So people who can afford it shouldn’t pay ...but all taxpayers should pay for all lunches.
There was a point when I was growing up when my family qualified for free lunches. My mother wouldn’t do it. I thought it was stupid not to do it. I don’t remember why she wouldn’t do it...but probably some of the points listed in this article. She never accepted any kind of welfare.
No govt cheese. No food stamps. Etc
We never did without.
She would have never advocated for everyone to get a free lunch.
These days, kids don't bring lunch money to the lunchroom. The parents are expected to keep an account funded online (or the kid goes to the office in the morning to pay into the account). So I assume nobody knows who is on free lunch.
So we brown bagged it.