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I agree they are worthless too.
But why should I be forced to pay for other people's children? Why are people having kids they can't afford? Not my responsibility.
The fact of the matter is people have kids they can't afford (which is why I am always agog to hear why the right opposes abortion and contraception) and, generally speaking, those kids are either going to go through the education system now, or the court system later. It's cheaper for everyone if they go through the former and not the later.
The children aren't to blame. It is sad that so many are born into a life that is miserable because one or more parents is addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. There needs to be a way to qualify children for free lunches vs a blanket free lunch program.
Republicans are simply evil. They have no compassion for hungry children, but they love their hand outs to big farms.
I'm not a Republican. Thanks for trying though!
My last doctor's visit was $30 co pay, and I have asthma so I have to go. Will you pay my bill for me? If not, you are so cruel letting this asthmatic pay for his own doctor visits
Obama's America:
Free meals for all Detroit schoolchildren in fall | Detroit Free Press | freep.com (http://www.freep.com/article/20110816/NEWS01/110816004/Free-meals-all-Detroit-schoolchildren-fall - broken link)
The children in Detroit were poor before Obama. In addition, making it free for all students eliminates the stigma and embarrassment children who receive free or reduced lunch. It also eliminates the paper work for the free and reduced lunch program.
The children in Detroit were poor before Obama. In addition, making it free for all students eliminates the stigma and embarrassment children who receive free or reduced lunch. It also eliminates the paper work for the free and reduced lunch program.
It is ridiculous for the children of working parents to receive free lunch.
The children aren't to blame. It is sad that so many are born into a life that is miserable because one or more parents is addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. There needs to be a way to qualify children for free lunches vs a blanket free lunch program.
Not all or most poor children have drug addicted parents.
Obama's America:
Free meals for all Detroit schoolchildren in fall | Detroit Free Press | freep.com (http://www.freep.com/article/20110816/NEWS01/110816004/Free-meals-all-Detroit-schoolchildren-fall - broken link)
Great! Its a pilot program, so we can look forward to soon having it spread to schools all across the country once these kids complete the trial phase and fill out the form reporting that they no longer feel "stigmatized" for eating on our dime because even the kids who don't need the free breakfast, lunch & snacks get them! That's swell. Gotta spend all our country's excess money somewhere!
The children in Detroit were poor before Obama. In addition, making it free for all students eliminates the stigma and embarrassment children who receive free or reduced lunch. It also eliminates the paper work for the free and reduced lunch program.
When I was in school (80s) we had lunch cards. The kids who had free or reduced lunch had the same cards as those of us who paid full price. We still knew who was poor and who wasn't. Kids aren't that stupid.
I don't think schools should provide free meals. If families have a low enough income to qualify for free or reduced lunch, they also qualify for food stamps. They should be able to use their food stamps to purchase items for lunches and send their child with a packed lunch and snacks.
Many working parents are too poor. Would you rather have the children starve or eat little during lunch time??
See this is where it makes NO sense.
If a working family is poor, they are most likely collecting food stamps...
So why aren't they using these food stamps to pack lunches for their kids?
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