Simmumah@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoGOP governor slashing food program for kids ahead of Christmas sparks furywww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1718arrow-down16
arrow-up1712arrow-down1external-linkGOP governor slashing food program for kids ahead of Christmas sparks furywww.newsweek.comSimmumah@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareares35@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up36·edit-211 months agoturning down federal money (the now-permanent program is paid for by the feds, not by the participating states) because it would go to poor kids.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoThe real reason with Republicans for shit like this is that it might stand a chance of going to at least one minority kid. It’s the same impulse that caused towns in the south to fill in municipal swimming pools instead of integrate.
turning down federal money (the now-permanent program is paid for by the feds, not by the participating states) because it would go to poor kids.
The real reason with Republicans for shit like this is that it might stand a chance of going to at least one minority kid.
It’s the same impulse that caused towns in the south to fill in municipal swimming pools instead of integrate.