ocean515
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The schools are providing nutritiously convenient food for the kids at their school, where they spend a minimum of 7, and up to 12, hours a day depending on age & activities.
It's for kids who have impoverished or dysfunctional homes on one end, all the way to kids of affluent families who enjoy the convenience of not having to plan finances, logistics, and funding on a daily/weekly/monthly basis with their kids, or have to worry if the kid stays late but doesn't have any snack-food money.
I really don't see your problem with this - feel free to send your kids with bologna sandwiches, if you'd like.
Heck, my kids both went to private prep schools, while I live in the middle of some of the very best public school systems in the country, including my own local district. Even without my kids attending the public schools, I have no problem paying the taxes, because it's reflected in the quality of the young men and women they graduate and the things they go on to do in their lives, and what they add back to the community. A great school system hugely adds to the quality of life of a community.
And good food available to all the kids, nourishing the brains of our future during the critical process of learning, is a good thing from where I'm sitting.
La Te Da. Yes, I understand the package has been wrapped in bright shiney paper with satin bows, and filled with chocolate covered good intentions.
What about the unintended consequences? Progressive polices make parental responsibilities no longer necessary. At one time people would think before having children. Within the confines of the Progressive State, it no longer matters. Just spit out a child at will and all will be well. Hell, let taxpayers cover the cost of parenting from birth to death.
It's a miracle the human race survived without these Progressive State policies and programs. Dang, how the hell did we invent the airplane, or even get to the moon?
Sorry, the bleeding heart crap doesn't fly with me. Nor does the typical, "so you want them to starve" blather that usually follows these discussions. Progressive State policies are destroying families, and crushing children. All one has to do is see how these liberal policies have worked out in places like Southern California, or Baltimore for that matter.