Michael, the costs were cut. I have no problem with cutting costs at all, and believe that things need to be done well and efficiently at the same time. Why waste money? I certainly don't support that. What you seem to be missing is that your very same federal tax dollars still ended up feeding the children. It is nice that they got better food to eat. I am sure we can both be happy about that. But the only difference was that instead of school districts running their own kitchens, the job was contracted out to private companies, the food tasted better, and slightly less was spent overall. An elegant solution all around!!
What I said originally was that a society as rich as this one is, has an obligation to feed children in need at school with our tax dollars. If a cost effective means can be found to do this, great, I am all for it. You were instead arguing that private food banks should feed them, and not at school, either, incidentally. So now you are supporting the efficient, tax-supported feeding of poor children at school, for lunch and probably breakfast as well.
Excellent!! Thank you for being compassionate and coming around to a morally and ethically defensible point of view. |
