As states across the country move to make sure students are well fed, Republicans have announced their intention to fight back.

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    To all you folks complaining about how such a policy would make the very poorest children not get anything to eat during a time of especially great hardship. Yes I know some kids will literally starve because of this, but have you for even a second considered thinking about things from a billionaire’s perspective and what they have to go through? Just for once? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

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      All the extra money going to the poors wasted when it could be going into MY pockets. They should work a side gig on the weekend to get the money for lunch! In the end, it will teach them about economics at a young age.

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    I find it hard to believe this is actually a popular idea among their base, along with cutting social security. But maybe I am naive. I know GOP voters like cruelty, but not when it affects them personally

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      That’s the thing - they don’t see it that way. Their voters think that it won’t affect them because they’re not abusing the system, but it’ll be a good thing to give freeloaders the boot. Their cognitive dissonance doesn’t let them realize that they are also part of the group that will be affected.

      You see it am the time. They hold two contrary beliefs with no problem arguing for both.

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        And then when their kids or grandkids or whatever get denied free school lunch they’ll blame Joe biden. It’s a cycle.older than I am.

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          Their unwanted numerous children because they were only taught abstinence in sex education, and cant legally have an abortion so they’re too poor to feed their kids kids.

          Totally Joe’s fault!

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      I mean, don’t they already? Whoever has the contract for supplying the food to the schools is making bank, especially if they can keep the politicians on their side.

      I said this on the place that won’t be named, and got downvoted. Poor dumb people are FAR easier to control/exploit than well educated people who have a financial safety net (be it private or social).