Free breakfast and lunch for all students in Minnesota (unemployment, healthcare, March)
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So are you more upset that parents who can't afford to feed their children now have that worry off their shoulder, or that those that had to choose between feeding them and clothing and sheltering their kids don't have to make that choice, or that those that could comfortably feed their children now can spend that money for other things?
And isn't the outrage not that your child is being told what to eat but that you aren't the one telling them, because for most kids it's always some adult making the choice.
Also is there some rule that your child must eat those meals and that you aren't allowed to feed them breakfast before sending them to school or forbidden to send them with the lunch you want them to eat?
I'm so old that I remember when it was part of the parent's responsibility to feed their kids. Worked for my folks, and it worked for me and my kids, and then my kids and their kids
I look at it as control. I agree with you in that it’s not a huge deal, especially in a state that runs billions budget surpluses every year. But our DFL (What Minnesota Democrats call themselves) will not stop with just funding it. They will want to control what your kid eats too.
It's not mandatory to get the "free lunch". It doesn't appear that they are taking away the ability for a parent to send them with a lunch and I am sure that a majority of the parents who do that today...will still continue to do that.
Lunch/Breakfast menus are already determined by the Government, and this hasn't changed in decades.
I'm so old that I remember when it was part of the parent's responsibility to feed their kids. Worked for my folks, and it worked for me and my kids, and then my kids and their kids
Exactly! Why is it the school's and the taxpayer's responsibility to feed other people's kids? Schools aren't restaurants and it's their own parent's responsibility to feed their kids.
At the tax rate per student, i suppose it should be expected. Free dinner is on the menu in some areas, for anyone that shows up with a student too. I suppose free housing is in the works somewhere. Free money, free job?
Here in Washington state a bill is now being debated to start that for next school year too, a state House bill by two Democrats. The justification is that kids that are hungry cannot learn, and if they have to qualify for free meals there is a stigma.
Why are any of these kids hungry? If they are that poor their parents are getting food stamps!
So are you more upset that parents who can't afford to feed their children now have that worry off their shoulder, or that those that had to choose between feeding them and clothing and sheltering their kids don't have to make that choice, or that those that could comfortably feed their children now can spend that money for other things?
And isn't the outrage not that your child is being told what to eat but that you aren't the one telling them, because for most kids it's always some adult making the choice.
Also is there some rule that your child must eat those meals and that you aren't allowed to feed them breakfast before sending them to school or forbidden to send them with the lunch you want them to eat?
Not really upset, I’m just hoping the kids get a lesson in socialism and how truly destructive it is.
I have no idea why anyone would have a problem with this. Especially since MN apparently has billions in surplus. It’s great they are investing that back into the children.
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