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$7.25 minimum wage in red uneducated Idaho. That's why they commute to work in Washington State while driving a gas guzzling trucks with stupid fucking  bumper stickers.
Ahhh I already see the backlash.
Republicans: “Human life is so precious, we must protect it at all costs”
Also Republicans: “Feeding kids??? We don’t want to pay for that”🤬🤬🤬 >

The republicans only care about the fetus, they don’t care about the child after it’s born. Duh. It’s very logical?….?…? 🤔😐 >

They Don't really care about the fetus either.
Not like they are lining up to offer quality pre-natal health care...
They care about controlling women. >

Don't forget that they're also strongly against providing information and services to young women to help people who may not be in a position to take care of a child prevent getting pregnant in the first place. >

As a person who never plans of having kids, I wholeheartedly support free breakfast and lunch for kids in grade school through high school. Beyond the humanitarian reasons, it could probably save this country in the long run.
Kids would do better in school if they were not hungry, and not fold insecure for at least 2 of 3 meals out of the day. Hypothetically this should lead to better educated and better contributing kids entering the economy one day. Also adequate nutrition in the developmental years lays the foundation for a person’s health the rest of their life (at least that is what I got from the Huber,an Lab podcast that covered it). So feeding kids early might save on medical costs in the long run. >


Hypothetically this should lead to better educated and better contributing kids entering the economy one day.

Some people don't want that, I regret to say. >

All kids should get free nutritious breakfast and lunch in public schools. >

YES. If my district didn't offer food, some of my kids would have literally starved. Super thankful we try to take care of these kiddos. >

YES. In my wife's classroom, the students are always too hungry to do their work. My wife and I spend hundreds of dollars each school year bringing in food for them to eat just to get them through the day. >

You and your wife are good people.  Thank you. >

"That's COMMUNISM!" ~ pro-lifers that attended the March for Life rally. >

Getting enough nutritious food is so essential for maintaining a child’s ability to learn, and for brain development itself, that I pray this goes through. >

As a teacher, I can say with authority you are absolutely correct. I actually worked at a school that experimented with universal breakfast and lunch for students (before the state made it law) and I saw a massive difference in students’ attention in class. 
Hey guess what, I’m a better worker and learner when I’m not hungry too! >

Oh man wait until the party of Christ hears about this, they’re gonna be furious. >

Every member of the gop shrieks out in horror as the government attempts to help children.   Good on Michigan, and other states that pursue this avenue of support for the future. >

School meals should be free for all public schools in the country . I don’t see how this could remotely be controversial. >

You could even argue it's a national security issue, since in case of war you want your recruitable population to be healthy and able bodied >

IIRC this is the reason behind many of our nationwide food programs. Apparently in WWI, a shocking number of American men were unfit for the draft due to childhood malnutrition. 
There’s more to it, but I’ll let someone with much better knowledge than me explain the details. >

Exactly, and stuff like proper education is also an issue for similar reasons. The nature of warfare today, means that you want better educated and knowledgeable soldiers than ever before to operate increasingly complex weapon systems. >

And all the "pro-lifers" are pissed that their taxes will stop hunger in living breathing children I bet.
See what happens when dems take control of a state? Hungry children are fed for one!!!
Go big Gretch! >

Behold the horror of liberal policies!  What monster would prioritize children being able to eat over Elon Musk's ability to buy his own personal orbiting space fortress? >

Do. It. >

This is wonderful. Hopefully the rest of the country gets on board.
All kids should be able to eat!
When my daughter was in elementary school (mid 2000's), all the students got free breakfast, snack and lunch. No lunch tickets, no accounts, no forms to fill out. This wasn't true for all of LAUSD elementary schools, I think it was some kind of program they were testing, but from 1st through 5th grade it was in place.
They also had free after school care until 6:00 PM. That was a different program called LA's Best and it sure saved my broke ass at the time! >

Take my money. I'll gladly pay more in taxes if it were used for this purpose. Feed the damn kids. >

frankly, it doesnt make sense to not do this. we already pay taxes for them to go to school and punish their parents if they dont, why shouldnt some of those taxes be used to feed them while they are forced to be there? >

Because if they're fed, their focused, if they're focused, they can learn and behave better, if they learn and behave better, they can form a community. If they form a community, it means there is importance in the school system, which makes it harder for republicans to dissolve. >

I’m old enough to know when lunch was free. We even got a large freshly baked cookie mid-morning. The mid-morning cookie was probably to make sure kids who might have skipped breakfast had something to help them through morning classes. This is to let others know that it wasn’t always like it is today, that concern for children wasn’t a rarity. >

We can afford to feed all of our kids at school and include 2 years of preschool.  This should have been done decades ago >

Do it!