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

[Erratikmind]

Originally Posted by pghquest

So you want them to starve and die?

Why would they starve and die?

[chucksnee]

Originally Posted by WilliamSmyth

Try teaching a child that has not been fed breakfast and whose lunch consists of snack food.

What, you want the parents to be responsible....?

[chucksnee]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Apparently everything goes right over your head.

When you talk BS...I have no need to attempt to cipher what you say..

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

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

As in a legacy of lousy eating habits, passed down through the generations.

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by OICU812

This is a perfect example of how the Obama ilk view freedom. These children have proven that freedom is being free to choose what you think is best for you, not being forced to select from a short list of choices decided upon by statists like Michele Obama.

So you are saying before 2009, public schools had gourmet chefs in the back ready to cook what ever kids ordered instead of an already set menu ?

[Tilt11]

Damn racist kids.....lol

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by juneaubound

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's bizarre.

Yet it happens in most of the developed world. Some nations do not charge any student/family for lunch.

School meal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When I attended public school in the late 60-70's, there were no school lunch programs at the elementary school level, in Chicago. Yet people my age recall such programs within suburban elementary schools.

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by juneaubound

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.

They don't question it because your conclusion lacks common sense. Availability of school lunch does not mean American parents can't, or won't feed their kids. It simply means that a meal is available at school.

[middle-aged mom]

It's a tad ironic that some here seek to limit food choices of adult SNAP recipients, yet when a school chooses to cut some of the junk, it's a violation of freedom to choose.

Most kids will choose a Happy Meal over a salad.

Most kids who are seriously hungry will eat what's put in front of them.

[chucksnee]

So, why the sudden drop then...do telll...