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Conservatives literally believe feeding kids will spoil them.[1] 1 - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/free-lunch-doesnt-spoil-schoolchildren.html https:

• BitwiseFool 4y ago
  This is a highly partisan and very underhanded article. It posits that "Conservatives" believe this, yet the article's source is: "According to one school-board member, children could “become spoiled.”". Literally one school-board member said this, and now a broad brush is being used to insinuate that this is a widely held conservative viewpoint. Then they decided to trot out an "expert" in order to debunk this one person's opinion.
  • alistairSH 4y ago
    The school board declined funds (that were already allocated by the federal government) to feed their kids, and as far as I could tell, no other reason was given.
    • rocmcd 4y ago
      But still, a sample size of _one_.
    • giantg2 4y ago
      Additional information was that free lunch applications were falling and food was being wasted. They still had a means-based program for those in need. So they didn't think they needed the program. They have since restarted the program (because hey, why turn down free money).
• commandlinefan 4y ago
  Every conservative I've ever met has been a member of a church that falls over itself to provide food to needy families as often as possible.