Would seem to me a rather large expense if the federal government were to start feeding all the school children breakfast and lunch in a number of our schools.
Well, I open my paper to see that is what is happening. If 40 percent of the students benefit from Food Stamps or certain other programs, then not only them, but everyone in the school gets a free breakfast and a free lunch. I do not know how many schools nationwide are going to qualify, but I know $4.5 billion has been approved for the government feeding program.
It's all part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Now, with our nation scrambling (at least, it should be scrambling) to save here and there, to curb the national deficit, I cannot imagine we should be buying breakfast and lunch for such a sizable number of kids whose parents can afford to buy it on their own. If 40 percent are on assistance, that means 60 percent are not. Sixty percent are getting the food gratis even though their parents can afford to get it for them.
Just a few select cities are in the program so far, but it is to be available throughout the nation in the 2014-2015 school year. I believe Congress should reconsider before 2014-15 rolls around.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56836209-68/program-students-free-schools.html.csp
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