[randog]

“The number of children getting free and reduced-price lunches is used as a poverty indicator that helps determine how much money public schools receive through various state and federal educational programs,” reports the Courier-Journal.

My mom is a retired school teacher. She can tell you all about kids that live in nice houses, wear nice clothes, are fed all they want but still live in "poverty" according to the government. For instance, if the parents (or 'head of household') don't own the house they're living in then they're "impoverished" and qualify for all kinds of government freebies, regardless of income.

[gitmo]

I recall my Aunt and Uncle being very angry because the school kept harrassing them to sign up for free meals for their son. They are very well off, but the school kept coming to their house and telling them there were ways to make it work.

[jimt]

My mom is a retired school teacher. She can tell you all about kids that live in nice houses, wear nice clothes, are fed all they want but still live in "poverty" according to the government.

Living across the street from an elementary school, and having a wife who's a teacher, I can tell you about people who drive up IN BRAND NEW CARS to drop their kids off for "free breakfast".

The fraud in this program is rampant.

People who perpetually can't feed their own kids belong in jail, stripped of their parental rights, and their kids need to be adopted out.