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| PhantOS:
--- Quote from: Cappytaino on February 25, 2017, 12:30:54 AM ---social welfare has no constitutional basis either. I'd argue that beggars can't be choosers and you should have to disclose your expenses if you claim any sort of welfare. --- End quote --- Allowing schools to come to their own independent decision on lunch eligibility based on spending is a horrible idea altogether. It's prone to abuse, since someone like Red Spy or INH could easily deny someone lunch eligibility if they bought an iphone as a gift for someone. It'd make sense for budget and numbers, but judging individual expenses can invoke bias. I'd propose that they check your earnings, how much you spend on housing, added expenses and how much you save every year, and then come to the decision. Either way, not much will change. Unless you earn 80-100k a month but regardless live in a cardboard box to save more money, you're still going to save around 10-15 thousand dollars a year for savings |
| PhantOS:
--- Quote from: Red Spy on February 25, 2017, 12:31:50 AM ---What are you even trying to say at this point --- End quote --- I don't understand why you mentioned iphones in the first place. It bears no relevance to this topic, besides stating an obvious fact --- Quote from: e-maxx on February 25, 2017, 12:32:13 AM ---it costs roughly 25 cents to produce this meal. American kids are paying $3.50 per day for this. Wake up america. --- End quote --- after the shipping cost of the individual ingredients and the paycheck that goes to the lunch-ladies, transporters and employees who manufacture the ingredients, it's around 2-3$ |
| otto-san:
--- Quote from: Cappytaino on February 25, 2017, 12:27:40 AM ---but the point is that if you can afford to buy an iphone but can't buy a school lunch for your kid, then you shouldn't buy an iphone --- End quote --- i don't think i agree that people should be punished for buying nice things if they're low-income. you can absolutely buy one-time gifts like iphones responsibly on a tight budget (times like christmas and birthdays may also involve people chipping in from more places than just someone's nuclear family). in a more general sense, government arbitrarily determining what people should and shouldn't buy based on their income level alone is obviously a comically bad idea |
| Red Spy:
--- Quote from: PhantOS on February 25, 2017, 12:37:30 AM ---I don't understand why you mentioned iphones in the first place. It bears no relevance to this topic, besides stating an obvious fact --- End quote --- If you can afford a flat ~350$ phone once you can afford to make your own lunches |
| PhantOS:
--- Quote from: Red Spy on February 25, 2017, 12:40:49 AM ---If you can afford a flat ~350$ phone once you can afford to make your own lunches --- End quote --- thank you for that information nugget the average lunch with necessary macronutrients and vitamins costs round 5$ in all ingredients, multiply by 365 and what's that? 1900 a year? that's definitely cheaper than an iphone that costs 350$ once and never again |
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