Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority. As states across the country move to make sure students are well fed, Republicans have announced their intention to fight back. "I'll starve a thousand children before I let this company get taxed to feed children!"

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   Badtux the Snarky Penguin (badtux@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 17:57:55 JST Badtux the Snarky Penguin

   At the rural school district I last worked at, we had 1500 students, of whom 1,000 were free lunch and 500 were not. The cost of personnel (an entire department!), computers, and software for vetting students to make sure those 500 didn't get free lunch cost more than the cost of simply feeding them, already.

   The GOP jihad about preventing those 500 from getting free lunch is not about taxes or expense, it's about being mean to children. #gop #antichild #school #lunch #meanness