Oh wow it’s not even a state program. It would cost the state nothing to let families have that $40/month from the federal government.
40 fucking dollars per month per kid. That might pay for a month’s worth of rice but isn’t a week’s worth for fruits, vegetables, and protein!
“An EBT card does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.”
Reynolds has done something impressive. She has said one of the most stupid things I’ve ever heard from a republican. That’s a very high bar to clear, saying something so inconceivably stupid that it has special distinction from all of the other inconceivably stupid things republicans say. Yet somehow she managed to pull it off.
turning down federal money (the now-permanent program is paid for by the feds, not by the participating states) because it would go to poor kids.
Didn’t even make it through the article because she’s so vile. She will let kids starve because aid, it seems, won’t fix the problem.
The governor watched the Christmas Carol and thought Scrooge was an okay fellow at the start.
As a teacher who has fed kids who otherwise would have gone hungry over the summer, I’m appalled.
As an Iowan, I have no idea what more to do. Voting certainly hasn’t worked so far and reasonable arguments fall on deaf ears. Yes, I could move, but is it really any better anywhere else? I would feel like I was abandoning my family, my students, and community. It is important to show through action and compassion that there is more than just this kind of conservative nonsense in the world. Of course, she fast tracked giving our public education dollars to private schools with no change in accountability measures…
I understand from experience that moving out of your home area has a huge cost, not only monetary but social, familial, cultural, and communal. It’s a big decision but an important one. I left because I saw no future in the culture that drove the politics, and have unfortunately been validated in my pessimism.
But by staying you implicitly approve and further that which you find distasteful or appalling. ’Staying to do good from within the system’ often isn’t as powerful as is thought - your influence is ringfenced by the culture and system around you and in cases you may prolong someone else tolerance of an untenable reality. Don’t wait until you are forced to move, build a plan and define your red lines. Encourage others to think the same about their limits. It gets better, honestly
I can’t wait for Republican Voters to tell her how angry they are by voting them out of power!
LoL JK this is EXACTLY why those Jesus Humping Hypocrites vote for her and her ilk!
