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[NEWS] Republican bill will reduce free school lunch
Cappytaino:
--- Quote from: PhantOS on February 24, 2017, 03:30:43 AM ---those two don't go hand in hand. cutting regulations = more money for big companies, whoever has the money controls the country.
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double posting to address this-
Cutting down on the number of students on free lunch programs doesn't automatically give companies more money. Odds are the school either employs directly their kitchen staff or contracts a company to send people in to cook. Those people still get paid regardless of if someone receives a "free" lunch. The company still gets paid for providing the service if contracted. The money likely comes out of the taxpayer's pocket to pay for these free lunches.
That's like saying reducing the gas tax would give oil companies more money. It doesn't work that way.
If you're referring to things like safety/environmental regulations, that's an entirely different issue.
Operator¹:
In my old school district, a school lunch would cost $2.70 for elementary kids, $2.80 for middle school kids, and $2.90 for high school kids, the reduced price was $0.40. I imagine that the free/reduced lunch is more of a subsidy for families since the cost adds up to at least $486 per elementary school year (180 days). This does add up if there is more than one child in the family.
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Pastrey Crust:
I never ate in school. I always went to a nearby food place to eat. Few times I ate in school. The lunch was free and good but you can't pick what you eat. :(
beachbum111111:
Didn't even have free lunch at my school's, or any lunch for that matter. You friends are making mountains out of mole Hills.