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The fact that my partner thought this was a real headline when I told her about it is a scathing indictment of the current republican party platform.
"The Republican Study Committee (of which some three-quarters of House Republicans are members) on Wednesday released its desired 2024 budget, in which the party boldly declares its priority to eliminate the Community Eligibility Provision, or CEP, from the School Lunch Program. Why? Because “CEP allows certain schools to provide free school lunches regardless of the individual eligibility of each student.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/173668/republicans-declare-banning-universal-free-school-meals-2024-priority
I mean, maybe I'm wrong here, but I'm not against schools providing free healthy lunches to every student regardless of whether their parent makes minimum wage or is in the 1%, so long as we start taxing accordingly. I feel like if we legally make children attend school and get an education (which we should, to be clear) then we should feed them while they are there. If children are fed and learn healthy eating habits in school, it theoretically would set them up much better as they grow older, no? I don't even have children and would be happy to see my tax dollars go to school lunches.
It would make sense if the food was actually edible. Michelle essentially ruined the school lunch system by not regulating the shortcuts taken to reduce costs of the program. Had actual investment went into it, we wouldn't be having this discussion. It's a waste of money as it is, and should be reformed to be better.
Ah yes, Michelle Obama, the person who famously had zero regulatory authority, ruined school lunch. That's definitely a thing that happened.