“Nearly half of the parents in this state can’t afford to feed their children? Really?”
If we had Great Depression I soup kitchens instead of EBT cards, you’d be stunned at the lines.
It is not unusual to meet people who have been looking for work for three years or more.
I know things are tough for many people. I’m not disputing that, but my dad grew up during the Great Depression to a single mother. Sometimes they had string beans and fat back for dinner. My dad is going on for 83 now. I won’t say he’s going strong...he’s an elderly man, but he and his sister made it. No help from the government. His mom did what they had to do to survive. Sometimes it wasn’t pretty or moral, but she got him to 16 years old before she died.
I’ve told this story on FR a few times. Just a few years ago, my oldest two attended a charter school for a few months. The charter was in its first year. For some reason, a charter school in this area/state? can’t offer a lunch program in its first year. So for the first year, *every* child had to bring their own lunch to school. The next year, when lunch could be offered, almost half were on a free/reduced lunch.