I reposted your lunch article on FB and got a comment that read: "Please to not have government tell citizens what they can and cannot eat. KTHXBAI!"
SO OBNOXIOUS. If the government is providing the children with the food, I think the government has an obligation to make sure it's the healthiest food they can provide. Clearly a majority of the kids can provide their own lunches, as evidenced by the number of students boycotting, and clearly it's not hurting kids to go without, evidenced by the number of kids throwing away food. If they were really ACTUALLY hungry, they would eat it. I think the kids are spoiled and selfish, but I also wish the schools could make healthy AND appetizing foods. I could make super healthy, super yummy meals for $2.60 a meal (I can't determine if that's supposed to account for paying the lunch staff, or if that's included in the school budget and the lunch money is for food only. Even if it includes the lunch lady's wages, though, I STILL think I could do it).
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SO OBNOXIOUS. If the government is providing the children with the food, I think the government has an obligation to make sure it's the healthiest food they can provide. Clearly a majority of the kids can provide their own lunches, as evidenced by the number of students boycotting, and clearly it's not hurting kids to go without, evidenced by the number of kids throwing away food. If they were really ACTUALLY hungry, they would eat it. I think the kids are spoiled and selfish, but I also wish the schools could make healthy AND appetizing foods. I could make super healthy, super yummy meals for $2.60 a meal (I can't determine if that's supposed to account for paying the lunch staff, or if that's included in the school budget and the lunch money is for food only. Even if it includes the lunch lady's wages, though, I STILL think I could do it).