is not the land of the dullest knives in the drawer. I think we can all see that.
Liberalism run amok: to me, a cliche without measure, certainly we can all find thing where safety-net/welfare/dependency things have run amok. As JT sensibly points out, Do we have evidence school lunch is such a beast .... do we have evidence that a kid getting a supported lunch grows up to be a grownup looking for foodstamps in an area where that kid/grownup has services desired by others (is a capable worker), and the kid/grownup withhold services to choose food stamps instead. To me, that is the requirement of this argument. Teachers know schools run better if they can jam food into kids pie-holes. Its that simple. Find me a teacher that disagrees and I will point you to Ann Coulter. This is this. This is not that. This is this. (sorry DeNiro and 24601, I expect to beat that line with some regularity). I know, today, unmistakably that schools run better with fed kids. It seems some worry that this process generates welfare dependent adults. The burden is on that demonstration (as JT so ably pointed out). In the absence of such a demonstration, schools run better with food, put food in schools. Pretty fugging simple.
DS psalms:
1. we need not be comfortable with it for it to make the most sense.
2. food stamps are cheaper than jails
I require DS psalms 1 and 2 to be debunked, and I have never even seen an effort for folks to do it, they acknowledge well that jails cost more than food stamps ... they just don't like the feeling.
If the argument is a fiscal one, then let the food stamp printing press roll ... cheaper than jails. But I agree, I don't like the feeling.
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