djsumdog on Nostr: I remember school meals being stupid cheap in the late 90s. They were always heavily ...

I remember school meals being stupid cheap in the late 90s. They were always heavily subsidized. There were some kids on free meal plans.

I dunno ... universal free meals for every student does seem fucking retardville. I bought a school meal twice in primary school; my mom usually just packed me a lunch. If you start giving every kid a taxpayer funded meal, that's diverting money from other programs ... plus parents who pack health stuff for their kids are now also paying for sugar filled diabetus lunches for everyone else.

Why not just affordable subsidized meals for those who want them? Making everything free/provided by the state usually lowers the quality across the board, and gives up more control to the state.