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  Got to love when it's the Republicans fault the news says Congress and when its the Democrats fault the news says Democrats.
context: 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. >
  
  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. >
  
  Yeah, the regressive tax system allows cheaters to lie, then force the IRS to investigate with an agency reduced budget, which allow the cheaters to set precedent and get away with it. >
  
  Why haven’t dems or republicans fixed the tax system both ya e had the chance to fix all the loopholes and issues >
  
  Dem controlled congress passed a reconciliation bill with 80 billion earmarked to improve the IRS ability to audit and enforce higher earning tax evaders. 
  The new republican lead house just made a bill to rescind that funding. 
  Yeah, the tax system needs an overhaul, but when it comes to at least attempting to fix the problem it's clear one side is at least making an effort. >
  
  The GOP bill to rescind that funding will fail, right? Because it won’t pass the senate? >
  
  For now.  When it comes time to either pass another budget or shut the government down, some compromises will have to be made.  We'll see if the IRS funding survives then. >
  
  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. >
  
  we can afford it and we can afford to make it qualify meals, because those free lunches are usually good at filling stomachs not good at nutrition. but republicans just refuse. >
  
  Conservatives, such a hilarious lot, they are all for owning the libs even if their kids have to go hungry for it. >
  
  Do they have to go hungry though? >
  
  No, decent people are okay with taxpayer money being used to feed them at school. >
  
  So instead of arguing the point, you imply that anyone that disagrees isn’t a decent person? >
  
  Well, to be fair…anyone that disagrees with feeding children is in fact not a decent person. >
  
  There are many solutions to this problem without involving the state. >
  
  Name one, then. >
  
  So if you saw a starving child in your community, you’d have no idea how to help? >
  
  Maybe a free school lunch program? >
  
  😆yeah like maybe we all pay taxes in order to feed children when they're spending 8 hours NOT in our homes, but rather in a collective, public setting? It's almost like that would be totally appropriate, and would definitely solve the problem, if not for Republicans/shitty people with shitty values... >
  
  This still infuriates me - like, it was good in every possible way.  THIS IS THE KIND OF THING TAXES SHOULD BE PAYING FOR! >
  
  Cruelty is the point, the continuing attacks on public schools and government programs that help the poor continue. >
  
  someone got a payout for this and it guaranteed to have a R next to its name >
  
  Where are the “All Lives Matter” crowd?? If they care for kids’ lives, they would be furious! >
  
  "All lives matter" is just the Republican's way of saying "black lives don't." >
  
  Both phrases are very ignorant to me.  saying that "lives matter" sets the precedent that they didn't to begin with.  Shouldn't the slogan be "lives are important".  "Matter" seems like the bare minimum when it comes to human life. >
  
  
  Both phrases are very ignorant to me. saying that "lives matter" sets the precedent that they didn't to begin with.
  
  Well at least you're close. >
  
  I say we take philanthropy to an extreme and set up some kind of lottery program. Every time we face a shortfall of funding for a program that preserves a basic human right, we select a name at random from a list of all the country's wealthiest people, and we sacrifice them and their fortune to the god of capitalism. I mean, what's more important, children not starving or billionaires getting to remain billionaires? >
  
  You've got my vote >
  
  This is a national security concern.
  Hungry kids means weak soldiers >
  
  Jesus would be so proud of his chosen people. >
  
  How are the Israelis responsible for this? >
  
  Of course they did. Anything to make already struggling families struggle even more. The cruelty is the point. >
  
  Duh. Just become a senator and you get your expenses covered. So easy. People are just too lazy. /s >
  
  Nobody takes more handouts than politicians and wallstreet >
  
  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. >
  
  Unrequested increase to defense budget—no food for children.  Merkuh!! >
  
  "Children might starve, but that's a risk I'm willing to take to insignificantly lower taxes." >
  
  Stop. Voting. Republican. >
  
  This article is incorrect. The meal program didn't end in June.
  this is a better article. (Gift link) >
  
  this is a very minor quibble when the main issue is that it stopped before the current school year started. >
  
  Well that, and it really didn't stop,  it just reverted back to application based service >
  
  which has a lot of holes that lead to a lot of debt >
  
  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. >
  
  Thoughts for breakfast and prayers for lunch. >
  
  With the exception of a few states, maybe Cali the school lunch programs that do exist feed kids garbage. Years ago when I still got a local newspaper I would entertain myself reading the published weekly lunch list put out by the city school system. It was awful and I am sure they get even less money now. >
  
  The Obama administration rolled out higher standards for School lunch as a public health initiative. The Rs hated it and fought tooth and nail, trump overturned them irc >
  
  The Republicans openly mocked Michelle for having the gall to suggest our nations future leaders should be eating nutritiously. Their whole party is so fucking disingenuous >
  
  Hence why the article is headlined "Congress got rid of  a free lunch FOR ALL program..." >
  
  Yup misread >
  
  Plenty of money to feed the MIC >
  
  These kids will grow up to be voters. >
  
  They can pull themselves up by their bootstraps... /s >
  
  Isn’t that the point? I mean…the poors gotta learn their place as early as possible. What better battleground to start that than school lunches? 🙄🤬🖕🏻 >
  
  don't want to give the kids free handouts.  they might start demanding more... food?!? >
  
  Trashy. You probably should reinstate that food program for the population and you know it. >
  
  What do people who disagree with free lunch for kids think their tax dollars should do? How are their tax dollars supposed to be spent? Military? They get plenty. Political figures? They are well fed too. A fucking piece of shit wall that doesn't work? Is that more important than feeding kids in your community? Is hurting underprivileged kids worth hurting opposing voters? Where the hell are their priorities? >
  
  The pride & joy of the USA... >
  
  What world is it not a parents responsibility to feed your kids 💀 >
  
  Gotta get that IQ down some how, how else will Repubs keep their base? >
  
  It's embarrassing to be an American at this point. >
  
  Have the poor kids tried not being poor?  DUH!!
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  /s >
  
  A banana is only, what, 9 dollars? >
  
  Gotta give as many taxpayer dollars as possible to billionaire defense contractors. Kids will figure it out, but who will make the payments on a defense contractor's 10th vacation home if not American taxpayers? 
  Our "leadership" disgusts me. >
  
  *The last congress did this. OP probably just running behind. >
  
  The party of pro life right?? Dumb. >
  
  Family of 4 can make no more than 36000.00 that’s only after taxes roughly 138.00 a week per person in the household . Average rent is 12-1800.00 for a 3 bed room in my area . On the low end leaving gross disposable income at 22,000.00 annually alone which is around 105.00 a week per person . I’m not a math wiz but can someone tell me how to live off of around 105.00 a week per person and have a sufficient life ? >
  
  The richest country in the world, letting schoolchildren go hungry. Detestable. >
  
  I remember Republicans during COVID shut down saying that kids need to get back into school because for some that might be the only food they get to eat that day is free breakfast and lunch from the school. >
  
  And Republicans and Joe Manchin could not be happier. >
  
  What’s sad is I don’t know any republican voter who was against free lunch for all…