I don’t think this is a bad idea.
How many people will take the meals if they don’t need them?
The scraping-by types become chumps if they don’t take it. Those working hard and watching nonworkers having it easy. So the “smart” ones take it. Then they become wards of the state.
Same deal in a sense in my town, which is generally among the top 10 communities nationwide for average net worth. Free breakfast and lunch for all school children. Since when have adults with children not seen it as their responsibility to feed their children?
IMO this sort of thing is a contributor to the drugs/alcoholism/suicide spiral of despair for lower-income adults who no longer have the prideful burden of supporting their families.
I would have to be starving to go get in line for free meals in a hot spot.
Perhaps if it was some rural place I might think about it..but I doubt it.