
I was a free school lunch kid on and off growing up but the requirements to receive free lunches are so ridiculous and inhumane. For a family of four (like I grew up in, single mom and two siblings), you have to make less than 40k a year to qualify for reduced lunches. Thats like just above the poverty level. In a lot of cases also, eligibility for food benefits programs (because hunger doesn’t end at 2pm) isn’t consistent with school lunch programs (mostly bc of state/local policies).
Even then, the free lunches I’ve seen given out are fucking ridiculous. Hungry kids can’t learn, hungry kids can’t sleep, hungry families don’t thrive. So much of the anger is misdirected to families in need or benefits rather than the conditions that cause them to need them. It’s literally a scam
Also maybe more controversial but I feel this way about people who roll their eyes about fat people on plane seats. Why are you mad at someone who can’t fit in a foot and a half of space rather than the multi billion dollar corporation that has more than enough money and ingenuity to make it so we all have a little more leg room 😐