Posted on 06/19/2015 8:28:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Kids in low-income communities statistically do poorer in terms of school performance near the end of each month, in part, because “they start getting hungry” as their food stamps “start running out,” said President Barack Obama at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Santa Monica, Calif., on Thursday.
“Too many of our kids still go hungry in this country,” said Obama.
“I was looking at some statistics, because we're looking at policies around hunger and the SNAP program, and the performance of children in lower-income communities in school dips at the end of the month in a statistically significant way,” he said, “in part because they start getting hungry as their food stamps for their family start running out which then affects how they perform in school.”
The fundraiser where Obama spoke was held at the home of actor, playwright, and songwriter Tyler Perry. …
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There are just not enough facepalms online for this gobbledegook.
So he admits that they are not feeding them enough?
Ever notice that in the US, the poorest people are the fattest?
Because the Moochelle lunches end up in the trash.
Schools to provide free lunches over summer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3297009/posts
More schools serve students dinner as demand expands
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3248744/posts
In Baltimore schools, free meals for all
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3296599/posts
Maybe they’d get better nutrition if your wife’s lunches didn’t suck.
This POS needs to swaller his chicklets
Malto-meal in every period.
Crack whore 15 year old moms, no father, narcotic and alcohol drenched uncles and aunts...none of that contributes to the problem.
I drove a cab in these neighborhoods. The above, at least on the north shore of Staten Island, is accurate. And I’m leaving some of the worst stuff out.
wife, that’s rich
[eyeroll].....whereas conservative kids have been doing like crap for six years because they have to call a communist POTUS and it’s depressing. What’s he going to do about THAT?
Perhaps these kids have been totally rejecting your wife's breakfast, lunch dictates.And many EBT recipients (parents) have been selling their food benefits to continue their various destructive additions.
Unfortunately he has no chicklets.
my bad
They get free breakfast and free lunch. And have been since I was in high school. I used to buy my breakfast there for $0.35 after working for a couple hours washing the floors at the local grocery store.
There is no reason for any child to be hungry in this country.
Liberal: Well...well...it’s obvious we need more money for the food stamp program.
His wife, on the other hand ...
Then tomorrow the Moocher will be whining about poor people being fat because they live in food deserts and don’t have access to arugula and kale.
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