Unfortunately, they are accepting federal funds for school lunches and agree to certain "strings" that come with the $$$.
I don't like it, and don't think it should be happening, but alas, it is.
Now if we could just get USDA to put the same stringent restrictions on those receiving SNAP (food stamps) funds s they are putting on children in schools.............
That’s a great idea. It has a number of benefits:
* Healthy food mandates per SNAP would alter the current demographic trend that links poverty to obesity.
* Far fewer people would be able to sell SNAP cards / “I’ll shop your list if you pay me cash for it”.
* If you want Little Debbie and Red Bull, you have to get a job. As a result, far more people would get a job to earn money to pay for the food they want.
Thanks for that note Gabz. The problem is that the Supreme Court has historically clarified that, since things like public schools are uniquely under 10th Amendment-protected state powers, Congress shouldn't even be laying taxes for public school purposes.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
In other words, Congress is arguably using state revenues to bribe the states to comply with federal policies which promote special-interest agendas imo. Corrupt Congress obtained such revenues by essentially stealing it from the states by means of constitutionally indefensible federal taxes.
Are we having fun yet?