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mountain grammy

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17. In Colorado we passed a free lunch initiative

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 10:31 AM

Nov 23

by adding a small tax to wealthy taxpayers.. taxable income greater than $300,000/year

I carried my lunch to school.. a bologna and cheese sandwich and a piece of fruit. buying lunch at school not in our budget. at least once a week my lunch bag was stolen or smashed. tough being a poor kid in a middle class suburb in the 50's 7th grade was brutal.
we moved to the city.. at least a quarter of my 8th grade class was as poor as we were. I made friends and often shared my lunch with them, but mom had a better job and I had more to share.

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Tears questionseverything Nov 23 #1

Me too. It's wonderful that decency still exists in an indecent world. NNadir Nov 23 #14

Angels are among us! lark Nov 23 #2

I'm not crying...no, really, I'm not... sop Nov 23 #3

Beautiful Diamond_Dog Nov 23 #4

Ok, this made me cry. mwmisses4289 Nov 23 #5

I've seen so many fake stories PatSeg Nov 23 #21

Even if some of these stories are fakes, they still teach a good and moral BComplex Nov 23 #34

I have no problem with "stories" PatSeg Nov 23 #44

A wonderful human being a light to many and an an example to us all. MLAA Nov 23 #6

Beautiful. sinkingfeeling Nov 23 #7

This is what they used to call glurge and now it's got AI slop to go with it. Get some discernment, y'all. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 23 #8

Thank you! Ocelot II Nov 23 #35

These stories also reduce the momentum to make systemic changes. With sweet old fake lunch ladies subsidizing WhiskeyGrinder Nov 23 #37

I've worked in a public school kitchen so I understand this Niagara Nov 23 #9

Some countries do it homegirl Nov 23 #19

Wonderful woman... wonderful effort... hlthe2b Nov 23 #10

Complete text of tweet UpInArms Nov 23 #11

Thank you. Duncanpup Nov 23 #13

Thank you, I could not read the whole story question everything Nov 23 #31

Wow, great story. Emile Nov 23 #12

Beautiful story. Clouds Passing Nov 23 #15

Read the Show more story and then tell me this is the greatest country in the world. flashman13 Nov 23 #16

In Colorado we passed a free lunch initiative mountain grammy Nov 23 #17

In Minnesota all public school kids get free lunch. No questions asked. Ocelot II Nov 23 #40

It's such small amount of money mountain grammy Nov 23 #42

I love what Minnesota is doing! ShazzieB Nov 23 #45

Thank you Wild blueberry Nov 23 #18

ai slop. mopinko Nov 23 #20

Yup. It's a bit depressing. sl8 Nov 23 #22

yup. saw that the other day. sez rt there and still folks share them. mopinko Nov 23 #23

It seems to be mostly for the clicks PatSeg Nov 23 #24

to quote lily tomlin- mopinko Nov 23 #25

Perfect quote - so true these days PatSeg Nov 23 #27

same here. mopinko Nov 23 #28

This kind of story even predates AI - the technical term, I think, is "glurge." Ocelot II Nov 23 #29

I was just about to say where this originated, but you've edited to add that info. YodaMom2 Nov 23 #36

Having inlaws and parents in education, I have no doubt versions of this story haele Nov 23 #39

and the kids who do pay have a target on their backs. mopinko Nov 23 #47

Teared up also. KS Toronado Nov 23 #26

Angers me. 634-5789 Nov 23 #30

It isn't real; it's AI slop. I'm sure there are kind people who help kids pay for their lunches, Ocelot II Nov 23 #41

caviar? kiri Nov 23 #43

It's unbelieveble LilElf70 Nov 23 #32

This Thanksgiving, I'm so thankful for the good people who do these BComplex Nov 23 #33

It's heartwarming and heartbreaking angrychair Nov 23 #38

"AI slop," "not real," whatever... sop Nov 23 #46

please consider deleting this ai slop. mopinko Nov 23 #48

Text of post: ... littlemissmartypants Nov 23 #49