Bernie Sanders chimes in after Richfield students shamed for lunch debt

[Uncle Joe]

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After learning that more than 40 students were served hot lunch only to have it taken away and thrown in the garbage because of negative meal balances, Sanders called the incident "outrageous" and asked his GOP colleagues to support a bill that wipes out school lunch debt and provides three free meals to students across the country every day.

Link to tweet

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Sanders and Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar authored a bill in October that aims to:

Prohibit school lunch programs from denying children hot meals.
Wipe out existing delinquent meal debt and stop harassment of families.
Increase reimbursement rates to schools for meal preparation.

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https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/bernie-sanders-chimes-in-after-richfield-students-shamed-for-lunch-debt

[Newest Reality]

1. That's outlandish!

Treating students like that when it comes to food and sustenance is backwards and barbaric.

Wasting things, especially food, these days really causes me some consternation and this debacle should also be dealt with from that perspective. People are hungry and you make a point by throwing the food away? Shame! That's the real place for a grievance to me, not the kid's debt. Eating is a necessity, not some kind of luxury.

[guillaumeb]

2. Recommended.

This action is child abuse. The workers and the Supervisor should be disciplined.

[appalachiablue]

3. Paging Charles Dickens, 'May I have some more, sir'- orphan

Oliver Twist in the English workhouse for the poor..

[Uncle Joe]

4. I hear you appalachiablue

Oliver had it bad enough but giving them hot food and then throwing it in the trash, that's just sadistic.

[cwydro]

5. Wtf?

Throwing food in the trash?

Better to do that than feed a hungry kid? Holy crap.