"House GOP Wants School Lunch Program To Feed Only 'Rural' Kids"

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House GOP Wants School Lunch Program To Feed Only 'Rural' Kids

by Sahil Kapur at Talking Points Memo

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-gop-school-lunch-program

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House Republicans are pushing to restrict a low-income food aid program to children in "rural" areas, a surprising move that has Democrats and nutrition advocates crying foul.


The proposal, included in the House agriculture budget approved by a subcommittee this week, scales back an anti-hunger school lunch demonstration program set up in 2010 to feed "children in urban and rural areas" during the summer months when they're on break.

As first reported by Politico's David Rogers, the GOP bill brings down the $85 million in funding to $27 million and limits the program to only rural kids in Appalachian counties.

Democrats slammed the change as unfair to urban kids.



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[Mnemosyne]

1. Idiocy abounds... Not feed hungry kids? Really? nt

[Louisiana1976]

2. Whoever came up with this idea is evil.

Often the only meal a poor urban kid has is a school lunch.

[Cha]

3. the repubs only excel at How to be the Most Obnoxious A$$holes in America.

[951-Riverside]

4. Rural = White n/t

[HooptieWagon]

5. Yep. nt

[Live and Learn]

6. +1 nt

[PotatoChip]

7. "Democrats slammed the change as unfair to urban kids".

-As they should.

Can the republicans possibly stoop any lower? For shame!