An extended thought is "What are we teaching these kids to expect from the government when they become adults?"

If mom/dad won't step up and feed them now, and the government does, what happens to the idea of "family" and "parental responsibility" as these kids, quote, "mature"?

Think we have social maladjustment now? Wait for THAT population to try and mix into society...

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LBJ would be proud, wouldn't he?

I hope he's in a special part of hell next to Mao, Stalin, Hitler and Marx.

Here's an example of some parents complaining and feeling shamed and/or entitled because there were too many freedoms and choices available at additional cost. Something like from the time the charter high school my two daughters now attend had first opened to about two or three years before they started attending (several years), they​ had been making and offering a variety of freshly prepared foods as well as the standard school lunches. They had a fully equipped kitchen and cooking staff which allowed them to do this and it was reportedly very good quality food, but of course more expensive. A large percentage of the additional revenue was being invested back into the school which helped pay for campus expansions, staff, and educational electives / programs and equipment. Evidently, some parents ended up "complaining" about the availability of better quality food that was more expensive as opposed to the standard school lunches that were part of school lunch programs and plans. Since the prepared foods could not be provided through the plans or at a reduced price for everyone, the county made the school stop making and selling the freshly prepared food.

Would have been nice to have the fresh food option for our daughters, at least every so often, even though we are happy to send good food along with our kids every day as opposed to what the county chooses to offer as lunch. Because some felt shamed and/or entitled, the school now has a really nice kitchen where they just hand over the cardboard daily ration trays. My daughters say most kids bring their lunches.

For the record, my parents always made sure my brother and I were fed whether it was lunches we brought from home or school provided food.

I wonder if anything will change this coming school year since the Michelle Obama school lunch initiative is now dead?

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Originally posted by Edmond:
LBJ would be proud, wouldn't he?

I hope he's in a special part of hell next to Mao, Stalin, Hitler and Marx.

Roosevelt deserves it more, but Johnson made it worse.

Over 60% of the kids in our county school system are on free or reduced lunches.

Said it before and I'll say it again, if the parents ignore their kid's bills, suspend the kid from school indefinitely until the bill is paid in full. Somehow, when the parents don't have their daycare service handling and feeding their kid(s) the majority of the day, maybe they'll be motivated to do the right thing.