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[NEWS] Republican bill will reduce free school lunch
Foxscotch:
--- Quote from: Cappytaino on February 25, 2017, 12:00:01 AM ---Controversial opinion time: if someone can't afford a school lunch but can afford "luxuries" like Netflix or a smartphone, they have stuff spending habits and giving them a free lunch is only offering an incentive for poor spending habits to continue.
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so even if u believe this, what you're saying is that you think children should be forced to go hungry for their parents' mistakes
Red Spy:
If poor people can afford iPhones then they can afford loving school lunches
PhantOS:
There's legally no way to ensure that families are budgeting correctly or not spending too much on stupid stuff. With that in mind, the National Free Lunch Program cannot assume that someone is wasting money on other stuff in order to reject the student's eligibility. They can only check how much the family earns and decide based on that.
Instead of netflix, some of those other 80-100k families might be spending it on other random expensive things that are necessary, like herpes cream, anti-allergy medicine, cat food, dog food, other necessary household things.
--- Quote from: Red Spy on February 25, 2017, 12:12:03 AM ---If poor people can afford iPhones then they can afford loving school lunches
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Not all poor people can afford iPhones. Also that statement is loving stupid
Insert Name Here²:
If the parents can afford to get their kids an iphone, they can afford lunches
there are a forgetton of kids in my school with iphones yet are on free lunches so lmao
PhantOS:
You're both equally autistic and don't understand a bit about finances and budgeting
a) you have no idea how they were able to afford the iphone in the first place. a family member could've bought it for them, maybe their family gave them money, etc.
b) if that is your only criteria for who is and isn't eligible for free lunch you're both really stupid