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McConnell blocking lunches for schoolchildren

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:51 am
by gounion
THIS is why I'm a liberal:
Federal waivers that have given U.S. schools the flexibility to offer universal free lunches throughout the pandemic are at risk of ending as Senate Republicans—led by Mitch McConnell—stonewall a proposed extension of the relief measures, potentially depriving millions of children of no-cost meals in the coming months.

Politico reported Monday that McConnell, the Senate minority leader, is "forcefully opposing" a provision to extend the federal school lunch waivers as part of an omnibus government funding package that Congress must pass by midnight Friday to avert a shutdown.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has estimated that the average school district will face a 40% cut in federal reimbursements for meals if Congress allows the waivers—first approved in March 2020 and extended thereafter—to lapse. The USDA's authority to extend the school meal waivers further is currently set to expire at the end of June.

"Mitch McConnell never needed free lunch to get a hot meal at school. He never needed food stamps to survive," Charles Booker, a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Kentucky, wrote in response to the GOP leader's obstruction. "Nearly half of Kentucky's children live in households below 200% of the federal poverty line. I was one of them. He doesn't see us."


But then, I was raised a liberal. I was raised in a family where you never turned away a hungry child.

What kind of person does that?

Re: McConnell blocking lunches for schoolchildren

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:36 am
by Libertas
gounion wrote: Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:51 am THIS is why I'm a liberal:



But then, I was raised a liberal. I was raised in a family where you never turned away a hungry child.

What kind of person does that?
Preventing a poor child from getting food, ESPECIALLY if that child is not white, gives cons great joy. :cry:

Re: McConnell blocking lunches for schoolchildren

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:19 pm
by bengal59
The standard Trumpublican belief. A woman should be REQUIRED to carry a child to term, even if due to rape or incest. But once the child is born, F them! If the woman didn't want a child she shouldn't have got herself pregnant. Of course we have the money for these multi billion dollar tax cuts and corporate welfare handouts. But when it comes to helping children, there is no money for that even though in times of need, the red states that are most dead set against it are the first ones with their hands out!

Re: McConnell blocking lunches for schoolchildren

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:31 pm
by marindem01
A person who would deny a child food is the most despicable form of life there is.......namely Republican.

Re: McConnell blocking lunches for schoolchildren

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 3:18 am
by carmenjonze
#prolife
#profamily
#traditionalfamilyvalues
#therestransgirlsonthevollyballteamtho