just the wording of this is stunning
step back and try to realize you're in America... supposedly the land of the free. yet we've got government mandated food?!?!
i was realizing today that i have no interest in being in a country with these people. they are not people i would enjoy sitting at a table with... yet i'm supposed to work 60%+ of my life to support them and their political machine?
screw that
I blew up at a daycare manager recently. They had “school lunch / free lunch” forms and were pressing all the parents to sign. I refused once. I took it home and tossed it the next. I was then confronted and told that I HAD to sign, or they might disenroll my children for failing to fill out all forms. I stated that my income was too high for the program, so it is irrelevant. They said I had to fill it out, due to new policies. I said that I didn’t want my Social Security Number, phone number and income on a form that wasn’t necessary.
The manager said that this program was to help afford to buy healthy food for the kids. I was p/o’d and said, “That’s what the $294 a week I pay you is for!” Then I found the portion on the form where it says it is optional, even if you are eligible. They dropped the matter, at least with me.
The next travesty was an incentive for parents to fill out the form. Your reward for turning it in? A Blue Bell coupon for a free gallon of ice cream.
at the end of the food line the food forced on the kids is simply tossed
My dd worked at day camp this summer that had federal food and the counselors had to make sure every kid took EVERY item
No, by LAW the food the kids don't want could NOT be donated to the local homeless shelter
the waste was terrible
My dd talked the kids into giving her the fresh fruit they were tossing away and came home with armloads of fresh pears and apples