Comment #4890

2019-08-20T12:54:41Z

It continues to drive me batty about the WIC/school lunch/hunger situation in the US. The US classifies "hunger" as anything less than 3 meals per day. But the various food stamp programs are only supposed to cover a single meal. So even after people have been supplied food via the stamp program, they still qualify as "hungry." It's deceptive, and I perceive that it is meant to confuse the public and inflate numbers.

In the US, a study was done about school lunches. The standard for food stamps is $1 per person per meal. The study found that the school was given $1.14 per student per meal for the "free lunches." But when they examined the food and the companies involved, 2 or 3 different people were skimming. The children received less than $0.87 per student per meal.

Now, I can go to Aldi's any day of the week with $20 and get eggs, milk, cheese, chicken, potatoes, pasta, bananas, carrots, onions, apples OR oranges, and still have enough for a box of granola bars. That will cover more than a week, all my meals. What need have I for the school to prepare a nutritionally-defunct meal for me, when I can do that quicker and simpler?

Comment #4889

2019-08-20T11:54:56Z

Closer than they appear, and also here... There are calls for banning unpasteurized milk (and home births) to protect the "uneducated".

And the dumbing down of curriculum to keep people from feeling bad was an argument that was winning when I was in school, though that seems to fluctuate from time to time.

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