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Originally Posted by allinaugust  you had no qualms with trying to get FREE LUNCH when CLEARLY you did NOT need it??? Unbelievable!!
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How exactly does one determine who truly needs free/reduced lunches? Does anyone
really *need* free lunches? Is there actually anyone in this country that can't slap some peanut butter between two pieces of bread? If someone is completely destitute then they qualify for food stamps. If you have too much income to qualify for food stamps there isn't any reason you can't buy a loaf of bread.
I spend about $200 a month to feed a family of four, I know people on food stamps that get way more than that. They had a thing on CNN where an reporter had to live one month on food stamps. He got $176 for one person. They also showed a family that was getting over $500 a month, They said it wasn't enough to last the month and they often had to go without. I would love to have that much to spend, oh and btw, both parents were overweight so I doubt they really skipped that many meals.
All that said, I have no problem with someone recieving f/r lunches if they qualify. (I have no idea what cubmom's situation with the lunches was) .
It's a program to give extra help to lower income families, I'm fine with that. But no one truly needs it, I'm sure everyone could find a way to make do if the program didn't exist.
We don't qualify for free or reduced lunches, or anything else. If we did, I might consider taking the help. I know we would survive without it, but so would everyone else.