IT'S A MIRACLE! Kids on school lunch programs come back from the summer well-fed!

How did this miracle happen?

  • It's a good point, obviously they can get by without school lunches

    Votes: 3 50.0%

  • Why do you not want to help starving kids?

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • I am only too happy to have my taxes feed hungry kids.

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • Oh yes Dano, make the Republican party run that as their national platform

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • WHY DO YOU NOT WANT TO HELP STARVING KIDS!?!

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I can think of other things we should cut, so that makes this program ok

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    6
Beefy said:
You only "sort of, kind of" oppose the war, but anyway, I'll bet at least a quarter of the kids getting free lunches are fat.
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Maybe you're remembering the old Dano from 2004 Matt.
I oppose it 100% and want all troops home immediately. I've also voiced support for pulling all troops out of Germany, Japan, Italy and South Korea (as now North Korea is nuclear).
 
Seriously, out of all the programs in the world, school lunches are one of the least expensive and least worrisome. We pay for a lot of things in education, to take care of the kids through the day, why can't lunches just be one of those things?

Think about it. I know it's not "free", but you were going to have to pay it anyway. Those kids who are too poor can afford it now to. So, maybe, you'll be paying a little extra, but it won't hurt that much, and it'll help out the balance of the working poor at the very least.
 
Watermark said:
Seriously, out of all the programs in the world, school lunches are one of the least expensive and least worrisome. We pay for a lot of things in education, to take care of the kids through the day, why can't lunches just be one of those things?

Think about it. I know it's not "free", but you were going to have to pay it anyway. Those kids who are too poor can afford it now to. So, maybe, you'll be paying a little extra, but it won't hurt that much, and it'll help out the balance of the working poor at the very least.
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School is for one reason and one reason only: learning. Not socializing, not getting welfare goodies and not for having a good time.
Why not hand out clothes at school too if poor parents can't afford that?
It's simply not the role of a school.

And how am I going to pay for it anyway?

I believe school lunches didn't exist in Canada until the late 90's, they don't exist in some European countries, it just plain is not needed. Kids DO get by without them, as they obviously prove coming back from summer or weekends or Christmas, looking the same and in the same health as when they left.

I have seen nothing on here that refutes that core point.
 
"School is for one reason and one reason only: learning."

Bingo. And studies have shown that healthier diets lead to better grades. We're already investing in education for the youth of America; why not maximize that investment?

It's always "pennywise, pound foolish" with you. You don't understand return on investment.
 
Onceler said:
"School is for one reason and one reason only: learning."

Bingo. And studies have shown that healthier diets lead to better grades. We're already investing in education for the youth of America; why not maximize that investment?

It's always "pennywise, pound foolish" with you. You don't understand return on investment.
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And a stable emotional life helps too. Maybe government should run all families?
 
TheDanold said:
School is for one reason and one reason only: learning. Not socializing, not getting welfare goodies and not for having a good time.
Why not hand out clothes at school too if poor parents can't afford that?
It's simply not the role of a school.

And how am I going to pay for it anyway?

I believe school lunches didn't exist in Canada until the late 90's, they don't exist in some European countries, it just plain is not needed. Kids DO get by without them, as they obviously prove coming back from summer or weekends or Christmas, looking the same and in the same health as when they left.

I have seen nothing on here that refutes that core point.
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So...

Why not?
 
AssHatZombie said:
I'm using your same shitheaded logic. By your same logic, government should take over all aspects of a students life.
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No - that's very "low IQ" of you. We're not talking about "taking over" or "running" anything. We're talking about a relatively low cost, free/discount lunch program that helps maximize the investment we're ALREADY making in education.

To say "well, let's just let the gov't run everything" based on advocating something so small & effective is total hyperbole. It's stupid, and ridiculous.

Stick with it, though.
 
Onceler said:
No - that's very "low IQ" of you. We're not talking about "taking over" or "running" anything. We're talking about a relatively low cost, free/discount lunch program that helps maximize the investment we're ALREADY making in education.

To say "well, let's just let the gov't run everything" based on advocating something so small & effective is total hyperbole. It's stupid, and ridiculous.

Stick with it, though.
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Your argument that anything that theoretically improves learning should be overseen by government is equally fellatious.
 
Onceler said:
That's an interesting extrapolation of what I said. Kee-rist, as they say...
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"A big breakfast improves learning, mmmmkay, children."
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Good point! Let's just get rid of lunch altogether and make sure these children don't eat a well-balanced meal in the middle of their day. Or, we can keep lunch and make them bring their own food. If your parents forgot to pack it, tough! You can watch the other kids eat as you sit there feeling hungry. Not my problem!
 
DigitalDave said:
Good point! Let's just get rid of lunch altogether and make sure these children don't eat a well-balanced meal in the middle of their day. Or, we can keep lunch and make them bring their own food. If your parents forgot to pack it, tough! You can watch the other kids eat as you sit there feeling hungry. Not my problem!
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Yes. And furthermore they should be forced into a purging session prior to class so they have no nutrients from food consumed previously and which still may be in the GI tract.
 
I'm curious though. Why should the government be adopting parental roles in our education system? I don't trust this government like you lefties do, and I sure don't like them slowly but surely adopting familial roles in any capacity.
 
Onceler said:
"School is for one reason and one reason only: learning."

Bingo. And studies have shown that healthier diets lead to better grades. We're already investing in education for the youth of America; why not maximize that investment?

It's always "pennywise, pound foolish" with you. You don't understand return on investment.
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Well the facts work against you then. Students grades in school were higher BEFORE the student lunch program.
Your only link shows the problem is not hunger, but nutrition. So should a school be responsible for kids nutrition or should parents?

When I used to go a grocery store in poorer part of downtown that I lived by I observed something that ran fairly universally. The poor immigrants often had healthy and cheap veggies and cheap rice in their carts, virtually no "boxed" goods if you get my meaning. The poor regular Americans were loaded up with more expensive boxed prepared goods.

The parents could make nutricious food but they can't be bothered (and before you try the old strawman of them working 2 jobs, you might want to consider the stats on record amount of TV being watched now), so they let the school do it because who doesn't love a free lunch?
 
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