their lunch, to teach them how to be proper servants employees.

[republianmushroom]

13. Republicans can.

Once out of the womb kids are on their own as per republicans. Hungry, bare foot and/or ignorant, to bad, must have those tax brakes for the wealthy.