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I felt like a big part of my childhood had been sold to the lowest bidder. It was. Most local procurement laws enforce this.
by staplers 1y ago
I felt like a big part of my childhood had been sold to the lowest bidder.
It was. Most local procurement laws enforce this.
- delfinom 1y agoIt wasn't just sold to the lowest bidder, the subsidized lunch program is specifically not to subsidize the kids, but to bail out farmers growing crap nobody wants.
- reverendsteveii 1y agowhen your tax money helps hungry children that's socialism and that's evil. when it helps agricultural conglomerates, otoh...
- gregw134 1y agoIn our case, sold to the bidder who gave kickbacks to the district supervisor.
- Suppafly 1y agowe had pepsi machines in my middle school because the pepsi distributor in town "donated" a new score board.
- panick21_ 1y agoSelling to the lowest bidder isn't necessarily bad if the requirements are set correctly.
- e_i_pi_2 1y agoEven worse - it's sold to the lowest bidder so they can sell it back to you for profit. This is a perfect example of why GDP isn't a good measure for how well a country is doing - if the kids do it themselves they may learn a bunch and enjoy it and make their lives better, but it doesn't create jobs or profit, so the incentives are against it.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoLook at what the grown-ups are eating…