@realtegan @mekkaokereke If the US has trillions of $ to bomb children in other nations, they certainly have $ to feed its own kids. :(

Kids are the most importantly resource of any country.

@CStamp @mekkaokereke
Exactly.

And by giving everyone a free lunch and breakfast, it removes the stigma of "being too poor" to pay for lunch. That removes a tiny portion of the humiliation that comes from living in poverty.

Then there's the families who cannot figure out how to apply for the free lunch program - or don't have time because the parent(s) work extra jobs. Those children don't go hungry if every child is fed.

We need to stop gate-keeping who needs help, and just help people.

@IanAMartin @0xabad1dea well, that, and also, we need a constitutional amendment that closes the loophole that was left open in the 13th amendment (the "except as punishment" part), so that the new rule will be:

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

There is already a proposal for this:
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/imo/media/doc/The%20Abolition%20Amendment%20One%20Pager%20-%20117th_.pdf