Republican now hate hungry children

[dainthomas]

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Republicans used a procedural maneuver Wednesday to try to amend the $4.5 billion bill, which would give more needy children the opportunity to eat free lunches at school and make those lunches healthier.

I wonder how that $4.5 billion compares to the amount of the upper-class tax cuts they want to extend?

Sorry if this is a repost, couldn't find another thread.

Edit: Yay, my first 100+ post thread! Thanks, greedy Republicans!

 

[EagleKeeper]

How about that the bill allows the govermnet to reach into the areas of local responsibility.

What is wrong with having background checks on those that work with the children?

 

[Drako]

So do you think background checks for child care workers is a bad idea?

 

[spidey07]

Those lunches aren't "free". Somebody has to pay for them and since the taxpayers don't get to eat those "free" lunches then it's right to vote down yet another welfare entitlement program.

 

[*kjm]

How about the people that had the kids feed them and stop asking everyone else to foot the bill.....

 

[Craig234]

So, Republicans hid their obstructionism by picking an amendment that 'sounds good' but has the effect of likely killing the bill, it seems Democrats are saying.

You can always find an amendment that 'sounds good' - but the effect is often to kill a bill, as with this one, where the Senate has already passed it.

If the House passes it, it goes to Obama to sign; if the amendment passes, it goes back to the Senate which has pledge to pass NOTHING until the tax rates are done.

 

[Elias824]

Everytime the republicans try to stop a spending bill the left comes out and say, the right is against children! or veterans! or the old! In reality they are just against tacking more onto an allready massive deficit.

 

[shrumpage]

We should NOT provide lunches or breakfast for kids. That program just keeps expanding, now they have to have it run in the summer, when school is not in session.

If you are so inept or lazy not to provide your kids food, you shouldn't be a parent.

 

[Scotteq]

I thought Republicans "Ate" children. Not "Hate".

 

[DesiPower]

We need to cut our spending anyway possible. We are at a tipping point. When the world realizes that we can never pay our debts back we are going to implode and it will be quick. If IMF has to pitch in the help, all the left and right and center can forget about feeding children and veterans and elderly and wherever. Its better to cut our expenses now when we can and delay the doomsday.

 

[Throckmorton]

We need to cut our spending anyway possible. We are at a tipping point. When the world realizes that we can never pay our debts back we are going to implode and it will be quick. If IMF has to pitch in the help, all the left and right and center can forget about feeding children and veterans and elderly and wherever. Its better to cut our expenses now when we can and delay the doomsday.

Healthier kids is an investment in the future. For one thing, better nutrition during childhood makes a person much more likely to be healthy in adulthood, which means less spent on medical care.
For another thing, better nutrition makes people more intelligent by providing the nutrients for brain development. A higher average IQ does a lot more for our economy than a couple billion dollars.

 

[*kjm]

Healthier kids is an investment in the future. For one thing, better nutrition during childhood makes a person much more likely to be healthy in adulthood, which means less spent on medical care.
For another thing, better nutrition makes people more intelligent by providing the nutrients for brain development. A higher average IQ does a lot more for our economy than a couple billion dollars.

And as a parent should YOU not be doing that already?

 

[Throckmorton]

And as a parent should YOU not be doing that already?

If kids are eating school lunch, by definition the parent isn't. And really they shouldn't be. You can't pack a true nutritious lunch. Peanut butter and jelly, the lunch box staple, is mostly empty calories. Same goes for all the other crap that lasts for 5 hours... lunchmeats, whitebread, etc.
Also though, students are wards of the school system while they're at school, so that makes them the school's responsibility.

 

[DesiPower]

Healthier kids is an investment in the future. For one thing, better nutrition during childhood makes a person much more likely to be healthy in adulthood, which means less spent on medical care.
For another thing, better nutrition makes people more intelligent by providing the nutrients for brain development. A higher average IQ does a lot more for our economy than a couple billion dollars.

Wont they still go to the same crappy public school and be taught by teachers with lowest IQ evar? In that case wouldn't all the public money be just wasted? Wont they end up selling drugs or working for US military?
Helping poor is good but its not govt's job. It should be left to local charities and govt should promote local charities. You don't help the illegal immigrants by closing science labs at other schools. This approach also hurts the future of America.

 

[spidey07]

Healthier kids is an investment in the future. For one thing, better nutrition during childhood makes a person much more likely to be healthy in adulthood, which means less spent on medical care.
For another thing, better nutrition makes people more intelligent by providing the nutrients for brain development. A higher average IQ does a lot more for our economy than a couple billion dollars.

And it's the government's responsibility to steal from others to provide that for people too stupid to feed their children?

 

[xj0hnx]

Healthier kids is an investment in the future. For one thing, better nutrition during childhood makes a person much more likely to be healthy in adulthood, which means less spent on medical care.
For another thing, better nutrition makes people more intelligent by providing the nutrients for brain development. A higher average IQ does a lot more for our economy than a couple billion dollars.

It sure is, it's also the parents job.

 

[her209]

nvm

 

[Jimmah]

Everytime the republicans try to stop a spending bill the left comes out and say, the right is against children! or veterans! or the old! In reality they are just against tacking more onto an allready massive deficit.

Except in this case they actually are against children.

At one time, people actually tried and did take care of others, including children. The say 'it takes a village to raise a child' just doesn't stand in the USA anymore, and is rather sad.

Spending 4.5b to help these kids might actually be a positive thing, might help curb childhood obesity and increase their brainpower in your intelligence-starved nation.

 

[Throckmorton]

And it's the government's responsibility to steal from others to provide that for people too stupid to feed their children?

Did you miss the part where I stated the benefits to the whole society?

 

[Infohawk]

It's not the federal government's job to feed children. Sorry. I would support funding sterilization for people that can't feed their existing children though.

 

[DesiPower]

It's not the federal government's job to feed children. Sorry. I would support funding sterilization for people that can't feed their existing children though.

ding ding ding, we have a winner!

 

[xj0hnx]

Did you miss the part where I stated the benefits to the whole society?

There's more to making something a good idea, or investment than "it benefits the whole society". Giving everybody int eh country a new home and couple cars with a million dollar bank account would "benefit the whole society", doesn't mean it could, or should happen.

 

[jhbball]

Ok, we've established that there are terrible parents out there, lol.

 

[child of wonder]

It's not the federal government's job to feed children. Sorry. I would support funding sterilization for people that can't feed their existing children though.

This.

Simple BC should be free to all women with a prescription. Condoms should also be free. Hell, I'd even support government paid for vasectomies and hysterectomies so long as the patient agreed not to sue the government if something goes wrong.

However, since we all demand cheap goods and services and companies have responded by manufacturing everything offshore and migrating service jobs overseas is it any wonder so many people have trouble finding jobs or making enough to support their kids?

 

[Throckmorton]

It's not the federal government's job to feed children. Sorry. I would support funding sterilization for people that can't feed their existing children though.

It is the federal government's responsibility to make sure school kids aren't fat morons, because we NEED to be competitive with the rest of the world, whether it's in labor, research, or war.

We didn't become a superpower and we won't stay a superpower by not investing in our children.