Posted on 02/08/2010 1:06:43 PM PST by Nachum
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the administration will seek changes when Congress overhauls the Childhood Nutrition Act.
"Our children deserve better nutrition, and our country's better and brighter future depends on it," Vilsack said. "And with the reauthorization of the Childhood Nutrition Act scheduled this year, there won't be a better time than now to act boldly."
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You my local “Independent School District” should follow federal diktats?
How about we get the federal government out of the schools period.
BO—why don’t you just worry about Malia and Sasha and leave the rest of the nation’s kids to their own parents.
Sugar and candy are not illegal products and kids have consumed them for over a century here in the USA. Bug off tyrant!
We’ve had free breakfast for everyone for ever and most kids are already on free or reduced lunch. Of course, mine pay full price. Any wonder why I can hardly pay our property taxes?
Never saw a vending machine in grade school or high school. Yes. I am that old. I don’t see where it’s necessary for education.
But, how about letting my local school board work all that out and the federales find something else to work on? Like terrorists.
He's not qualified to fill vending machines!
WE ARE BROKE. We have no money to “expand” the school lunch and breakfast programs. Stop spending money we don’t have.
Good, lots of kids will flip off King Obama now.
Obama knows liberal/moderate soccer moms eat this kind of thing up. No pun intended.
saying vending machines make our children obese is like blaming a spoon for making rosie o’donnell fat...
Hey Michelle, You Are Not The Parent of My Children!
It’s the economy stupid! The people needs jobs! Damn this guy has a hard head.
This should be a local decision. I thought that’s what elected school boards were for and why the GOP should call it DOA. Enough of bambi’s Politburo.
He wants junk food out of schools and junk science IN schools.
Piss off the next group of voters. Go for it.
Create a crisis where none exists.
P.S. Obama doesn't know the schools get a cut.
This is great for conservatives...
1) Look if you take those machines out of schools the schools are going to lose money, either taxes will have to be raised or services will need to be cut because of big government
2) Prime example of how the FED will beat you with the stick that was used to give you a carrot..
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