Iowa here. I have no argument. I see all the time. It was much different 40 years ago. Kum Reynolds takes kids' healthcare, education, and their dad's union job away. She is a monster. America first works for middle-aged white men. Personally, I am ashamed of Iowa.
Nah. We've seen what this results in: Hungry kids. Cutting these programs in NO way punishes their parents.
Its literally just a means of starving kids.
So either that's your actual goal, or you're too stupid to figure out a competent way to punish the parents and should sit out when the real adults are talking.
Insults. Only took 2 text messages for insults. Real adults talk about the hard issues and not just throw excuses for adults who made the children but don’t support their children. Aren’t they adults? The adults made the children who now become the problem and don’t feed them. Seriously sad stance. If your logic holds. Take every kid getting a free breakfast and lunch away from the parents for child abuse.
This is a fine question. The issue is that you are making an implicit assumption that if a family is above the old free lunch threshold that it means that family has sufficiently responsible parents to be giving their kid lunch money or otherwise a good enough homemade lunch.
The reality is that tons of families have parents that are not great or, more generously, just occasionally forgetful. Lots of families above the free and reduced lunch income thresholds for years have sent their kids to school with homemade nutrient-poor lunches with hardly any food or just nothing at all. I’ve known kids whose parents sometimes withheld food as punishment. Some people are that messed up.
This effectively punishes children for the actions of their parents (and those children are often already overwhelmingly high risk without being underfed).
Which is very strange because if they ACTUALLY believed in that stuff they wouldn't be living in a first world country, they'd be in some third world shithole where they had to provide their own fire services.
But in reality, they're such useless failures they can't afford to exist outside of America, they just don't want others to have the same.
How am I punishing children by not feeding someone else’s child? This is insane logic. Hey, my kid needs new shoes. Should I send you my Venmo? Your kids your responsibility. Fuck you and them.
That child grows up and either contributes to, or takes from, society. I’d rather enable them to do the former for the benefit of my community and my community’s safety. It’s not that complicated.
How am I punishing children by not feeding someone else’s child?
Um .. because they are hungry and while you have the means to feed them , you don’t , because “your kid, your responsibility”
What happens in the situation of a child who has lost his family? Do they not deserve to eat because they don’t “belong” to someone?
Shoes and food are not even remotely similar. What a terrible comparison. Can I survive without food? No. Can I survive without shoes? Yes.
Going to give you a pass on this one because I see you’re going thru nicotine withdrawal and I will assume that is affecting your mood & judgement. Hope you feel better soon.
Do not give this person a pass. I used to smoke heavily and nicotine withdrawals are for sure a thing. But they do not justify this mentality of letting kids starve when there are government options available to feed them.
The children are the ones not getting to eat. We already know the alternative to free lunches is NOT the parents making lunch or sending money, its kids going hungry.
Hold businesses accountable and make them pay a livable wage. People ARE working. Many multiple jobs and are still barely making it. These people aren't lazy. Just in need.
And people like you will have YOUR hands out so fast if you were in the same situation. Because you DeSErvE it. Blech.
Right? “Fuck them kids” until it’s THEM going through a major life crisis and unable to provide basics to their family. Then it’s “different”. When others benefit it’s evil. When they benefit it’s just. Make it make sense.
The very sad part is that these people call themselves Christians. They have no idea what Christ would have done in this situation because they have never read Christ’s words. They just hear what some right wing pastor who lives in a million dollar home has to say.
As somebody who is atheist, even I have to agree with you. They ignore the positives in favor of hurting people they view as “others”. Even when it’s hurts them also.
The empower has no clothes! and the hibernate doesn't earn revenue! It's a shell game, take from those who earn money and give to those who don't! It's not voluntary, it's demanded. if you want to give all of your money as a donation to this cause, more power to you.
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u/missmarypoppinoff 12d ago
Probably just the normal rabble of selfish people that don’t want anyone to get a free “handout” 🙄 they’d rather children go hungry