“How much does the school lunch program cost? Do people pay for it themselves or is it paid for by taxes? By the look of those pictures it seems like a big waste of money!”
Normal parents wouldn’t want their kids to eat that crap. They’d pack a lunch for their child. Low income kids can get a “free” lunch which if a Republican president was responsible for these meals they would be accused of trying to starve the poor...
To buy one of these “meals” would cost 3 dollars or so.
OK - I thought there must be a “free” aspect to it. The government has to take on the role of the missing or overworked parent to feed the kids. I don’t know if there was ever a time in our history where we did this. The only thing I remember was a school milk program which I believe was the continuance of a program started after WW11.
My mother was a teacher. I know if kids turned up to school without food at school the nuns would be around to the parents’ house to see what the heck was going on. I am sure they may have taken the opportunity to get needy parents some assistance but sending kids to school without lunch or money for lunch was not acceptable.
Thanks for enlightening me. I find it fascinating.