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0 pointsnynx2y ago0 comments

sometimes they don’t fit into your sense of morality

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sonicanatidae2y ago

You're right. I believe school children should get meals, for free in the richest country in the world. Crazy idea.

They don't agree, but are somehow still good people.. lol

stagger872y ago

I suspect most people would agree with this. What they don't agree on is how it gets paid for.

wincy2y ago

Right, because my wife home schools and has chosen to forgo a professional career to care for our disabled daughter, depriving us of a substantial income, and I don’t think the tax dollars I do pay should subsidize the public schools we can’t even use due to our child’s medical needs? Mind you, I live in an area with middle class incomes, so the families can definitely afford the school lunches.

Am I a bad person?

pohl2y ago

Interesting that you framed this not about how perhaps you and your daughter ought be eligible for some subsidies, but rather about what subsidies you feel should be taken away from others, as if their needs have no merit.

lovecg2y ago

The only thing that gets taken away here is a part of your income by the government. The rest is arguing over how this taken money should be doled out. Something that was not yours to begin with cannot be “taken away”.

mock-possum2y ago

You’re certainly an uncaring person. You already struggle to care for your own child, and now you take that bitterness out on everyone else. Why should other parents not be provided free public school, regulated by the government, where they can send their children during the day while they work to support their family? How heartless to deny others that.

Public education is free for everyone. We all pay for it because it is in our best interest collectively. What makes you think you deserve access to other public programs and assistance, given that you’re not willing to extend others the same courtesy?

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