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Sherman A1

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63. Well Said!

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Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:31 AM

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Now they're going to F with school lunches???? [View all] LibraLiz1973 Feb 2017 OP

The are going to "F" with Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #1

Pretty much. It's about deregulation and profits. Hortensis Feb 2017 #32

yep... Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #50

Wow. They don't even want America's children to have healthy lunches. redwitch Feb 2017 #2

Indeed they are evil benfranklin1776 Feb 2017 #15

No; they only want SOME children to have healthy lunches Chasstev365 Feb 2017 #18

They don't care about public schools or public school kids. Dulcinea Feb 2017 #26

What?! Fruits AND vegetables? WHOLE grains?! Bucky Feb 2017 #3

Prolife ! Prolife ! Kittycow Feb 2017 #4

exactly. Amimnoch Feb 2017 #19

Well Said! Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #63

To paraphrase HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #5

I don't think Fat Dorian Gray Feb 2017 #8

Hard boiled eggs, peanut butter, soy milk, kale, salmon HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #53

That sounds really unappetizing TransitJohn Feb 2017 #68

I would defer to the science on what children should eat. Progressive dog Feb 2017 #43

The starving kids that count on school lunch for their single meal a day are not the overweight prob HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #46

Starving kids? Progressive dog Feb 2017 #54

School lunch is the only meal of the day HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #55

"Starving kids" anecdotes Progressive dog Feb 2017 #56

Still true in 2014 per the chancellor of the largest school system in America HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #57

What is in school lunches has Progressive dog Feb 2017 #59

It shouldn't be super shocking Dorian Gray Feb 2017 #6

And, there it is. Healthy school lunches are associated with the name of Obama, Arkansas Granny Feb 2017 #9

Exactly Dorian Gray Feb 2017 #10

Please Sir...... safeinOhio Feb 2017 #7

Several years back I had a temp job in a local middle school. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #11

This can and does happen DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #17

In NYC every kid gets free breakfast HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #38

I'll never get why people are against kids being fed DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #60

They are against simguy225 Feb 2017 #69

Oh, I know, but it's such a small investment DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #70

I fully agree. simguy225 Feb 2017 #73

Make no mistake they are gutting all they can as fast as they can from education. gordianot Feb 2017 #12

And bring back vending machines, while you're at it Fritz Walter Feb 2017 #13

Isn't Betsy DeVos .... LenaBaby61 Feb 2017 #14

She's invested in a crank company meadowlander Feb 2017 #71

Anything that was touched by President or First Lady Obama must be destroyed. mn9driver Feb 2017 #16

hate on the Obamas and punish the poor handmade34 Feb 2017 #20

They want to 'repeal' Michelle Obama's work just because sinkingfeeling Feb 2017 #21

Apparently kids "need their freedoms." Vinca Feb 2017 #22

Obviously a snub to Michelle Obama Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2017 #23

I think that's it exactly. Orrex Feb 2017 #30

Again, France leads the way w/school lunches. CurtEastPoint Feb 2017 #24

Unfortunately, the insane amount of cheap crap industrial food in the US has caused Nay Feb 2017 #48

I agree. It is awful that the richest, most powerful nation on earth pushes this shit. CurtEastPoint Feb 2017 #61

Anything for a buck, here in Amurika. Even if it means 2 generations of sick Nay Feb 2017 #72

Give em all Big Macs with a large coke and a side of large fries. milestogo Feb 2017 #25

Only children would write a bill that said they didn't have to eat fruit and vegetables! logosoco Feb 2017 #27

it's what they want. barbtries Feb 2017 #28

Feed em KFC Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2017 #29

Expect the absolute worst from these legislators and they will Guilded Lilly Feb 2017 #31

Inequality in the US & other countries is a big and growing problem. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #33

Makes perfect sense--from a Republican point of view DFW Feb 2017 #34

Trump and his vile minons will yell they are fullfilling a promise of reducing regulation-no matter riversedge Feb 2017 #35

Republicans are like kids who hate being told to eat their veggies. alarimer Feb 2017 #36

If the food is going to waste greymattermom Feb 2017 #37

im amaized that they havent been declaired diabetics AllaN01Bear Feb 2017 #41

Try sending salad and 5# of grapes as school snack sometime HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #44

the always wanted the social programs gone . not the militrar , oh no not corperate wealfare , oh AllaN01Bear Feb 2017 #39

They are trying to destroy the working class, period, the end. lark Feb 2017 #40

republiCONs dismantle anything that is beneficial to the majority of Americans. democratisphere Feb 2017 #42

And we wonder why the rest of the world is laughing at us. Initech Feb 2017 #45

Tax the poor. It's what they do. Iggo Feb 2017 #47

elections have consequences.... beachbum bob Feb 2017 #49

"for profit" takes federal funds & wants profit so kids are fed cheapest processed crap.prison food. Sunlei Feb 2017 #51

About 1996 Alec Baldwin on Bill Maher's "Politically Correct" mentioned the ketchup/vegetable farce. John1956PA Feb 2017 #52

What is it with Republicans and destroying healthy lunches for children? marked50 Feb 2017 #58

One quibble: Ketchup classified as a "vegetable" was an idea born and expired in the '80's. WinkyDink Feb 2017 #62

Not surprising. I was actually waiting for this. Some jackass from a redstate AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #64

Hey, they're poor kids. They're just lucky we give them anything to eat at all. OregonBlue Feb 2017 #65

I found the solution HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #66

We have to face the facts MountCleaners Feb 2017 #67

I agree 100% LibraLiz1973 Feb 2017 #74

They're probably doing this Jamaal510 Feb 2017 #75

Remember this and it will make it easy for you in the future Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #76

Well how else are the for profit charter schools supposed to make any money? Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #77

Maybe Trump wants his cut of this "Food Pyramid" scheme JDC Feb 2017 #78