I don't disagree, I'd agree with upping budgets for meals

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Nov 7, 2024, 2:12 PM

This entire issue, though, is really about the proper role of the federal government. While Michelle Obama is pushing for rigid federal control of school meals, the alternative is respecting parents who know their children’s needs better than anyone else, even better than Michelle Obama. The alternative also includes respecting local school officials, who know their communities better than the federal government.

If parents don’t like meal standards, they can and will complain directly and in person to local officials. Parents don’t have the same recourse with faceless and nameless bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.

If it's up to states and localities...what happens? Spoiler alert: fuckall nothing, because nobody wants to spend money to make the changes. Now, where is RFK operating from (potentially, assuming this becomes an actual initiative)? The federal level. Not necessarily for funding, although that would help, but for standards. Same thing Michelle Obama did, and it got blown up as a failure. Why is RFK going to be successful? What will he do differently?

For starters, he'd probably have most of the opposite party on board, because it's a good cause with a good outcome if it's successful. It was a good cause and could have had a good outcome 12 years ago, too, but the directive in the Republican party was to oppose literally EVERYTHING the Democrats and Obama put forth. That was a stated policy, you'll recall. Still is.

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It should be handled at a local level, federal government does not possess the flexibility to manage such a big program like this. It NEVER works out as intended. Best I can tell, they changed the standards and told everyone to get with the program without any sort of follow through to make it work. That's pretty typical for federal government.

Localities are much more in tune with their communities, and the community also has mechanisms to force them to get it right. I don't know what RFK will do to get it right, but it's pretty obvious that it wasn't political sabotage that caused Michelle Obama's program to fail. It was poor implementation. Which again, is expected when you just try to hand wave something into existence via federal mandate.

Sure, it was a good cause, but it demonstrably did not have a good outcome. Trying it a little bit longer wouldn't have changed that.

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Maybe he should call Michelle Obama

It's kind benevolence when Republicans do it.

Isn't the reality that the school lunch mandates, while well intentioned,

John Oliver recently did a bit on it.

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Re: I don't disagree, I'd agree with upping budgets for meals

Re: I don't disagree, I'd agree with upping budgets for meals

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Absolutely. Now, the question is: why did that happen?

Who ever said healthier food was a horrible idea?

Re: Who ever said healthier food was a horrible idea?

Re: Who ever said healthier food was a horrible idea?

lol, did you read that piece at all?

Re: lol, did you read that piece at all?

Ohh yeah, good thing we can just wish them into existence with a federal mandate

Re: Ohh yeah, good thing we can just wish them into existence with a federal mandate

What part of it did you disagree with then?

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I swear you have some sort of mental disability

Re: I swear you have some sort of mental disability

I don't even know what you're talking about

Re: I don't even know what you're talking about

It's very obvious that yes, I think we need healthier lunches

Re: It's very obvious that yes, I think we need healthier lunches

Any chance you're going to answer my question now? I doubt it***

Re: Any chance you're going to answer my question now? I doubt it***

I ask you what part of the article you disagreed with***

Re: I ask you what part of the article you disagreed with***

lol, you definitely didn't read it.***

Re: lol, you definitely didn't read it.***

No, that's not what it says. Maybe try reading it and you can address my

Re: No, that's not what it says. Maybe try reading it and you can address my

lol, go read it dummy. Im not your personal summary maker.

Re: lol, go read it dummy. Im not your personal summary maker.

Point out what it got wrong or you disagree with

Re: Point out what it got wrong or you disagree with

Point out the paragraph you disagree with in the article

Re: Point out the paragraph you disagree with in the article

No you havent. Quote the part thats wrong

Re: No you havent. Quote the part thats wrong

Stop deflecting and point out the parts of the article that are wrong

Re: Stop deflecting and point out the parts of the article that are wrong

Thats not what the article says at all, which is why its clear you didnt read

Re: Thats not what the article says at all, which is why its clear you didnt read

What part of that do you disagree with?***

Here, I'll use this as an example:

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That's where I fundamentally disagree with you

100% agree. It's like pro-choice. Imagine the gun-toting MAGA woman

Her solution was dumb af and based on disproven science.***

Re: It's kind benevolence when Republicans do it.

Yeah, republicans made fun of the state of New York

Can you imagine? Both sides collaborating to make progress on the effort?

Re: Maybe he should call Michelle Obama

Watched it.

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50% of kids used to die before vaccines started

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This sums up the election in a nutshell. People elected

Re: This sums up the election in a nutshell. People elected

Cool***

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