More than 1 MILLION students stopped buying school lunches after Michelle Obama's overhaul (elect, government)

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by chucksnee

I love my son and will always take care of him, I am a proud parent.

Good. Now go toss him another happy meal to show that you mean it. Don't forget the 20oz coke.

[WilliamSmyth]

30 million students are getting healthier meals and 1 million chose to not take the meal.

School districts voluntarily participate in the program.

The problem is what?

[HappyTexan]

Hopefully that saves taxpayers money since the USDA doesn't have to pay for all those "free" lunches anymore.

[AeroGuyDC]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Good. Now go toss him another happy meal to show that you mean it. Don't forget the 20oz coke.

Terrible example. The obesity in that child is likely genetic.

[chucksnee]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Good. Now go toss him another happy meal to show that you mean it. Don't forget the 20oz coke.

Doing a little stereotyping are we?

I guess you hate your child, great to show your true feelings....

You do know people can still be parents, hold a job, and still take care of thier child. Because you feel different, who cares what you think...

[gmagoo]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Ok.......so they are not buying lunch. What's the outrage?

Good question. Michelle has her stalkers that really should find another obsession. For their own well being of course.

[Erratikmind]

If some of the the kids choose not to eat the healthier new lunches, where's the problem?

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

Terrible example. The obesity in that child is likely genetic.

Sure, eat garbage and blame the results the genes. That's the spirit.

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by chucksnee

You do know people can still be parents, hold a job, and still take care of thier child. Because you feel different, who cares what you think...

You are saying that if kids eat a healthy lunch at school it means their parents do not care for them. Does that actually make sense to you?

I guess you hate your child, great to show your true feelings....

Aaaawwww....well, if you say so, then it must be so. It didn't take long to go from "your don't care for your child" to "you hate your child".

[juneaubound]

When we moved here from Canada I was very surprised that schools in this country provided breakfast and lunch programs. No such thing in Canada. Kids eat breakfast at home, and kids all take their lunches to school.

Info on the nutrition programs offered in schools in the link - includes breakfast, lunch, after school, summer and a fruit and vegetable programs.

Interesting thing: foster youth, migrant, homeless, or runaway youth, and Head Start participants are “categorically eligible” (automatically eligible) for free school meals without the need for an application

One more interesting thing: cost of just school lunch program $10.1 billion.

National School Lunch Program « Food Research & Action Center

No I don't hate kids. And no I don't want them to starve. And no I don't hate the poor.

But it does amaze me how we just take it for granted in the US that millions of people either can't or don't or won't feed their own children. It just is what it is, and few seem to even question it.

The other thing is that when threads get started about SNAP, and pro-expanding-SNAP folks provide quotes about the crappy meals recipients can buy for $1.27/meal (or whatever the low number is), these other "supplemental" (an apparently misused word in this case) meal and snack programs are not included in the equation.