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>"A universal benefit guarantees 100% utilization" Not necessarily, I know a lot of progress has been made since I left school but back in my day there were so
by BitwiseFool 4y ago
>"A universal benefit guarantees 100% utilization"
Not necessarily, I know a lot of progress has been made since I left school but back in my day there were some seriously low grade meals served at the cafeteria. It was not uncommon for other kids to bring lunchables and homemade meals to eat instead and we'd throw out the tray of food provided to us. I'm not anti-free school meals for all, however. I just wanted to add the caveat that the 100% utilization metric is not quite as it seems.
- denton-scratch 4y agoMy kids wouldn't eat the (paid-for) hot school meals. They both preferred the sandwiches I made for them.
- tomrod 4y agoYour kids are privileged to have loving parent(s) in their lives -- many of my children's classmates are not as fortunate. Free meals took one bit of stress out of their lives, and benefited us too on those occasional days we weren't able to get a good lunch together.
- denton-scratch 4y agoFor clarity, I'm strongly in favour of free school meals; preferably not means-tested.