Simmumah@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agoGOP governor slashing food program for kids ahead of Christmas sparks furywww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1686arrow-down16
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minus-squarefitgse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up54·6 months ago40 fucking dollars per month per kid. That might pay for a month’s worth of rice but isn’t a week’s worth for fruits, vegetables, and protein!
minus-squareTheDannysaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·6 months agoFor sure… But $0 a month isn’t going to buy much protein either
minus-squarefitgse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 months agoRight. We should be offering way more than $40 a month per kid and the fact that republicans want to cut what is basically a pittance shows how cruel they are.
minus-squarePsychedSy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoIt’d be added to the other EBT they likely get. It’s only supposed to cover school lunches I’m guessing.
40 fucking dollars per month per kid. That might pay for a month’s worth of rice but isn’t a week’s worth for fruits, vegetables, and protein!
For sure… But $0 a month isn’t going to buy much protein either
Right. We should be offering way more than $40 a month per kid and the fact that republicans want to cut what is basically a pittance shows how cruel they are.
It’d be added to the other EBT they likely get. It’s only supposed to cover school lunches I’m guessing.