re: Thoughts on kids and school lunches

A number of school systems now provide free lunch to everyone at some/all schools, because the cost of trying to figure out who is eligible is more than the cost of just paying for the food for the remaining kids that aren't eligible.

Look, for all of you "OMG the gubment teat" types... people get accustomed to a lifetime of government support because of the decisions they make as adults... not some 8 year old getting lunch (or breakfast or whatever).

If every kid got a free lunch, there are a ton of admin jobs and costs you could eliminate. In the end, the entire system would probably cost a little bit more, but I'm guessing not much more. And as a society, this seems like an easy thing we can do to help families.

And for the "well I paid my kids lunch bill dangit" people... great. We used to also use leaches as medical tools and told blacks they had to use seperate bathrooms. Sometimes we evolve and that's a good thing.

BTW my oldest kid hasn't eaten a school lunch in 3 years and my youngest eats it 3-4 times a week.