From my perspective education isn't a "freebie", it's an investment in our nation's future. Change is coming at us really fast and we need a bunch of sharp kid

From my perspective education isn't a "freebie", it's an investment in our nation's future. Change is coming at us really fast and we need a bunch of sharp kids out there looking at all the angles. It's the same situation with school lunches. We need a bright, healthy population to face challenges. You might look at this from a national security angle. Did you know that the largest category of recruit disqualification in both WWI and WWII was malnourishment? Did you know that our technological 'edge' comes out of public universities? We don't want a small pool of healthy Americans to call on, we want the Roman ideal of a sound mind in a sound body for every citizen.