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REPUBLICANS got rid of a free lunch for all program.
Fixed that title for you, fucknuts.
This still infuriates me - like, it was good in every possible way.  THIS IS THE KIND OF THING TAXES SHOULD BE PAYING FOR! >

"But I had to pay for my school lunches, why should they get it for free?" - Republicans probably >

You can remove the probably. >

It’s republicans and demublicans like Manchin, Sinema, and others.
Edit: Everyone is eager to point out that Sinema isn’t a democrat anymore.  Sinema was a “democrat” when the program ended in June of last year. >

Remember, the states with the lowest standard of living are all "Red" States. >

The UN honest to god said the south didn’t look like a first world country. Why does anyone think republicans are good for any economy?! >

Basically, their parents voted GOP, their parents voted GOP, their parents voted GOP, eventually you go back far enough and find a voter who voted GOP when the GOP weren’t racist POS but their children were just stupid and voted for the same person their parents did and it just passed down. Now they listen to spoon fed lies from Facebook and Fox News and think democrats are evil incarnate. Then they blame democrats for GOP cutting services like this. >

They were all Democrats back in the day.  They all flipped to Republicans when Johnson defied the dixiecrats and pushed through the Civil Rights Act.
They used to vote in their own self-interest to help the working man, and their fellow citizen, but black folks getting rights was a step too far. >

The parties as a whole swapped policies around that time. Republicans used to be good (Ie Lincoln), now we get Bush jr, Trump, and the idiots in congress now. >

The switch began long ago, that is why Teddy Roosevelt left the Republican party and joined the Progressive Party aka The Bull Moose Party. Teddy known as a trust buster , thought the Republicans were getting too cozy with big business.  By 1947 Harry Truman was trying to integrate the military.  Oh, lets not forget about FDR and his new deal. >

School food programs are the NUMBER 1 source of food for children in poverty. This was one of the major pain points that didn't get enough attention when schools closed due to covid. We've slowly developed public schools as the biggest source of critical support for children in poverty. It is a system that needs massive improvements and intentional design. Not dismantling >

The odds of those kids growing up to vote Republican are pretty slim and their parents definitely aren't, so that's prime "own the libs" territory for the GOP with no real drawbacks. It's not like those families are writing their donation checks every year so they are entirely wasted money and effort. >

What makes you say that? I’m genuinely curious. It’s been my experience that some of the GOP’s most ardent supporters are those getting fucked the most and the hardest by Republican policies. >

"Yeah, we don't like taxes for the rich!"- guy who drives off in 1974 beater truck to his trailer. >

Free public school lunches kept my siblings and I fed through public school! This is such a shame. If I didn’t have that one solid meal a day I may have taken to after school grocery theft (the gateway crime) like some of my similarly-starved peers. >


may have taken to after school grocery theft (the gateway crime) like some of my similarly-starved peers.

Republicans would have preferred that so you could have a future life of crime and end up in a private prison. >

Or as they may be alternatively known, the slave farms. >

Anywhere you have:

Limited education funding
Limited access to nutrition
Limited access to public services
An Amscot or other payday lender
Military recruitment office
High crime rate

That's a slave farm. >

Absolutely.
But prisons, especially for profit ones, are literal slave farms.  As in, it was never made illegal in the Constitution >

My implication is that most of those bullet points funnel you into either debt, military or prison.  All of which are different types of slavery, but you are right--being a prisoner means you are literally a slave. >

This thread needs to be blasted🔊🔊 >

"Children might starve, but that's a risk I'm willing to take to insignificantly lower taxes." >

Taxes that they, the people that voted against this, don't even pay anyway >

~~Congress~~ Republicans got rid of a free lunch for all program. That means some students are going hungry.
Fixed that for you. >

Anytime Republicans in Congress force something like this to happen, the media says "Congress did XYZ."
Anytime Democrats in Congress force something to happen, the media says "Democrats did XYZ." >

My parents just paid off an entire school’s lunch debt. Nobody will ever know (it was anonymous donation) and even if they did media wouldn’t ever care but I’m proud of them and wanted to share. >

Your parents are awesome people. >

Republicans are becoming more open about the class war they've been waging for at least the last forty years. >

When I talk to my friends about class war, they don't believe there's any class war. The capitalists have got us so brainwashed that the victims of the war don't even realize they're in one, let alone that they have to fight back. >

They have been brainwashed into thinking we are in a culture war while the leaders of the class war laugh all the way to the bank. >

Brainwashed ha! They've willingly accepted the farce because it gives them something to focus on instead of improving their own lives. It's super comforting to believe it's just a bunch of silly teenager angst. Easier than the dark reality of the struggle for equality thats been lost pretty soundly by now. >

Ok, I see where you are coming from.  If people didn’t have that weakness, they probably wouldn’t fall into such lines of thinking nearly as easily—but, the fact remains, they do have that weakness.  It’s also not at all clear that an inherent weakness is the deciding factor—it could just as easily be a consequence of one’s social orbit, or exposure to propaganda.  It’s very possible that most people have that weakness, and that many of those who do not fall victim to it were insulated by environmental rather than inherent factors.
To address this, we must consider Boenhoffer’s “theory of stupidity”.  To be clear, “stupidity” in context does not mean an inherent intellectual inability, but, instead, a psychological tendency toward compulsive or willful ignorance.  This tendency may be induced, especially via brainwashing—indeed, Boenhoffer arrived at his understanding by observing changes in German society throughout the rise and fall of the Nazi party.  
People who have such a weakness are still capable of being good people in an environment that effectively encourages it, just like people who are particularly prone to certain disorders may still avoid them in the right environment.  
We could simply blame people for being overweight—it’s true that most could probably lose weight under the right circumstances and with a lot of effort—but we could also ensure that healthy foods are available at prices competitive with those of unhealthy foods.  We could simply blame people for falling into addiction as a result of abrupt withdrawal of opioid medication for chronic pain or we could provide a structured dose-taper and alternative means of managing pain.  We could simply blame people for being poor, or we could provide free decent-quality education, livable interim housing etc. so that they have a chance to escape poverty.
Similarly, we could blame people for falling into the trap that is the culture war—and hope that they either die or miraculously stop having that weakness—or we could do something about the environment that allowed that weakness to manifest itself.
We could mock and reprimand, or we could do something productive about it.
Sometimes there are problems in society which cannot be efficiently addressed by hoping that people have moments of metanoia.  Sometimes people just won’t hear you until you remove the wax from their ears.  These problems, then, must be solved by direct action.  We must ensure that our society does not encourage such blindness. >

I think if Fox News was able to be sued for disinformation that would help a lot. We know what the solution to the propaganda is but people will cry censorship. The right wing propaganda ecosystem is extremely in sync, just look how they’re almost all screaming about gas stoves the past couple of days. It’s like they get a printout each day on what to be mad about lol. >

The richest country in the world, letting schoolchildren go hungry. Detestable. >

Think of all money they’ll save by not making all those pb&j sandwiches. That’ll get our deficit back on track. >

Conservatives, such a hilarious lot, they are all for owning the libs even if their kids have to go hungry for it. >

Why this is all being done? What's the utmost reason behind doing this? >

Hate. Anyone that identifies with Republicans or conservatism has more hate than empathy. Democrats are not too much better but they are not outwardly as hateful as those that hold "value" in such beliefs. >

Republicans. Republicans killed school lunch funding. >

Republican's: Maybe the teachers should have guns too
Republican's (2030): Maybe the students should have guns >


Republican's: Maybe the teachers should have guns too

That teacher in Virginia who was shot by a 6 year old, according to the Republicans she should have been armed, then she and the 6 year old would have gotten into a gunfight in the middle of a classroom filled with first graders. >

It's so ridiculous, how easy do they think it would be for an educator to shoot a child, especially a fucking 6 year old? Most people would have a hard time bringing themselves to shoot a child, even if they present as a threat. >

Plus they present a much smaller target. >

There’s no reason why schools shouldn’t provide meals to the students. This is just obscene. >

Step one: criminalize abortion 
step two: don’t feed hungry kids
Fucking ghouls >

Step three: Soylent green >

Jesus would be so proud of his chosen people. >

To pull yourself up by your own bootstraps one must have a pair of boots. 
How about we at least let children get through grade school before we start in with the ideological rhetoric of independent determinism. >

Less food means lower grades. Lower grades means Republican recruitment. >

This is their goal.. either going hungry = lower grades or stealing to eat and going to prison. Absolutely despicable... >

It's almost like they don't actually care about children. >

They don't. It's obvious that they don't. >

Where are the “All Lives Matter” crowd?? If they care for kids’ lives, they would be furious! >

This isn’t an election year. So no lives matter >

Wrong! Rich lives matter. Corporate interests matter!  But fuck everything and everyone else. >

can't wait to see this sign in the next protest >

Solution: Have the military come into the schools to feed the kids.  (No guns, just military cooks, privates as servers, and food bought by the military.)
^(I know this wouldn't work.) >


military cooks, privates as servers, and food bought by the military.

They contracted that shit out a long time ago. >

May I suggest a hunger strike or a walk out to prove a point from kids and young adults in school.  When I was in school (I am 26) I had friends that the schools free lunches was the only meal they got that day.  No one should have to watch a friend starve. >

Unborn babies have better rights than a public school student. >

Stop. Voting. Republican. >

BuT tHeY cUt My TaXeS >

mUh gAS pRiCEs >

Democrats would rather let no one go hungry even if that means some will benefit that don’t need it
Republicans would rather let everyone go hungry if that means someone dares to game the system
Vote accordingly >

Unrequested increase to defense budget—no food for children.  Merkuh!! >

Got to love when it's the Republicans fault the news says Congress and when its the Democrats fault the news says Democrats. >

If it’s a law to go to school, it should be the state’s responsibility to feed and transport ALL children. >

"Congress"
You mean, "Republicans"? (Plus, maybe, the handful of usual turncoat "moderates"?) >

Gotta feel the love the GOP has toward poor kids.