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And as we see - the whole system is upside down. How many of the supposedly “hungry” children actually are starving? Further, how many parents don’t feed their kids, not because they can’t, but because they know the school does?

Funny - I did fine in school, usually skipping any form of breakfast, and eating cafeteria slop for lunch (that I paid for), or in high school - heading to a fast food joint for a quick burger (that I paid for), or just skipped lunch altogether.

Now it is suddenly the taxpayer’s responsibility to see that every child gets at least a breakfast and lunch (and many elementary schools are providing an afternoon snack near the end of the school day).

What the heck is this about???

Nothing like seeing that free/reduced lunch student texting away on their smartphone, wearing $100 shoes, and living off the taxpayer.

Are there some children who really do come from homes that are literally so poor that they cannot afford to feed the kids - yes. But the number is far smaller, even in this sad economy than the numbers would imply.

But we have successfully raised up multiple generations of progressively government-dependent citizens.

I have told the story many times of my wife when she was a student in school - who got an award when she graduated for never missing a single day of school... - and who qualified for free lunch, had only her father working as a farm hand (extra-ordinarily low pay), yet she had all she needed - as did her older brother. They chose to not even have a phone in their home until she was 15. Yet her parents paid for band instruments for them. They never missed a meal (though Miracle Whip sandwiches did sometimes come into play), and she even had a car to drive her senior year. Her parents believed that they had to have priorities. Her folks didn’t (and don’t) drink or smoke (her dad does chew a little tobacco), they use very little credit, but considered a roof, food, and clothing to be more important than cable TV, high-priced fashions, and the “extras”.

IT is all in what your priorities are. Today, welfare parents now expect the government to completely pay for/raise their children. they don’t want any of the responsibility.

Here in Arkansas - a carton of cigarettes (brand name) runs north of $40. Even at a relatively “Mild” habit of 1 pack per day - that is 3 cartons per month- over $120. School lunches here are still well under $2 per day. X 20 days a month in school = $40. Schools also have breakfast at just over $1. So add that and you get $70 per month for a child to get fed 2 meals every day the are in school - and that is without the reduced lunch rates. That 1 pack per day habit could fund two kids having 2 meals per day.

We won’t even go into liquor, beer, wine, or even illegal drugs. Suffice it to say - priorities are what have to change. It is amazing what one can live on if they have their priorities right. No-one is “entitled” to anything just by drawing breath, other than their constitutionally guaranteed rights (not the ones invented by liberals).

I believe we would find that most Americans would be FAR more generous and open to helping those TRULY in need, if they were not already having their pay gutted with taxes to pay for the leeches in society. In fact, I honestly believe that the TRULY poor (beyond their control) could be taken care of by private means if the government got out of the business of giveaways. In fact, pretty much all social programs could be done away with - if only we were allowed to do the work.

But hey - who am I?