I like you.

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Anonymous #4 9w

Obviously they can’t really do this halfway bc then it takes resources from those who are struggling to pay already, but if everybody could just get along

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Anonymous #1 9w

Has it ever occurred to you that this is likely a bipartisan issue and a lot of school districts from blue cities and states always do this? Or is it always just “REPUBLICANS LOVE IT WHEN KIDS STARVE” for you?

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Anonymous #5 9w

that is not the case. all of them should be free

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Anonymous #7 9w

Then they just pay for it either way through a slight increase in taxes. I still don’t see the problem

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Anonymous #6 9w

it's not bipartisan

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we need to remember that a lot of them hate public schools, and the fact that they could get in trouble for not sending their kid. homeschooling is much more popular on the right.m - many of them would make their kids read bibles and watch PragerU if they could

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Anonymous #6 9w

Lol wtf you on. This is largely a partisan issue

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The 2024 election was obvious, and yet…

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Anonymous #5 9w

The difference is “paying through taxes” places a larger burden on the wealthier people of a community that can afford to have the burden placed on them as opposed to the burden being on the poor families that can’t afford it.

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Anonymous #5 9w

Do you think they’re not already paying through taxes btw? How do you think the meal got to $3?

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Anonymous #2 9w

Through mass ordering of low quality food. Taxes are such a non-factor for the cost of that

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Anonymous moderatemonkey 9w

I mean isn’t it about the same distribution of who pays what? Richer kids pay full price, while poor-er kids pay reduced or get it free

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Anonymous #2 9w

Hypothetically, paying $5 in taxes to the school and buying a $3 lunch is the same as paying $8 in taxes and getting a free lunch. The money just doesn’t magically come from nowhere

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Anonymous #5 9w

when its through taxes, everyone in the area is paying for it, not just people with kids so the cost is spread even thinner. A raise in taxes isn’t even needed, take it out of the damn military budget 🙄

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Anonymous #7 9w

Or all this money there supposedly saving now

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Anonymous #5 9w

Right, that’s exactly what I’m getting at. Maybe I was misinterpreting what you said earlier then

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Anonymous #7 9w

So why should people not associated with it be burdened to pay more? I’d be down to increase the bar for what gets students free or reduced meals, but I don’t think everyone should be paying. Off of your military point though, what parts should we reduce spending?

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Anonymous #5 9w

Are you insane? 😭 Why wouldn’t you want all the children in your area to have guaranteed access to food? If you don’t even agree with that, theres no conversation to be had

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Anonymous #5 9w

Kinda how it’s always been. You get a small charge added on to your cell phone bill to fund 911 operations too, even if you’ve never called 911. You pay property taxes that eventually go to public schools even if you send your kid to private school

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Anonymous #5 9w

$3×180= 540. 50,000,000 school children. 50m× 540 = $27B 164,997,000 taxpayers. 27B÷ 164,997,000= $161.67 Take those people, and only tax that to the top 10%. That's roughly $1,600 to the top 10% per year for everyone in the country to have free lunches.

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Anonymous #5 9w

To be clear, to be in the top 10% of US earners, you need to earn at least $250,000 a year.

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Anonymous #5 9w

Right, the point in making it a tax is that if you have a poor family and rich family you can give the poor family who can’t afford the service, the service for free and you can pass the cost of the service on to the rich family that can’t afford easily afford and support the increased tax. Instead of both families paying each an $8 tax you have one family the owns a mansion, a vacation home, and a yacht the whole $16 because clearly they are living comfortably.

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Anonymous moderatemonkey 9w

The Rich family that can easily afford*

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Anonymous #13 9w

In some cases, yes, if the parents are addicts or aren’t around a lot

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Anonymous #2 9w

Or just can’t afford it

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Anonymous #5 9w

After further consideration, I think school lunches should be free. Sorry for being dumb

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Anonymous #5 9w

It's chill lol

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Anonymous #5 9w

Growing is changing your mind on things. I appreciate you hearing the other side of the argument and changing your mindset. It means the world to us.

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