• jrubal1462@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I used to work for a small, family owned business. At lunch the wife of the owner was reading an article in paper and said, “90% of this school district is close enough to the poverty line that they receive free/reduced breakfast and lunch, because there’s a good chance those are their only reliable meals for the week.” Then she looks up from the paper and says “Can you believe that? They’re giving away breakfast now, too!”

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      1 year ago

      Yessh…is this a lack of compassion or empathy. I have a feeling it’s the latter that cause the former. They can’t see past their own lives and that lead them to think anyone that needs help isn’t doing enough. Besides all that giving food for free to children shouldn’t even be a issue. Hell is shouldn’t matter rich or poor kids at school should just be feed. This program in the grand scheme wouldn’t even cost that much (as other countries have proven)